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October 2018

Financial Fraud: Jason Rhodes Charged with Lying to Investors and Misappropriating Investor Funds

Co-Founder Of Investment Fund Charged In Manhattan Federal Court For Participating In Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Scheme Jason Rhodes Charged with Lying to Investors and Misappropriating Investor Funds Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney, Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office […]

Mortgage Fraud: Nomura Holding America Inc. Pay a $480 Million Penalty To Resolve Federal Civil Claims

Nomura Agrees to Pay $480 Million in Civil Penalties for Misleading Investors in Sale of Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities The United States has reached an agreement with Nomura Holding America Inc. and several of its affiliates (“Nomura”), which will pay a $480 million penalty to resolve federal civil claims that Nomura misled investors in connection with […]

Financial Fraud: Christopher M. Tanner Sentenced For Counterfeiting United States Currency

Mobile County Man Receives 18 Month Sentence for Making Counterfeit United States Currency, Ordered to Pay $130.00 Restitution and All Items Used to Facilitate the Crime Were Forfeited United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Christopher M. Tanner, a 45 year old resident of Mobile, Alabama was sentenced […]

Financial Fraud: Nicholas Ochs Pleaded Guilty To Counts One – Disaster Benefit Fraud

Ambler, Pennsylvania, Man Admits Defrauding FEMA Relating To Major Disaster CAMDEN, N.J. – An Ambler, Pennsylvania, man today admitted defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of thousands of dollars after Hurricane Sandy, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Nicholas Ochs, 54, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Jerome B. Simandle in Camden federal court to […]

Financial Fraud: David Scott Glasrud Convicted On Federal Theft, Fraud And False Statement Charges Arising

Founder and Former Administrator of Public Charter Schools in Albuquerque Sentenced to 60 Months for Conviction on Federal Theft, Fraud and False Statements Charges David Scott Glasrud also Ordered to Pay $3 Million in Restitution ALBUQUERQUE – Senior U.S. District Judge James A. Parker today sentenced David Scott Glasrud, 51, the former administrator of Southwest […]

Financial Fraud: Wayde McKelvy Convicted For Conspiracy to Engage in Securities Fraud And Wire Fraud

Founder of Bogus Green Energy Firm Convicted of Running a $54 Million Ponzi Scheme PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Wayde McKelvy, of Colorado, was convicted by a jury of the following crimes: Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud (one count); Wire Fraud (seven counts); Conspiracy to Engage in Securities Fraud (one count); […]

Financial Fraud: Kevin Kyes Sentenced For Wire Fraud And Money Laundering Convictions Arising From Ponzi Scheme

Convicted Fraudster Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For $7 Million Ponzi Scheme SAN FRANCISCO – Kevin Kyes was sentenced today to five years in prison for wire fraud and money laundering convictions arising from a $7 million Ponzi scheme, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge […]

Financial Fraud: Eight Defendants Arrested For Stealing From Medicaid And The New York City Department

Eight Therapists Arrested In Scheme to Defraud Program for Developmentally Disabled Children Defendants Allegedly Defrauded the New York State Early Intervention Program Out of More Than $600,000 through Fraudulent Billing for Therapy Sessions that Never Occurred A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Kaderrah Doyle, Cara Steinberg, Marina Golfo, Ego […]

Health Care Fraud: Wade Neal Barker Admitted His Role In The $200 Million Forest Park Medical Center Fraud

Surgeon Pleads Guilty In Forest Park Medical Center Bribery Scam A Mesquite-based bariatric surgeon today formally admitted his role in the $200 million Forest Park Medical Center fraud, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox. 53-year-old Wade Neal Barker, one of Forest Park’s founding doctors, appeared in court this morning, […]