June 2017

Local Businessman Sentenced to 180 Months in Prison for Orchestrating $70 Million Ponzi Scheme Defendant Ordered to Pay More Than $32 Million in RestitutionDAYTON – William M. Apostelos, 55, formerly of Springboro, Ohio, was sentenced in…
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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 $2.4 million in restitution for…
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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 in April 2017, was indicted yesterday in…
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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 Los…
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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 $19.6 million on…
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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,…
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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 multiple banks to…
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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 ProductThe owner and head pharmacist of New…
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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 a nonprofit clinic…
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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 $225,000June 23, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE…
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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…
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Former Charity President Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Money Admits Using $149,317 for Clubs, Hotels, Restaurants, and WomenWASHINGTON – John Thomas Burch, 75, of Alexandria, Virginia, pled guilty today to a federal charge of wire fraud,…
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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…
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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 a conspiracy to file false federal income tax returns on…
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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 and pleaded guilty…
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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 in…
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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…
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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…
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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 he embezzled from the Shelby…
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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 years and one month in prison…
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