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Tax Fraud: Howard Hsu And Tracy Chang Sentenced On Tax Fraud Charges
California Mother and Son Sentenced to Prison for Fraudulent Corporate Tax Returns Cheated IRS out of Approximately $500,000 San Francisco residents, Howard Hsu and his mother, Tracy Chang, were sentenced…
Healthcare Fraud: Ricky J. Sayegh Pleaded Guilty to an Information Charging Him With Accepting Cash Bribes
New York Doctor Pleads Guilty In Connection With Test-Referral Scheme With New Jersey Clinical Lab NEWARK, N.J. – An internal medicine doctor practicing in Yonkers, New York, today admitted taking…
Healthcare Fraud: Pam Gardner Pleaded Guilty to Conspiracy to Solicit And Receive Cash Kickbacks
Final Group Of Physicians And Owner Of Medical Practice Plead Guilty In Medical Kickback Scheme Pam Gardner, 55, of Springfield, Tennessee, pleaded guilty yesterday, to conspiracy to solicit and receive…
Financial Fraud: Prentice L. Johnson, Renina Letricia Wortham, And Enobahkare Malik Peterson Sentenced For Theft of Government Funds
Three Defendants sentenced for stealing over $4.3 Million in U.S. Government Funds ATLANTA - Prentice L. Johnson, Renina Letricia Wortham, a/k/a Renina Simmons-Wortham, and Enobahkare Malik Peterson have each been…
Financial Fraud: Navin Shankar Subramaniam Xavier Sentenced in Connection With Two Separate Fraud Schemes
Former CEO of Essex Holdings Inc. Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison in Connection with $33 Million Ponzi Scheme The former Chief Executive Officer of Essex Holdings, Inc., was sentenced…
Financial Fraud: Senator Carlos I. Uresti Charged With One Count of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud And One Count of Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Texas State Senator Carlos Uresti In San Antonio today, a federal grand jury returned two separate indictments against District 19 Texas State Senator Carlos I. Uresti…
Financial Fraud: JOHN FARCHIONE And LOUIS BENDEL, Arrested And Charged With Honest Services Fraud, Bank Fraud, Mail Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft
Former Manager Of Public Utility Arrested For Defrauding The Public Utility And Its Customers Out Of More Than $3.8 Million Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the…
Financial Fraud: CaRECORE NATIONAL LLC (“CARECORE”) Filed And Settled a Civil Fraud Lawsuit Against Benefits Management Company
Acting U.S. Attorney Announces $54 Million Settlement Of Civil Fraud Lawsuit Against Benefits Management Company For Improper Authorization Of Medical Procedures CareCore Admits to Improperly Authorizing Over 200,000 Procedures Paid…
Healthcare Scam: RANDY CROWELL Sentenced For Role In Black Market Medication Scheme
Owner Of Utah-Based Pharmaceutical Wholesale Distributor Sentenced To 60 Months In Prison For Role In $100 Million Black Market Medication Scheme Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for…
Financial Fraud: Prevezon Holdings Ltd. Agrees to Pay For Elaborate Tax Refund Fraud Scheme
Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces $5.9 Million Settlement Of Civil Money Laundering And Forfeiture Claims Against Real Estate Corporations Alleged To Have Laundered Proceeds Of Russian Tax Fraud Defendant Prevezon…
Financial Fraud: Group Of Individuals Charging With Conspiracy to Commit Identity Theft, Aggravated Identity Theft, And Counterfeit Access Device
22 Individuals Charged With Conspiracy To Commit Id Theft SAN JUAN, P.R – On May 9, 2017, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a 49-count…
Financial Fraud: Naris Chamroonrat Pleaded Guilty In Worldwide Simulator Trading Account Scheme
Owner Of Day Trading Firm Admits Role In Worldwide Simulator Trading Account Scheme, Two Co-Conspirators Indicted Scheme Targeted Hundreds of Investors in More Than 30 Countries, Including United States NEWARK,…
Financial Fraud: Three Customer Of Perryville Investment Group Charged With False Loan Application
Bank Officers and Bank Customer Charged with Wire Fraud and Making a False Loan Application ROCKFORD — Two bank officers and a bank customer were charged Tuesday by a federal…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Financial Fraud: IAV GmbH (IAV) Plead Guilty To One Criminal Felony Count And His Role In a Long-Running Scheme For Volkswagen AG (VW)
IAV GmbH to Pay $35 Million Criminal Fine in Guilty Plea for Its Role in Volkswagen AG Emissions Fraud IAV GmbH (IAV), a German company that engineers and designs automotive…
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: IAV GmbH (IAV) Plead Guilty To One Criminal Felony Count And His Role In a Long-Running Scheme For Volkswagen AG (VW)
IAV GmbH to Pay $35 Million Criminal Fine in Guilty Plea for…
Jae Ho Chung Sentenced For Multi-Million Dollar Bank ‘Bustout’ Scheme that used Counterfeit Checks
Leader of Multi-Million Dollar Bank ‘Bustout’ Scheme that used Counterfeit Checks Sentenced…
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…
