Financial Fraud: William M. Apostelos Sentenced For Defrauding Nearly 500 Victims In a $70 Million Ponzi Scheme

June 30, 2017 FraudsWatch 0

Local Businessman Sentenced to 180 Months in Prison for Orchestrating $70 Million Ponzi Scheme Defendant Ordered to Pay More Than $32 Million in Restitution DAYTON – William M. Apostelos, 55, formerly of Springboro, Ohio, was […] Read More

Financial Fraud: Anthony J. Atkins Sentenced For Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud, Four Counts of False Statements To a Federally Insured Financial Institution

June 29, 2017 FraudsWatch 0

Former Bank President Sentenced to Five Years for Bank Fraud Scheme PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Anthony J. Atkins, 51, of Eufaula, Alabama, was sentenced yesterday to 63 months in prison and ordered to pay more than […] Read More

Financial Fraud: Scott J. Wolas Indicted on Seven Counts of Wire Fraud And One Count of Aggravated Identity Theft

June 29, 2017 FraudsWatch 0

Former Quincy Man Indicted for $1.7 Million Real Estate Fraud Scheme and Ex-Wife Indicted for Lying BOSTON – A man who had been a fugitive for more than 20 years before his arrest in Florida […] Read More

Health Care Fraud: PAMC, Ltd. and Pacific Alliance Medical Center Inc., Agrees To Pay to Settle Allegations Arising From Improper Financial Arrangements with Physicians

June 28, 2017 FraudsWatch 0

Los Angeles Hospital Agrees To Pay $42 Million to Settle Allegations Arising From Improper Financial Arrangements with Physicians The owners of Pacific Alliance Medical Center, an acute care hospital located in the Chinatown District of […] Read More

Cyber Crime: Muhammad Sohail Qasmani Pleaded Guilty Charged With One Count of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud

June 28, 2017 FraudsWatch 0

Man Who Laundered Millions From Massive Computer Hacking And Telecommunications Fraud Scheme Gets 48 Months In Prison NEWARK, N.J. – A Pakistani citizen was sentenced today to 49 months in prison for laundering more than […] Read More

Tax Fraud: Richard J. Morgan Charged In a Criminal Information With One Count of Bank Fraud

June 28, 2017 FraudsWatch 0

Shavertown Man Charged With Embezzling Over $428,000 And Obstructing An IRS Investigation SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Richard J. Morgan, age 54, of Shavertown, […] Read More

Financial Fraud: Rafael Popoteur Pleaded Guilty For Conspiring to Commit Bank Fraud In ‘Shotgun’ Loan Scheme

June 27, 2017 FraudsWatch 0

Homeowner Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Banks In ‘Shotgun’ Loan Scheme NEWARK, N.J. – A Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a scheme to use false information and simultaneous loan applications at […] Read More

Healthcare Fraud And Consumer Protection: Barry Cadden Sentenced for Racketeering Leading to Nationwide Fungal Meningitis Outbreak

June 27, 2017 FraudsWatch 0

Owner of New England Compounding Center Sentenced for Racketeering Leading to Nationwide Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Outbreak Was the Largest Public Health Crisis Ever Caused by a Pharmaceutical Product The owner and head pharmacist of New […] Read More

Financial Fraud: Renee Tartaglione Guilty On All Counts of Conspiracy, Fraud, And Theft From Juniata Community Mental Health Clinic (JCMHC)

June 25, 2017 FraudsWatch 0

Head Of Nonprofit Mental Health Clinic Found Guilty of Fraud Against Clinic Philadelphia – Today, a federal jury found Renee Tartaglione, 61, of Philadelphia, PA, guilty on all counts of conspiracy, fraud, and theft from […] Read More

Fiancial Fraud: Hussain Abdullah Sentenced For Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, And Aggravated Identity Theft

June 24, 2017 FraudsWatch 0

Leader Of Fraudulent Credit Card Scheme Sentenced To Five Years In Prison Used the Personal Information of Victims to Fraudulently Obtain Credit, With Losses of More Than $225,000 June 23, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE www.justice.gov/usao/md […] Read More

