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Insurance Fraud: DR. PAUL MADISON Convicted On Fraud Charges For Billing Insurance Companies
Federal Jury Convicts Chicago Doctor on Fraud Charges for Billing Insurance Companies for Nonexistent Treatment CHICAGO — A federal jury has convicted a Chicago doctor on fraud charges for billing…
Financial Fraud: Mushegh Melkonyan Sentenced For Participated In a Multistep Conspiracy Involving At Least Six Other Individuals
Sixth Defendant Sentenced in Credit Card and ID Theft Fraud Conspiracy ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Las Vegas man was sentenced today to four and a half years in prison for…
Financial Fraud: Dawn Marie Wheeler Sentenced In A Mail Theft, Bank Fraud, And Aggravated Identity Theft Scheme
Former Cheyenne Resident Sentenced for Bank Fraud, Possession of Stolen Mail, and Aggravated Identity Theft United States Attorney Mark A. Klaassen announced that former Cheyenne resident Dawn Marie Wheeler, 51,…
Financial Fraud: University of Puerto Rico (UPR) Have Pay For Settles Misuse Of Grant Funds
University Of Puerto Rico Settles Misuse Of Grant Funds Case SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico– On November 21, 2018, the United States Government recovered the sum of $1,772,790.00 from the University…
Financial Fraud: Jill Diane Applebury Pleaded Guilty To Defrauding Anchorage Medical Practice
Alaska Woman Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Anchorage Medical Practice Anchorage, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that an Alaska woman pleaded guilty in federal court for devising multiple schemes…
Criminal Of Nature: Avin International LTD And Nicos I.V. Special Maritime Enterprises Pleaded Guilty In ILLEGALLY DISCHARGING OIL
TWO GREEK SHIPPING COMPANIES PLEAD GUILTY TO ILLEGALLY DISCHARGING OIL INTO TEXAS PORT WATERS Vessel Master and Operator Company Admit to Lying to Coast Guard, Company to Pay $4 Million…
Financial Fraud: Amber R. Crowder And Shauna Marie Brumfield Pled Guilty To Federal Charge in Bid-Rigging Scheme
Former D.C. Schools Employee and Business Owner Plead Guilty to Federal Charge in Bid-Rigging Scheme Schools Employee Helped Steer Nearly $300,000 Contract to Her Friend WASHINGTON – A former employee…
Financial Fraud: Andrew Otero Convicted In $11 Million Veteran Set-Aside Fraud Scheme
Government Contractors Found Guilty in $11 Million Veteran Set-Aside Fraud Scheme Company and owner fraudulently misused “service-disabled veteran-owned small business” status to defraud the Department of Veterans Affairs and Army…
Cyber Scams: Peter Vincent Cruz Pleaded Guilty To Money Laundering Charges In Fraud Proceeds From Online Romance
Man Pleads Guilty to Laundering Proceeds from Romance and Cyber Scams On November 16, 2018, Peter Vincent Cruz, a resident of Washington State and Alaska, pleaded guilty to money laundering…
Tax Fraud: Wagdy Guirguis And Michael Higa Convicted Of Conspiracy To Defraud The United States
Owner of Engineering Firms and CPA Convicted in Tax Scheme Caused Millions in Tax Loss and Obstructed IRS Efforts to Collect Money and Penalties Owed A federal jury in Honolulu,…
Financial Fraud: Peter Cash Doye And Raquel Reid Plead Guilty For Their Roles In a Massive Real Estate Fraud Scheme
JURY CONVICTS SAN DIEGO EXECUTIVE AND BROKER OF $50 MILLION REAL ESTATE FRAUD Defendants Used La Jolla and Del Mar Mansions to Defraud Lenders SAN DIEGO – Following a two-week…
Health Care Fraud: James Wildman Admitted Defrauding New Jersey State Health Benefits Programs
Ocean County, New Jersey, Schools Maintenance Worker Admits Health Care Fraud Conspiracy Targeting State Health Benefits Programs CAMDEN, N.J. – An Ocean County, New Jersey, man today admitted defrauding New…
Financial Fraud: Temporary Injunction Against Individuals For Operating Three International Mail Fraud Schemes
District Court Enters Temporary Restraining Order Blocking Three Elder Fraud Schemes From Sending Fraudulent Letters A federal court in Central Islip, New York entered a temporary injunction today against individuals…
Financial Fraud: KAM WONG Pled Guilty To Embezzling Millions Of Dollars From The Credit Union
Former Chief Executive Officer Of New York Credit Union Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Multimillion-Dollar Embezzlement Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New…
Financial Fraud: David Hansen Indicted For Wire Fraud And Six Counts of Tax Fraud
Former Owner and CEO of Yellowstone Partners Investment Firm Indicted for Fraud BOISE - David Hansen, 47, formerly of Idaho Falls, was indicted yesterday, by a federal grand jury sitting…