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…
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The Weapon of Experience: Inside the $28M Memphis Pharmacy Fraud and a Prior Conviction at the Heart of a Record-Breaking National Takedown
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Financial Fraud: Gabriel Martin Reed Charged With Federal Wire Fraud And Defrauded Investors
Concert Promoter Arrested on Federal Fraud Charges that Allege He Solicited Investment Money that Was Never Used for Music Events…
Financial Fraud: Jason R. Klein Pleaded Guilty to Illegal Bitcoin Exchange
Nixa Man Pleads Guilty to Illegal Bitcoin Exchange SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western…
Financial Fraud: Dr. Jian Yun Dong, aka John Dong, Sentenced For Multiple Fraud-Based Convictions
Dr. Jian Dong Sentenced to Seventy Months for Grant Fraud Corporations founded by Dr. Dong fined over $12 million in…
Financial Fraud: Lee’s Summit, Mo. Sentenced For a Series of Embezzlement Schemes
Lee's Summit Woman Sentenced for $1.5 Million Embezzlement Schemes, Identity Theft KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tom Larson, Acting United States…
Healthcare Fraud: Dr. Salomon Melgen Convicted In Medicare Fraud Scheme
South Florida Doctor Convicted of Sixty-Seven Criminal Counts Related to Medicare Fraud Scheme Today, a federal jury in South Florida…
Financial Fraud: Sean Stanley Jackson Sentenced to Defraud Car Dealers and Lenders
Baltimore, Maryland Man Sentenced to 8 Years in Federal Prison for His Role in Six Year Scam Using Fake Companies…
Financial Fraud: Wisler Cyrius Sentenced For Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud And Money Laundering
Naples Man Sentenced In Connection With “PIP” Scheme To Defraud Automobile Insurance Companies Fort Myers, FL – U.S. District Judge…
Financial Fraud: Timothy S. Lenon Has Pleaded Guilty to One Count of Theft of Government Funds
Georgia Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Deceased Father’s Social Security Benefits ATLANTA - Timothy S. Lenon has pleaded guilty to…
Financial Fraud: OPAL ELAINE TILLMAN Charged With Theft of Government Property For Stealing SSA
Morris Woman Indicted for Fraudulently Taking SSA Survivor Benefits for Husband She Killed BIRMINGHAM – A federal grand jury last…
Healthcare Fraud: Poplar Healthcare PLLC, Agree To Pay to Resolve A False Claims Act Allegations
Poplar Healthcare to Pay Nearly $900,000 to Resolve A False Claims Act Allegations PROVIDENCE, RI – Acting United States Attorney…
Financial Fraud: BARBARA BYRD-BENNETT Sentenced For Using Her Position In exchange For Bribes and Kickbacks
Former Chief Executive of Chicago Public Schools Sentenced to More Than Four Years in Prison in Connection with Bribery and…
Financial Fraud: TIMOTHY W. BURKE Sentenced For Defrauding Distressed Homeowners, And Tax Evasion
Man Who Defrauded Dozens of Distressed Connecticut Homeowners Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison Deirdre M. Daly, United States…
Investment Fraud: Jesse Holovacko Convicted In Six Counts of Wire Fraud And One Count of Investment Advisor Fraud
Former Investment Advisor Who Stole Client’s Retirement Savings Guilty On All Counts Of Wire Fraud And Investment Advisor Fraud TRENTON,…
Identity Theft: Kelvin Lyles Sentenced For Wire Fraud And Fraud “Synthetic Identities”
Identity Thief sentenced for using a new form of fraud “Synthetic Identities” ATLANTA – Creating “synthetic identities” from phony Social…
Mortgage Fraud: Oscar Cantalicio Ortiz Guilty to Conspiring to Commit Bank, Mail And Wire Fraud
Fugitive Sought in Mortgage Fraud Scheme HOUSTON – A 53-year-old Houston-area contractor, set for sentencing in a $16 million loan fraud…
Financial Fraud: Ignacio Beato Charged In a One Count Criminal Information And Wire Fraud
Hazleton Realtor Charged With Conspiracy SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today…
Healthcare Fraud: Partners HealthCare System Have Agreed to Resolve Allegations That a BWH Stem Cell Research Laboratory
Partners Healthcare and Brigham and Women’s Hospital Agree to Pay $10 Million to Resolve Research Fraud Allegations BOSTON – The…
Healthcare Fraud: Forrest S. Kuhn, Jr., Has Agreed to Pay to Resolve Allegations That He Violated The Federal False Claims Act
Louisville Based Physician Settles Federal False Claims Act And State Civil Claims Pays $751,681.16 to settle allegations LOUISVILLE, KY –…
Healthcare Fraud: Braden Partners, L.P., Has Agreed to Pay To Teijin Pharma USA LLC, for Violating the False Claims Act
Oxygen Equipment Provider Pays $11.4 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations The Department of Justice announced today that Braden…
Tax Fraud: Dan Farhad Kalili, David Ramin Kalili And David Shahrokh Azarian Sentenced For Hiding Millions of Dollars
Southern California Residents sentenced to Prison for Hiding Millions of Dollars in Secret Foreign Bank Accounts Failed to Report Swiss…
