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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.

Tax Fraud

Financial Fraud: ACME REFINING CO., Pleaded Guilty To Criminal Tax Violations

Chicago Scrap Iron Refining Company and Its President Plead Guilty to Criminal Tax Violations for Concealing $11.6 Million from IRS CHICAGO — A Chicago-based scrap iron refining business and its president admitted in federal court today that they concealed from the Internal Revenue Service more than $11.6 million in cash wages paid to employees. ACME […]

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Cyber Crime

Cyber Crime: Jimmy Phan And Lee Tran Sentenced For Multi-State Scheme to Defraud T-Mobile

Two Men Sentenced in Multi-State Scheme to Fraudulently Obtain New Cell Phones BOSTON – Two men were sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with a fraudulent scheme to obtain and re-sell more than $330,000 in new cell phones. Jimmy Phan, 30, of Boston, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Senior Judge Mark

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Financial Fraud

Financial Fraud: Chrystal Lynn Bernstein Pleaded Guilty to One Count of Bank Fraud And Aggravated Identity Theft

Osage Beach Woman Pleads Guilty to Stolen Mail, Bank Fraud Scheme JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that an Osage Beach, Mo., woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to a scheme to use stolen mail and stolen identities to cash fraudulent checks

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Financial Fraud

Financial Fraud: JOHN O’BRIEN Sentenced For Stealing From Clients of His Law Practice

Former Attorney Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Defrauding Clients of More Than $900K Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JOHN O’BRIEN, 53, of North Kingstown, R.I., was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in Bridgeport to 36 months of imprisonment, followed

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Investment Fraud

Investment Fraud: Jill M. Evans Sentenced For Wire Fraud And Money Laundering

Littleton Woman Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison for Oil and Investment Scheme DENVER – Jill M. Evans, age 51, of Littleton, Colorado, was recently sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge John L. Kane to serve 84 months (7 years) in federal prison for wire fraud and money laundering, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, FBI

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Financial Fraud

Financial Fraud: Charles Whitlock, Jr., Arrested For “Synthetic Identity” Fraud Scheme

South Carolina Man Arrested On Federal Charges For “Synthetic Identity” Fraud Scheme CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A South Carolina man was arrested today on bank, wire, and mail fraud charges in connection with a “synthetic identity” fraud scheme that defrauded financial institutions of more than $340,000, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District

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A Landlord’s Potential Problems (and How a Tenant Report Can Remedy Them)

Landlords and property owners have to contend with a number of issues, risks, and problems when renting out an apartment or a land, for instance. Of course, there are laws that supposedly protect owners from dubious entities who practice rental fraud. But unfortunately, these laws do not work much to their advantage, as the frauds

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Financial Fraud

Financial Fraud: Jason J. Parmeley , formerly of O’Fallon, MO, Sentenced For Running Large Stolen Property Fraud Ring

O’Fallon Missouri Man Sentenced to Fourteen Years in Prison for Running Large Stolen Property Fraud Ring and Bank Fraud Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that yesterday, in federal court in Benton, Illinois, Jason J. Parmeley, 43, formerly of O’Fallon, MO, was sentenced to fourteen years in federal

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