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A “Fraud News From World” directory is a collection of news articles about fraud and scams from around the world. These directories can be a valuable resource for staying informed about the latest scams and how to protect yourself from them. The directory typically includes information about the scam, such as the type of scam, the target audience, the location of the scam, and the date of the scam. It may also include information about how to protect yourself from the scam, such as how to identify a phishing email or how to report a scam to the authorities.
Five Individuals, Including Two Doctors, Charged in Kickback Schemes Involving Nearly $600 Million in Fraudulent Claims by Southern California Hospitals Former Hospital Executive, Doctors, and Two Others Admit Roles; Agree to Cooperate WASHINGTON—In a series of related cases announced today, the former chief financial officer (CFO) of a Long Beach, California, hospital, two orthopedic […]
What to do if you have been affected? The phone and broadband provider Talk Talk which has over 4 million UK customers have that said banking details and personal information could have been accessed by hackers in a recent cyber attack. Credit card, bank account details, names, addresses, dates of birth, email addresses and telephone […]
Brian Kandefer, 37, San Diego, California, was sentenced to 121 months imprisonment and ordered to pay $1.4 million dollars in restitution after his guilty plea to wire fraud and money laundering. According to documents in the case, K2 Capital Management Inc. did business as US Mortgage Bailout and USMortgageBailout.com with physical offices located in La Jolla, […]
FBI Releases 2014 Hate Crime Statistics Today, the FBI released Hate Crime Statistics, 2014, the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program’s latest compilation about bias-motivated incidents throughout the nation. Submitted by 15,494 law enforcement agencies, the data provide information about the offenses, victims, offenders, and locations of hate crimes; however, the UCR Program does not estimate […]
Paul Hurley Admits to Mail Fraud, Lying to a Federal Grand Jury ABINGDON, VA—The former Mayor of Bristol, Virginia and a former member of the Board of Directors of Bristol Utilities Authority (BVU), pled guilty today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon to charges related to the […]
Cybercrime is all that means theft on the Internet using a computer or smatphone, or any device that uses the Internet. Cyber Criminals are those who use or create these ways or theft scam Durіng thіѕ year’s Stay Smart Online Week, small businesses аrе bеіng asked tо thіnk аbоut whаt thеу share оr store online […]
Stacey Pomrenke Charged in 15-Count Federal Indictment ABINGDON, VA—A federal grand jury sitting in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon has charged the chief financial officer at Bristol Virginia Utilities [BVU] with a variety of tax and fraud charges in a 15-count federal indictment. The grand jury has […]
Christopher Wood іѕ jailed fоr а year іn federal prison HARRISONBURG, VA—A Winchester man, whо previously worked іn thе IT department оf а Winchester-based company, pled guilty yesterday іn thе United States District Court fоr thе Western District оf Virginia іn Harrisonburg tо а federal computer crime. Christopher T. Wood, 41, оf Winchester, Va., waived […]
LEV L. DASSIN, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and JOSEPH M. DEMAREST, JR., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced that BERNARD L. MADOFF was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 150 years in prison for perpetrating […]
When Enron declared bankruptcy in December 2001 and took with it the nest eggs of thousands of employees and stockholders, the FBI field office in Houston assigned two agents to investigate. Within weeks, the number of agents and support staff assigned to the case grew to 45, many hand-picked from field offices around the country […]