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Financial Fraud

Financial Fraud: Rocky Hutson Sentenced For False Claims, Creating Fictious Financial Instruments And Bank Fraud

Western Slope Sovereign Citizen Sentenced to Federal Prison for Bank Fraud and Related Crimes DENVER – Rocky Hutson, age 59, of Grand Junction, Colorado, and a self-proclaimed sovereign citizen, was sentenced to serve 70 months (nearly 6 years) in federal prison for false claims, creating fictious financial instruments and bank fraud, U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer, […]

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Cyber Crime

Cyber Crime: LOUIS ONG Sentenced For Operated Unlicensed Bitcoin Trading

Canadian Who Operated Unlicensed Bitcoin Trading Business Sentenced Defendant Engaged in Bitcoin Exchanges with Undercover Agents despite Knowledge the Money was Drug Trafficking Proceeds A Vancouver, British Columbia man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 20 days of incarceration and more than $1 million in forfeitures for Operating an Unlicensed Money

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Financial Fraud

Financial Fraud: Leonel Alexis Valerio Santana Pleaded Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering

Dominican National Pleads Guilty to International E-Mail Impersonation and Fraud Scam BOSTON – A Dominican national pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with a scam in which he and co-conspirators defrauded victims by pretending to be employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Leonel Alexis Valerio Santana, 28, pleaded guilty

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Identity Theft

Identity Theft: Wilson Lasset Pled Guilty to Wire Fraud And Aggravated Identity Theft

Former Boca Raton Resident Pleads Guilty to Multi-Million Dollar Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme A former Boca Raton resident, who purported to operate a tax preparation business in Pompano Beach, pled guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with a multi-million dollar stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme. Benjamin G. Greenberg, United

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Bankruptcy Fraud

Bankruptcy: Phebe Ibrahim Sentenced For Bankruptcy Fraud And Related Charges

St. Peters Woman Sentenced to Prison for Fraudulent Preparation of Bankruptcy Petitions On May 10, 2018, Phebe Ibrahim, formerly known as “Phebe Khan,” age 50, of St. Peters, Missouri, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for bankruptcy fraud and related charges, announced Donald S. Boyce, U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of

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Health Care

Health Care Fraud: Joan Cicchiello Sentenced For Making False Statements Related to Health Care Matters

Former Registered Nurse Sentenced To Six Years’ Imprisonment For Health Care Fraud HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Joan Cicchiello, age 67, of Annville and Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on May 9, 2018, to 72 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release by

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Financial Fraud

Financial Fraud: ANILESH AHUJA And AMIN MAJIDI Charged With Participating in a Scheme to Commit Securities Fraud

Hedge Fund Founder, Portfolio Manager, And Trader Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Mismarking Securities By Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars Former Hedge Fund Chief Risk Officer and Trader, and Former Salesman at a Broker-Dealer, Have Each Pled Guilty and are Cooperating with the Government Audrey Strauss, the Attorney for the United States, acting under

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Financial Fraud

Financial Fraud: Sushovan Hussain Convicted of One Count of Conspiracy of Wire Fraud And Securities Fraud

Former Autonomy CFO Convicted Of Wire Fraud Defendant Defrauded Hewlett-Packard Company of $11.7 Billion During HP’s 2011 Acquisition of Autonomy SAN FRANCISCO – Sushovan Hussain, the former Chief Financial Officer of Autonomy Corporation plc, was convicted of one count of conspiracy, fourteen counts of wire fraud and one count of securities fraud by a federal

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Email Scam

Email Scam Example: U.S DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSET CONTROL (OFAC)

This is an email scam received about “U.S DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSET CONTROL (OFAC)” is a phishing scam and why not try to contact these people or log onto these sites and enter your data because you risk being stolen. from: SEC.STEVEN MNUCHIN <INFO@send.com>  via srs.emailowl.com  reply-to: steventernermnuchin.ustreasury@yandex.ru to: Recipients <INFO@send.com> date: Thu, Apr 19, 2018

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Financial Fraud

Financial Fraud: Sombo Kanneh Pleaded Guilty to an Information Alleging One Count of Conspiracy to Bribe a Public Official

School Employee Pleads Guilty to Role in Bribery Scheme Involving VA Program for Disabled Military Veterans WASHINGTON – The financial manager of Atius Technology Institute (“Atius”), a privately owned, non-accredited school specializing in information technology courses, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to bribe a public official at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in

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