Financial Fraud: David Marzano, Laura Blair And Janece Burke Sentenced for Orchestrating a Nationwide Exchange Visitor Program Fraud Scheme

June 22, 2017 FraudsWatch 0

Three Sentenced for Orchestrating a Nationwide Exchange Visitor Program Fraud Scheme Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama, U.S. Department of State Inspector General Steve A. Linick, and Homeland Security […] Read More

Financial Fraud: John Thomas Burch Pled Guilty to a Federal Charge of Wire Fraud

June 21, 2017 FraudsWatch 0

Former Charity President Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Money Admits Using $149,317 for Clubs, Hotels, Restaurants, and Women WASHINGTON – John Thomas Burch, 75, of Alexandria, Virginia, pled guilty today to a federal charge of wire […] Read More

Tax Fraud: Everardo Laurian Pleaded Guilty to Theft of Government Money

June 21, 2017 FraudsWatch 0

Daly City Resident Pleads Guilty In Tax Fraud Scheme OAKLAND – Everardo Laurian pleaded guilty to theft of government money announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent […] Read More

Tax Fraud: Reginald Eaford Charged With Conspiracy to Make And Present False, Fictitious, And Fraudulent Claims To The IRS

June 20, 2017 FraudsWatch 0

Essex County, New Jersey, Man Gets 51 Months In Prison For Prison Tax Scam NEWARK, N.J. – An East Orange, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for his role in […] Read More

Financial Fraud: Moiz Mumtaz Ali Pleaded Guilty to One Count of Failure to Develop, Implement, And Maintain An Anti-Money Laundering Program

June 19, 2017 FraudsWatch 0

McKinney Man Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining and Cashing $16 Million in U.S. Treasury Checks DALLAS – A McKinney, Texas, man, Moiz Mumtaz Ali, 36, appeared last week before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater […] Read More

Financial Fraud: Michael Allen Braun Sentenced for conspiracy To Commit Theft of Honest Services, Wire Fraud And Bribery of a Public Official

June 17, 2017 FraudsWatch 0

Federal Government Contractor Sentenced to Prison for Providing Bribes in a Government Contract Fraud Scheme PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Michael Allen Braun, 54, of Forest Lake, Minnesota, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and $126,300 […] Read More

Financial Fraud: Michael “Mickey” Henschel Indicted In Foreclosure-Delay Scam Targeting Struggling Homeowners

June 17, 2017 FraudsWatch 0

Van Nuys Man Named in Federal Fraud Indictment Alleging $7 Million Foreclosure-Delay Scam Targeting Struggling Homeowners LOS ANGELES – The alleged mastermind of a foreclosure-avoidance scam that targeted distressed homeowners has been arrested on federal […] Read More

Healthcare Fraud: Genesis Healthcare, Inc. Agrees To Pay To Resolve Allegations Of Medically Unnecessary Rehabilitation Therapy

June 16, 2017 FraudsWatch 0

Genesis Healthcare, Inc. Agrees To Pay Federal Government $53.6 Million To Resolve Allegations Of Medically Unnecessary Rehabilitation Therapy And Hospice Services SAN FRANCISCO- The Justice Department announced today that Genesis Healthcare, Inc. (Genesis) will pay […] Read More

Financial Fraud: THOMAS L HINSON JR., Sentenced For Perpetuate a Nine Years Long Scheme to Defraud Strickland Trading, Inc.

June 16, 2017 FraudsWatch 0

Birmingham CPA Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison, Must Repay $11 Million Embezzled BIRMINGHAM – A federal judge today sentenced a Birmingham man to eight years in prison and ordered him to repay $10.9 million […] Read More

Financial Fraud: Andre Antonio Walters Sentenced For His Role In a Significant Unemployment Benefit Fraud Scheme

June 16, 2017 FraudsWatch 0

Long Beach Man Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for $5M Unemployment Benefits Fraud Scheme SACRAMENTO, Calif. — U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley sentenced Andre Antonio Walters, 37, of Long Beach, today to six […] Read More