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Financial Fraud: John Edward Taylor Charged With One Count of Wire Fraud, Bank Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft
Alleged Confidence Man Charged With Luring Victims Through Matchmaking And Networking Sites To Commit Fraud And Identity Theft John Edward Taylor Allegedly Masqueraded as a Millionaire and Businessman to Romance…
Financial Fraud: George N. Krinos Charged In a Two-Count Criminal Information With Engaging in a Securities Fraud Scheme
Boardman man charged with defrauding investors out of $1.2 million A Boardman man was charged in federal court with defrauding investors out of nearly $1.2 million and related tax violations,…
Financial Fraud: Sergey Kapustin Charged With One Count of Wire Fraud and Conspiring to Commit Wire Fraud
Auto Dealer Arrested In $2 Million Fraud On Russian Citizens NEWARK, N.J. – A New Jersey auto dealer was charged today for allegedly defrauding more than 140 Russian citizens who…
Swiss Bank Tax: Final Resolutions Of Department of Justice And Swiss Bank Program
Justice Department Reaches Final Resolutions Under Swiss Bank Program Information Received Continues to Drive Civil and Criminal Enforcement Efforts The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached final…
Financial And Tax Fraud: CHRISTOPHER A. JANSEN – President of Baytree Investors Inc. – Charges of Wire Fraud And Evading Income Taxes
Former President of St. Charles Company Sentenced to 70 Months in Federal Prison for Wire Fraud and Income Tax Evasion ROCKFORD — The former President of Baytree Investors Inc., a…
Financial Fraud: United Shore Financial Services LLC (USFS) Pay For Alleged False Claims Act Liability Arising From Fha-Insured Mortgage Lending
United Shore Financial Services LLC Agrees To Pay $48 Million To Resolve Alleged False Claims Act Liability Arising From Fha-Insured Mortgage Lending WASHINGTON - United Shore Financial Services LLC (USFS)…
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 The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota announced the sentencing of DAVID BLAINE WELLIVER, 56,…
Cyber Crime: IAT HONG, BO ZHENG, and CHIN HUNG Charged With Devising and Carrying Out a Scheme to Enrich Themselves by Obtaining And Trading on Material, Nonpublic Information
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Arrest of Macau Resident and Unsealing of Charges Against Three Individuals for Insider Trading Based On Information Hacked from Prominent U.S. Law Firms Iat Hong Arrested…
Financial Fraud: Richard Shusterman Sentenced For Co-Conspirators Perpetrated a Brazen And Complex Ponzi Scheme That Defrauded Investors
Leader of $242 Million Investment Fraud Scheme Sentenced to 18 Years in Federal Prison Ponzi Scheme Involved Sale of Medical Debts Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar…
Tax Fraud: Anthony Cosica Sentenced For Multimillion-Dollar Cigarette Tax Fraud Scheme
Last Defendant in $48 Million Dollar Cigarette Tax Fraud Scheme Sentenced The case involved untaxed cigarettes sold in all 50 States and was the first prosecution in the nation under…
Financial Fraud: Umair Hamid Charged with Wire Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft, and Worldwide “Diploma Mill” Scheme
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges Executive Of Axact In $140 Million Diploma Mill Scam Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge…
Investment Fraud: Naris Chamroonrat Charged Of Conspiracy to Commit Securities Fraud And One Count of Wire Fraud
Owner Of Day Trading Firm Charged In Worldwide Simulator Trading Account Scheme Scheme Targeted Hundreds of Investors in Over 30 Countries, Including the United States NEWARK, N.J. – A Thai…
Tax Fraud: Kevin Brown, Formerly of Capitol Heights, Sentenced For Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Scheme
Maryland Man Sentenced to 135 Months in Prison For Scheme That Used Stolen Identifying Information To Fraudulently Seek More Than $20 Million in Tax Refunds Stole Identities of Nursing Home…
Cyber Crime: DAVID W. KENT, Owner Of Oilpro.com, Guilty In Hacking Into a Competitor’s Network and Stealing Client Data
Oilpro.Com Founder Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Hacking Into Competitor’s Computer System Defendant Stole Information From Over 700,000 Customer Accounts Stored on a Competitor’s Database and Then Sought…
Financial Fraud: Phillip E. Southwood former owner of Southwood Industries, Inc., Sentenced for Multiple Bankruptcy-Related Crimes
Small Business Owner Sentenced to Prison for Bankruptcy Fraud Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joseph J.M. Orabona (619)546-7951 or Michael Heyman (619) 546-9615NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – December 19, 2016 SAN DIEGO –…
Investment Fraud: Seven Individuals Charged With Securities Fraud, Investment Adviser Fraud And Securities Fraud Conspiracy
Platinum Partners’ Founder And Chief Investment Officer Among Five Indicted In A $1 Billion Investment Fraud Two Additional Individuals Indicted In A $50 Million Bond Fraud Involving Black Elk Energy,…
List Of U.S. Attorney’s Office Collects in Civil and Criminal Actions for U.S. Taxpayers in Fiscal year 2016
U.S. Attorney's Office made a report on what they collected in 2016 following offenses and civil actions in Fiscal for U.S. Taxpayers with a more than a $15.3 billion. Justice…
Financial Fraud: Bogdan Nicolescu, Tiberiu Danet And Radu Miclaus Indicted in Cyber Fraud, Identity Theft And Wire Fraud
Three Romanian nationals indicted in cyber fraud case in which they infected 60,000 computers, sent out 11 million malicious emails and stole at least $4 million A 21-count indictment was…
