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Cyber Crime: DAVID W. KENT, Owner Of Oilpro.com, Guilty In Hacking Into a Competitor’s Network and Stealing Client Data

Oilpro.Com Founder Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Hacking Into Competitor’s Computer System Defendant Stole Information From Over 700,000 Customer Accounts Stored on a Competitor’s Database and Then Sought to Sell Oilpro.com to the Company He Had Hacked Preet

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Financial Fraud Phillip E. Southwood former owner of Southwood Industries Inc. Sentenced for Multiple Bankruptcy Related Crimes 2

Financial Fraud: Phillip E. Southwood former owner of Southwood Industries, Inc., Sentenced for Multiple Bankruptcy-Related Crimes

Small Business Owner Sentenced to Prison for Bankruptcy Fraud Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joseph J.M. Orabona (619)546-7951 or Michael Heyman (619) 546-9615NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – December 19, 2016 SAN DIEGO – Phillip E. Southwood, Jr., a 50-year-old former owner of Southwood

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Investment Fraud Seven Individuals Charged With Securities Fraud Investment Adviser Fraud And Securities Fraud Conspiracy 2

Investment Fraud: Seven Individuals Charged With Securities Fraud, Investment Adviser Fraud And Securities Fraud Conspiracy

Platinum Partners’ Founder And Chief Investment Officer Among Five Indicted In A $1 Billion Investment Fraud Two Additional Individuals Indicted In A $50 Million Bond Fraud Involving Black Elk Energy, One Of Platinum’s Largest Portfolio Companies BROOKLYN, N.Y. – An

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Financial Fraud: Bogdan Nicolescu, Tiberiu Danet And Radu Miclaus Indicted in Cyber Fraud, Identity Theft And Wire Fraud

Three Romanian nationals indicted in cyber fraud case in which they infected 60,000 computers, sent out 11 million malicious emails and stole at least $4 million A 21-count indictment was unsealed in which three Romanian nationals were charged for operating

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Investment Fraud: Richard Wyatt Davis Charged With One Count of Wire Fraud and Three Counts of Tax Evasion

Mecklenburg Co. Man Facing Federal Charges In Connection With $19 Million Investment Fraud Scheme Defendant Misused Victim-Investors’ Funds to Pay for Vacation Homes, Vehicles, a Chef and Other Personal Expenses CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A Mecklenburg Co. man is facing federal

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Financial Fraud Two Brokers Charged For Scheme to Use Simultaneous Loan Applications to Fraudulently Obtain Home Equity Lines of Credit 2

Financial Fraud: Two Brokers Charged For Scheme to Use Simultaneous Loan Applications to Fraudulently Obtain Home Equity Lines of Credit

Real Estate Brokers And Client Charged With Defrauding Banks In ‘Shotgun’ Loan Scheme NEWARK, N.J. – Two real estate brokers and a client were arrested today and charged in connection with a scheme to use bogus information and simultaneous loan

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Healthcare Fraud: Forest Laboratories LLC And Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc. Agreed to Pay For Violated the False Claims Act by Paying Kickbacks

Forest Laboratories and Forest Pharmaceuticals to Pay $38 million to Resolve Kickback Allegations Under the False Claims Act Forest Laboratories LLC, located in New York, New York, and its subsidiary, Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc., have agreed to pay $38 million to

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Financial Fraud JOHN ARNOLD SHELLEY Indicted For Conspiracy and Commit Bank Fraud at The Bank of Union BOU 2

Financial Fraud: JOHN ARNOLD SHELLEY Indicted For Conspiracy and Commit Bank Fraud at The Bank of Union (BOU)

Former Bank President Indicted in Connection with $100,000,000 Bank Failure Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Yesterday, a federal grand jury returned a 23-count indictment against JOHN ARNOLD SHELLEY, 66, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in connection with the failure of the Bank of

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Six Individuals Charged With Fraudulent High-Yield Investment Program

Investment Fraud: Six Individuals Charged With Fraudulent High-Yield Investment Program – Cities Upliftment Program (CUP)

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Six Individuals In International High-Yield Investment Fraud Scheme Scheme Participants Impersonated Federal Reserve Officials to Swindle Over $50 Million from Investors in the United States and Foreign Countries Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney

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Financial Fraud: ROBERT KUSS Indicted In One Count of Mail Fraud Stemming From His Role in a Scheme to Defraud the U.S. Postal Service

Managing Partner of Bulk Mail Firm Admits Defrauding U.S. Postal Service of Nearly $750K Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Shelly Binkowski, Inspector in Charge for the Boston Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection

Financial Fraud: ROBERT KUSS Indicted In One Count of Mail Fraud Stemming From His Role in a Scheme to Defraud the U.S. Postal Service Read More »

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Financial Fraud: Torneos y Competencias S.A. (Torneos) Charged With Wire Fraud Conspiracy And Participation in a Scheme to Corrupt International Soccer

Argentine Sports Marketing Company Admits To Role In International Soccer Bribery Conspiracy And Agrees To $112 Million In Forfeiture And Criminal Penalties Torneos y Competencias S.A. Enters Into Four-Year Deferred Prosecution Agreement; Agrees to Enhanced Internal Controls and Compliance Obligations

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Financial Fraud: Troy Stratos Sentenced for Multiple Counts of Mail Fraud, Wire Fraud, And Money Laundering

Stratos Sentenced to over 21 Years in Prison He Defrauded Victims of Over $30M Through Multiple Schemes and Obstructed Justice SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Troy David Stratos, 50, formerly of Los Angeles, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy

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Investment Fraud: Joseph Taub and Elazar Shmalo Charged With Orchestrating a Massive, Long-Running Market Manipulation Scheme

Two Securities Traders Charged In Scheme That Netted $26 Million In Illicit Profits Manipulated $10 Billion Worth of Securities in Tens of Thousands of Transactions NEWARK, N.J. – Two New Jersey-based securities traders were arrested today and charged with orchestrating

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