April 2017

Financial Fraud

Financial Fraud: BARBARA BYRD-BENNETT Sentenced For Using Her Position In exchange For Bribes and Kickbacks

Former Chief Executive of Chicago Public Schools Sentenced to More Than Four Years in Prison in Connection with Bribery and Kickback Scheme CHICAGO — BARBARA BYRD-BENNETT was sentenced today to more than four years in federal prison for using her position in charge of the Chicago Public Schools to guide lucrative no-bid contracts to her […]

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Email Scam Examples

Email Scam: RICHARD & CO ASSOCIATES ATTORNEY AT LAW & SOLICITORS 301

This is an email scam received about “ RICHARD & CO ASSOCIATES ATTORNEY AT LAW & SOLICITORS 301 ” is a phishing scam and why not try to contact these people or log onto these sites and enter your data because you risk being stolen. Letter From RICHARD & CO ASSOCIATES ATTORNEY AT LAW & SOLICITORS

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Financial Fraud

Financial Fraud: TIMOTHY W. BURKE Sentenced For Defrauding Distressed Homeowners, And Tax Evasion

Man Who Defrauded Dozens of Distressed Connecticut Homeowners Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TIMOTHY W. BURKE, also known as “Bill Burke,” “William Burke,” “Kerry Saunders,” “Pat Riley,” “Jim Caldwell,” “Jim Saunders,” “Tom Morrisey,” “Jimmy,” “Phil Burke,” “Phil,” “Burt,” “James Burke,”

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Investment Fraud

Investment Fraud: Jesse Holovacko Convicted In Six Counts of Wire Fraud And One Count of Investment Advisor Fraud

Former Investment Advisor Who Stole Client’s Retirement Savings Guilty On All Counts Of Wire Fraud And Investment Advisor Fraud TRENTON, N.J. – A former financial advisor entrusted with advising clients on investments was convicted by a federal jury today for defrauding his client, a former factory worker, out of his retirement savings and using the

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Identity Theft

Identity Theft: Kelvin Lyles Sentenced For Wire Fraud And Fraud “Synthetic Identities”

Identity Thief sentenced for using a new form of fraud “Synthetic Identities” ATLANTA – Creating “synthetic identities” from phony Social Security numbers is one of the fastest growing forms of identity theft in the United States, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia is prosecuting increased numbers of these cases to

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Mortgage Fraud

Mortgage Fraud: Oscar Cantalicio Ortiz Guilty to Conspiring to Commit Bank, Mail And Wire Fraud

Fugitive Sought in Mortgage Fraud Scheme HOUSTON – A 53-year-old Houston-area contractor, set for sentencing in a $16 million loan fraud scheme, has now been charged with failing to appear, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Oscar Cantalicio Ortiz, who resided in Kingwood, pleaded guilty June 30, 2016, to conspiring to commit bank, mail and wire fraud.

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Avoid Chargeback Hell

Financial Fraud: Ignacio Beato Charged In a One Count Criminal Information And Wire Fraud

Hazleton Realtor Charged With Conspiracy SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Ignacio Beato, age 46, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, was charged in a one count criminal information on April 26, 2017, with conspiracy to engage in monetary transactions through a financial institution, with funds that were

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Healthcare Fraud

Healthcare Fraud: Partners HealthCare System Have Agreed to Resolve Allegations That a BWH Stem Cell Research Laboratory

Partners Healthcare and Brigham and Women’s Hospital Agree to Pay $10 Million to Resolve Research Fraud Allegations BOSTON – The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that Partners HealthCare System and one of its hospitals, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (collectively, BWH), have agreed to pay $10 million to resolve allegations that a BWH stem cell research

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Healthcare Fraud

Healthcare Fraud: Forrest S. Kuhn, Jr., Has Agreed to Pay to Resolve Allegations That He Violated The Federal False Claims Act

Louisville Based Physician Settles Federal False Claims Act And State Civil Claims Pays $751,681.16 to settle allegations LOUISVILLE, KY – Forrest S. Kuhn, Jr., M.D., a physician specializing in allergy, asthma and immunology with medical offices in Louisville, Danville, and Glasgow, Kentucky, has agreed to pay $751,681.16 to resolve allegations that he violated the federal

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