August 2018

Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud in Scheme Targeting D.C. Medicaid Program Defendant Worked as Personal Care Aide, Submitted Timesheets For Work That Never Was PerformedWASHINGTON – A Maryland man who was employed as a…
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National Center for Disaster Fraud Reminds Residents to be Aware of Fraud When Disaster Strikes and Report It On August 29th 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Region of the United States, caused hundreds of thousands of people to…
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Vendors, Consultants, And School Administrator Charged In Wide-Ranging Scheme To Defraud Federal “E Rate” Subsidy Program Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney, Assistant…
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Ohio Man Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison for Renewable Fuel Fraud The owner of a company that bought and sold renewable fuel and fuel credits was sentenced to serve 63 months in prison to be followed by a three year term of supervised…
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CEO and CFO of Utah Biodiesel Company and California Businessman Charged in $500 Million Fuel Tax Credit Scheme A federal grand jury sitting in the District of Utah has returned an indictment, which was unsealed today, charging the CEO and…
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22 Charged With Smuggling Millions of Dollars of Counterfeit Luxury Goods From China Into the United States Defendants Trafficked Items that Included Fake Louis Vuitton and Tory Burch Handbags, Michael Kors Wallets, Hermes Belts and Chanel…
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Israeli-Moroccan Man Sentenced to 43 Months in Prison in International Business E-Mail Compromise Scheme Fraud Scam Defrauded Companies of Millions of DollarsWASHINGTON – Harry Meir Mimoun Amar, a resident and citizen of Israel and…
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Former New York City Police Department Official Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Bribe Police Officers In Connection With Gun License Bribery Scheme Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York,…
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Jamaican Woman Sentenced for Lottery Scam Targeting Elderly Victims ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Jamaican citizen was sentenced today to six years in prison for orchestrating a lottery fraud that scammed elderly victims out of approximately…
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Jury convicts cybercriminal for hacking universities ATLANTA – Olayinka Olaniyi, a citizen of Nigeria, was convicted by a federal jury on August 9, 2018, after a three-day trial, on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, computer fraud…
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South Abington Man Sentenced To Over 19 Years In Prison For Fraud And Identity Theft Scheme SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Hiteshkumar Patel, age 52, a resident of…
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Pharmacy Owner Pleads Guilty As Part Of Largest Health Care Fraud Case Ever In Mississippi Nationwide Compound Pharmacy Fraud Scheme Involved Almost a Quarter of a Billion DollarsHattiesburg, Miss. – Thomas Edward Spell, Jr., 50, of…
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