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FraudsWatch is а site reporting on fraud and scammers on internet, in financial services and personal. Providing a daily news service publishes articles contributed by experts; is widely reported in thе latest compliance requirements, and offers very broad coverage of thе latest online theft cases, pending investigations and threats of fraud.

Financial Fraud: Matthias Krull And Gustavo Adolfo Hernandez Frieri Was Arrested For Real Estate And Sophisticated False-Investment Schemes

Two Members of Billion-Dollar Venezuelan Money Laundering Scheme Arrested Two alleged participants in a billion-dollar international scheme to launder funds embezzled from Venezuelan state-owned oil company PDVSA using Miami, Florida real estate and sophisticated false-investment schemes were arrested yesterday and today. U.S. Attorney Benjamin Greenberg of the Southern District of Florida, Assistant Attorney General Brian […]

Financial Fraud: AngioDynamics to Pay The Company Caused Healthcare Providers to Submit False Claims to Medicare

Medical Device Maker AngioDynamics Agrees to Pay $12.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Latham, New York-based medical device manufacturer AngioDynamics, Inc. has agreed to pay the United States a total of $12.5 million to resolve allegations that the company caused healthcare providers to submit false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, […]

Financial Fraud: Eight Defendants Indicted For Participating In Three Unrelated Securities Fraud Crimes

Eight Defendants Indicted for Stock Fraud-Related Offenses Assistant U. S. Attorneys Aaron P. Arnzen (619) 546-8384 and Andrew J. Galvin (619) 546-9721 SAN DIEGO – Eight people, including a San Diego lawyer, were indicted by a federal grand jury for participating in three unrelated securities fraud crimes. Arrests by the FBI began on July 5, […]

Investment Fraud: Edward I. Campbell Sentenced For Charges Related to a $1.4 Million Investment Fraud Scheme

Reynoldsburg Man Sentenced for Defrauding 44 Clients out of More Than $1.4 million Defendant pretended to be former Navy SEAL COLUMBUS, Ohio – Edward I. Campbell, 41, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 60 months in prison for charges related to a $1.4 million investment fraud scheme that defrauded at […]

How to Avoid Personal Loan Scams

Financial scams are only increasing in the United States. All manners of financial scams exist and one of the more insidious scams out there are those dealing with personal loans. Personal loans are unsecured loans from a lender which can be used for various types of consumer expenses, but most known for debt consolidation. Because

Financial Fraud: Clifford Keith Gwinn Pled Guilty To Embezzling From The Teays Valley Volunteer Fire Department

Former Cabinet Secretary Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Fire Department Funds He stole over $178,790 between 2013 and 2016 from Teays Valley Fire Department In Separate Embezzlement Scheme Wife Embezzles over $75,000 from the Same Fire Department HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Hurricane man and former West Virginia Cabinet Secretary pled guilty today to embezzling $178,790 from

Financial Fraud: LUIS DIAZ JR. and LUIS JAVIER DIAZ Sentenced For Their Roles In Funneling $100 Million Through The U.S. Financial System

Owners Of Miami Export Business Sentenced For $100 Million Unlicensed Money Transmitting And International Money Laundering Scheme Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that LUIS DIAZ JR. and LUIS JAVIER DIAZ were sentenced to eight months and four months in prison, respectively, for their roles in

Health Care Fraud: Ronald Grusd And His Corporations Sentenced For Fraudulently Bill Insurance Companies Over $22 Million For Medical Services

Beverly Hills Doctor Sentenced to 10 Years in Custody for Massive Workers’ Comp Scheme SAN DIEGO – Beverly Hills Radiologist Ronald Grusd and two of his corporations, California Imaging Network Medical Group and Willows Consulting Company, were sentenced in federal court today after a jury trial in December resulted in convictions on 39 felony fraud

Financial Fraud: Antonio Cooper Sentenced For Involvement In a Scheme To Fraudulently Obtain Millions Of Dollars in Income Tax Refunds

Maryland Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Role in Scheme That Used Stolen Identities to Fraudulently Seek Tax Refunds Wide-Ranging Operation Filed Over 12,000 Fraudulent Tax Returns Seeking More Than $42 Million WASHINGTON – A Maryland man was sentenced today to seven years in prison for his involvement in a scheme to fraudulently