Visa Fraud: Wright State University’s Board of Trustees Admitted to H1B Visa Fraud Violations
Wright State University Agrees to Pay Government $1 Million for Visa Fraud DAYTON – Wright State University’s Board of Trustees has accepted responsibility for visa fraud offenses on behalf of…
Health Care Fraud: Michael Kestner And Lisabeth Smolenski Convicted For False Claims To Medicare And TRICARE
United States Files Suit Against Franklin, Tennessee-Based Pain, MD, LLC and Related Pain Clinics and Owners Lawsuit Alleges False Claims Act Conduct at Pain Management Clinics in Tennessee, North Carolina…
Financial Fraud: Segun Prosper Otaru Indicted For Defrauded Their Victims Through Various Internet Scams
Nigerian National Indicted for Internet Fraud Scheme SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Nigerian national in St. Robert, Mo., has been indicted by a federal grand jury for his role in a…
Financial Fraud: JOSEPH KIM Sentenced For Misappropriating $1.1 Million In Bitcoin And Litecoin
Trader Sentenced to 15 Months in Federal Prison for Misappropriating $1.1 Million in Cryptocurrencies CHICAGO — In the first criminal prosecution in Chicago involving the cryptocurrency trading industry, a federal…
Financial Fraud: Clayton Marlow Anderson Sentenced For Fraudulent Investment Scheme
Disbarred Attorney Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Former Clients and Investors SAN DIEGO – Clayton Marlow Anderson, Jr., a former attorney based in La Mesa, California before his disbarment in…
Financial Fraud: Deborah Joy Durand Convicted of False Statements to Obtain Federal Employees Compensation Benefits, Wire Fraud, False Claims Relating to Workers Compensation Benefits, and Theft of Government Property
Former Postal Employee Convicted for Fraudulently Obtaining Workers' Compensation Benefits GREAT FALLS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced a federal court convicted Deborah Joy Durand of False Statements to…
Financial Fraud: James E. Levin and Jacklyn M. Sutcivni Were Indicted for Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud
Natick Attorney and Former City of Worcester Housing Official Indicted on Fraud…
Financial Fraud: Deborah Joy Durand Convicted of False Statements to Obtain Federal Employees Compensation Benefits, Wire Fraud, False Claims Relating to Workers Compensation Benefits, and Theft of Government Property
Former Postal Employee Convicted for Fraudulently Obtaining Workers' Compensation Benefits GREAT FALLS…
Investment Fraud: DAVID BLAINE WELLIVER Sentenced For Defrauding Investors in The Dblaine Fund
Investment Advisor Sentenced to Five Years for Defrauding Investors of $1.725 Million…
FBI Announcement: Preliminary 2015 Crime Stats
Preliminary 2015 Crime Stats Released The FBI’s latest Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime…
Tax Fraud: Seven Individuals Convicted of Tax Fraud
HOUSTON With the deadline for filing income tax returns rapidly approaching, Acting…
Federal Law Enforcement in Chicago Seizes $214 Million in Alleged “Pump and Dump” Investment Fraud
Federal Law Enforcement Cracks Down on $214 Million "Pump and Dump" Scheme…
Identity Theft: Scott J. Wolas Accused of a Fraudulent Real Estate Investment Scheme
Fugitive Sought in $1.5 Million Quincy Real Estate Scheme Arrested in Florida…
Financial Fraud: MYONG HWAN HAN Charged For Mail Fraud in Connection With a Scheme
Queens Man Charged In New York City “Vermin Control” Fraud Scheme Preet…
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Bulletproof Betrayal: Inside the $5.2 Million ShotStop Fraud That Sold Counterfeit Body Armor to America’s Law Enforcement
A Sentence for Deception, A Warning for a Nation When…
The Weapon of Experience: Inside the $28M Memphis Pharmacy Fraud and a Prior Conviction at the Heart of a Record-Breaking National Takedown
A National Crisis Hits Home in Memphis In the sprawling…
Health and Wellness Scams: Emerging Trends in 2024
In today's fast-paced world, where people are constantly seeking ways…
Medical Identity Theft: What We Need To Know in 2023 To Prevent
Medical identity theft is the unauthorized use of an individual's…
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Mortgage Fraud: Nomura Holding America Inc. Pay a $480 Million Penalty To Resolve Federal Civil Claims
Nomura Agrees to Pay $480 Million in Civil Penalties for Misleading Investors in Sale of Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities The United…
Financial Fraud: Christopher M. Tanner Sentenced For Counterfeiting United States Currency
Mobile County Man Receives 18 Month Sentence for Making Counterfeit United States Currency, Ordered to Pay $130.00 Restitution and All…
