Financial Fraud: Wafa Abboud, Marcelle P. Bailey and Rami Misbah Taha Indicted For Embezzling And Laundering From Charity

July 19, 2016 FraudsWatch 0

Former Executive Director And Two Co-Defendants Indicted For Embezzling And Laundering Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars From Charity On Friday, July 15, 2016, a federal grand jury in Brooklyn returned a seven-count indictment charging Wafa […] Read More

Financial Fraud: Laquitta S. Brackins Sentenced For Mail and Wire Fraud by Defrauding a Cell Phone Insurance Provider

July 17, 2016 FraudsWatch 0

Defendant Receives Lengthy Sentence for Cell Phone Insurance Fraud ATLANTA – Laquitta S. Brackins has been sentenced to federal prison for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud by defrauding a cell phone insurance provider. […] Read More

Email Scam Examples: FROM THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI)

July 16, 2016 FraudsWatch 3

This is an email received about “ FROM THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI). Scam ” is a phishing scam and why not try to contact these people or log onto these sites and enter your […] Read More

Corrine Brown and Elias “Ronnie” Simmons Charged With Fraud Scheme

July 9, 2016 FraudsWatch 0

Congresswoman Corrine Brown And Chief Of Staff Charged With Fraud Scheme Involving Bogus Non-Profit Scholarship Entity Jacksonville, FL – Congresswoman Corrine Brown and her chief of staff were indicted today for their roles in a conspiracy […] Read More

Richard Hirsch and James McClung Was Sentenced In Foreign Bribery Scheme

July 9, 2016 FraudsWatch 0

Two Former Executives Of Louis Berger International Sentenced In Foreign Bribery Scheme TRENTON, N.J. – Two former executives of Louis Berger International (LBI), a New Jersey-based construction management company, have been sentenced in connection with […] Read More

Action Against International VAT Fraud

July 3, 2016 FraudsWatch 0

Eight Member States Take Action Against International VAT Fraud Yesterday, from a coordination centre at Eurojust, Europol supported an international action day against a criminal network involved in international VAT fraud and money laundering defrauding […] Read More

Real Estate Investors Pleaded Guilty for their Roles in Bid-Rigging and Fraud Conspiracies

July 3, 2016 FraudsWatch 0

Three Georgia Real Estate Investors Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging and Bank Fraud at Public Home Foreclosure Auctions Three Georgia real estate investors pleaded guilty today for their roles in bid-rigging and fraud conspiracies committed […] Read More

The National Health Care Fraud Takedown Known Cases

June 29, 2016 FraudsWatch 0

Fifteen Charged In Middle District As Part Of Largest National Health Care Fraud Takedown In History List Of Group Charged On National Helth Care Fraud: Yosbel Marimon, Greggory Jackson, Belinda Jalloh, Robert Lee Lanier, Maria Lugo, Janice and Thurman Hammock, Louis […] Read More

Financial Fraud: Darren Goodrich Pleads Guilty In A $20 Million Market Manipulation Scheme

June 29, 2016 FraudsWatch 0

California Registered Broker Pleads Guilty To Participating In A $20 Million Market Manipulation Scheme Defendant Helped Manipulate the Stock Price of a Company That Purported to Offer Users Access to a Cloud-Based Mobile Platform Earlier […] Read More

Romance Scammer: Cierra Spice

June 26, 2016 FraudsWatch 1

FAKE-ACCOUNTS WITH STOLEN IMAGES FROM Cierra Spice Attention! Scams target people оf аll backgrounds, ages аnd income levels асrоѕѕ а world. Thеrе іѕ nо оnе group оf people whо аrе mоrе lіkеlу tо bесоmе а victim […] Read More

Email Scam Examples: Henry Wilson – Funds to the Bank Treasury Account Scam

June 25, 2016 FraudsWatch 0

This is an email received about “ Mrs. Henry Wilson – Funds to the Bank Treasury Account Scam ” is a phishing scam and why not try to contact these people or log onto these sites and […] Read More

Healthcare Fraud: SAJID JAVED Charged With Participating in a Health Care Fraud Scheme

June 24, 2016 FraudsWatch 0

New York City Pharmacy Owner Arrested For $8.5 Million Fraud As Part Of Largest National Medicare Fraud Takedown In History Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Diego Rodriguez, […] Read More

Health Care Fraud Report 2016

June 23, 2016 FraudsWatch 0

National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in Charges against 301 Individuals for Approximately $900 Million in False Billing Most Defendants Charged and Largest Alleged Loss Amount in Strike Force History Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch […] Read More

Two Man Were Indicted on Bank Fraud Charges Relating to Excel Bank

June 16, 2016 FraudsWatch 0

Banker Shaun Hayes and Real Estate Developer Michael Litz Indicted on Bank Fraud Charges St. Louis, MO – Shaun Hayes and Michael Litz were indicted on bank fraud charges relating to Excel Bank, which was […] Read More

Gezim Selgjekaj Sentenced for Credit Union Fraud

June 12, 2016 FraudsWatch 0

Avon Lake man sentenced to 25 years in prison for fraud that contributed to the collapse of credit union An Avon Lake man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for fraudulently obtaining more than […] Read More

Selim Zherka Sentenced for Making False Statements and Filing False Tax Returns

June 12, 2016 FraudsWatch 0

Selim Zherka, Westchester Businessman, Sentenced in White Plains Federal Court to 37 Months for Conspiring to Make False Statements to a Bank and to File Materially False Federal Tax Returns Preet Bharara, the United States […] Read More

Paul Watterson Sentenced For Role In Multimillion-Dollar Mortgage Fraud

June 12, 2016 FraudsWatch 0

Property Manager Sentenced To 15 Months In Prison For Role In Multimillion-Dollar Mortgage Fraud CAMDEN, N.J. – A property manager was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for his role in a scheme to […] Read More

Five Residents of the Detroit Sentenced for Mortgage Fraud Scheme

June 11, 2016 FraudsWatch 0

Michigan Residents Sentenced to Prison for Mortgage Fraud Scheme Recruited Straw Buyers to Purchase Homes and Submit Fraudulent Mortgage Applications Five residents of the Detroit, Michigan, area were sentenced to prison this week for their […] Read More

Bruce Swisshelm Pleaded Guilty to Bank Fraud and Money Laundering

June 11, 2016 FraudsWatch 0

Springfield Area Business Owner, Son Plead Guilty to $5.5 Million Fraud Scheme SPRINGFIELD, MO—Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the owner of several Springfield, Mo., area restaurants and […] Read More

Pennsylvania Man Sentenced for Fraud and Tax Charges

June 11, 2016 FraudsWatch 0

Chaka Fattah, Jr., Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For Fraud And Tax Charges PHILADELPHIA – Chaka Fattah, Jr., 33, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for 22 counts that […] Read More