Financial Fraud: Nicholas Ochs Pleaded Guilty To Counts One – Disaster Benefit Fraud
Ambler, Pennsylvania, Man Admits Defrauding FEMA Relating To Major Disaster CAMDEN, N.J. – An Ambler, Pennsylvania, man today admitted defrauding…
Financial Fraud: David Scott Glasrud Convicted On Federal Theft, Fraud And False Statement Charges Arising
Founder and Former Administrator of Public Charter Schools in Albuquerque Sentenced to 60 Months for Conviction on Federal Theft, Fraud…
Financial Fraud: Wayde McKelvy Convicted For Conspiracy to Engage in Securities Fraud And Wire Fraud
Founder of Bogus Green Energy Firm Convicted of Running a $54 Million Ponzi Scheme PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Attorney William M.…
Investment Fraud: SUNG HONG Sentenced For Defrauding More Than 55 Clients On Affinity Investment Fraud
Couple Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms for $12.7 Million Affinity Investment Fraud Defendants Preyed on Faith Communities to Fund Lavish…
Financial Fraud: Kevin Kyes Sentenced For Wire Fraud And Money Laundering Convictions Arising From Ponzi Scheme
Convicted Fraudster Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For $7 Million Ponzi Scheme SAN FRANCISCO – Kevin Kyes was sentenced…
Financial Fraud: Eight Defendants Arrested For Stealing From Medicaid And The New York City Department
Eight Therapists Arrested In Scheme to Defraud Program for Developmentally Disabled Children Defendants Allegedly Defrauded the New York State Early…
Health Care Fraud: Wade Neal Barker Admitted His Role In The $200 Million Forest Park Medical Center Fraud
Surgeon Pleads Guilty In Forest Park Medical Center Bribery Scam A Mesquite-based bariatric surgeon today formally admitted his role in…
Tax Fraud: David Tielle Pleaded Guilty To Fraudulently Claim Tax Refunds Based On The Biodiesel Mixture Tax Credit
Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty to Biodiesel Tax Conspiracy A Harrisburg, Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to one…
Financial Fraud: Si Chen Pleaded Guilty To Participating In a Scheme That Illegally Exported Sensitive Space Communications Technology
Pomona Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison in Scheme to Smuggle Restricted Space Communications Technology to China SANTA ANA, California –…
Financial Fraud: PAUL D. LAMARCHE Pleaded Guilty To Wire Fraud And Theft Of Government Property
Captain of Prominent Tourist Sailing Ship Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Claiming Disability Collected Disability Payments Claiming He Couldn’t Work,…
Cyber Crime: Filip Lucian Simion Sentenced For Conspiracy To Import Controlled Substances And Launder Money
Leader Of Darknet ItalianMafiaBrussels Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced To 11 Years’ Imprisonment DENVER – U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer announced that…
False Claims Act: KRH Along With Six Subsidiaries Have Agreed To Pay To Resolve Allegations That They Violated The False Claims Act
Kalispell Regional Healthcare System to Pay $24 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Montana-based Kalispell Regional Healthcare System (KRH)…
Health Care Fraud: RS Compounding, LLC And And Renier Gobea Owner Pay Financial Fraud Allegations
Government Settles $1.2 Million Lawsuit Against Florida Compounding Pharmacy And Its Owner For Excessive Charges To TRICARE Tampa – U.S.…
Financial Fraud: James E. Doyle Pleaded Guilty To Thirty-One Counts Of Bank Fraud
Former State Senator, RI Businessman Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud, Tax Crimes PROVIDENCE, RI – Former Rhode Island State Senator…
Mortgage Fraud: Michael Arroyo Sentenced For Defrauding Banks in Shotgun Loan Scheme
Real Estate Broker Sentenced to Prison for Role in Defrauding Banks in $3.5 Million ‘Shotgun’ Loan Scheme NEWARK, N.J. –…
Health Care Fraud: Robert Madonna Pleaded Guilty For Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud
Former Margate Mortgage Consultant Admits Health Care Fraud Conspiracy CAMDEN, N.J. – A former Atlantic County resident now living in…
Cyber Crime: PETERIS SAHUROVS Sentenced For Participating In a Lucrative Scareware Hacking Scheme
Latvian National Sentenced To Prison For -Scareware- Hacking Scheme That Targeted Minneapolis Star Tribune Website A Latvian man was sentenced…
Financial Fraud: Arturo Vargas Previously Entered Guilty Plea and Admitted Role in Scheme in April 2018
Another Texas Businessman Pleads Guilty to Participating in Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Scheme that Exploited Big Crow Program Office at Kirtland…