Investment Fraud: Richard Wyatt Davis Charged With One Count of Wire Fraud and Three Counts of Tax Evasion
Mecklenburg Co. Man Facing Federal Charges In Connection With $19 Million Investment Fraud Scheme Defendant Misused Victim-Investors’ Funds to Pay for Vacation Homes, Vehicles, a Chef and Other Personal Expenses…
Financial Fraud: Two Brokers Charged For Scheme to Use Simultaneous Loan Applications to Fraudulently Obtain Home Equity Lines of Credit
Real Estate Brokers And Client Charged With Defrauding Banks In ‘Shotgun’ Loan Scheme NEWARK, N.J. – Two real estate brokers and a client were arrested today and charged in connection…
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…
Tax Fraud: Seven Individuals Convicted of Tax Fraud
HOUSTON With the deadline for filing income tax returns rapidly approaching, Acting…
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…
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…
FBI Announcement: Preliminary 2015 Crime Stats
Preliminary 2015 Crime Stats Released The FBI’s latest Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime…
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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
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Investment Fraud: Joseph Taub and Elazar Shmalo Charged With Orchestrating a Massive, Long-Running Market Manipulation Scheme
Two Securities Traders Charged In Scheme That Netted $26 Million In Illicit Profits Manipulated $10 Billion Worth of Securities in…
Bank Teller Fraud: List Of Convicted for Mail Fraud, Money Laundering, and Tax Fraud
Former Bank Teller Sentenced for $83,000 Embezzlement WICHITA, KAN. - A former Labette County bank clerk was sentenced Wednesday to…
Financial Fraud: Samuel Mebiame Pleaded Guilty to Conspiring to Make Corrupt Payments to Government Officials in Africa
Gabonese National Pleads Guilty To Foreign Bribery Scheme The Son of a Former Prime Minister of Gabon Bribed High-Ranking Government…
Financial Fraud: Seven Individuals Charged With Fraud Against The Social Security Administration (SSA)
Arrest And Indictment Of Seven Individuals For Social Security Fraud SAN JUAN, P.R. - On December 6, 2016, a Federal…
Healthcare Fraud: CEO and President Of The Pharmaceutical Company Charges With Defraud Health Care Insurers
Pharmaceutical Executives Charged in Racketeering Scheme BOSTON – Several pharmaceutical executives and managers, formerly employed by Insys Therapeutics, Inc., were…
Financial Frud: NIKESH A. PATEL Pleaded Guilty to Fraud in Sham Loans to a Milwaukee Investment Company
Chief Executive of Florida-Based Financial Firm Guilty of Fraud in $179 Million Sham Loan Scheme CHICAGO — The CEO of…
Tax Fraud: DAVID ADAMS Charged With One Count of Tax Evasion And One Count of Filing a False Tax Return
Old Saybrook Resident Charged with Additional Tax Crimes Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and…
Investment Fraud: Howard Leventhal Sentenced For Million Fraud Scheme
Canadian Deputy Health Minister Impersonator Sentenced To 60 Months’ Imprisonment In $26 Million Fraud Scheme BROOKLYN, NY – Earlier today,…
Investment Fraud: JONATHAN LY Guilty to Insider Trading
Former Expedia IT Support Worker Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading Used Computer Network Credentials to Access Company Emails to Trade…
Financial Fraud: Chad Ducey and Two Other Individuals Was Sentenced For Multi-Million-Dollar Fraud Schemes of Imperial Petroleum Inc.
CEO of publicly traded company along with two others sent to federal prison Defrauded biodiesel purchasers and shareholders INDIANAPOLIS -…
Tax Fraud: Barbara Antonucci Sentenced For Conspiring to File False Claims and Filing False Claims
El Dorado Hills Woman Sentenced to 3.5 Years in Prison for Tax Refund Scheme Involving More than $1.8 Million in…
Healthcare Fraud: Pedro Van Rhyn Soler and Edgardo Van Rhyn Soler Charged With One Count of Health Care Fraud
Two Defendants Indicted For Healthcare Fraud And Money Laundering SAN JUAN, P.R. - On November 29, 2016, a federal grand…
Credit Card Scam: Vinod Dadlani Charged with One Count of Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud
Jewelry Store Owner Sentenced To Two Years In Prison For Role In International, $200 Million Credit Card Fraud Scam TRENTON,…
Financial Fraud: NANDU THONDAVADI – CEO of Schaumburg-based Quadrant 4 System Corp.- Charged with One Count of Willfully Certifying False Financial Reports
CEO of Schaumburg Consulting Firm Arrested on Fraud Charges for Misrepresenting Company’s Financial Condition CHICAGO — The chief executive of…
Insurance Fraud: Cristopher Santiago Sanchez-Becerra Sentenced for Staging Car Accidents in a Scheme to Defraud Insurance Companies
Stockton Man Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison for Staging Car Accidents in a Scheme to Defraud Insurance Companies FRESNO,…
Claims Act Scam: Bechtel National Inc., Bechtel Corp., URS Corp. and URS Energy, Have Agreed to Pay $125 Million to Resolve Allegations Under the False Claims Act
The United States Settles Lawsuit Against Energy Department Contractors for Knowingly Mischarging Costs on Contract at Nuclear Waste Treatment Plant…
Financial Fraud: Owners Of PLCMGMT LLC dba Prometheus Pleaded Guilty to Defrauding Investors of Multi-Million Dollar Securities Fraud
Founder of Litigation Marketing Company Guilty of Multi-Million Dollar Securities Fraud Assistant U.S. Attorneys Aaron P. Arnzen (619) 546-8384 and…
Financial Fraud: Jason H. Wild And Lt. Col. Michael K. Strom Convicted Convicted For Wire Fraud Conspiracy and False Claims
Former Major and Lt. Col. Convicted of Four-Year Fraud Against the Marine Corps Assistant U.S. Attorneys Nicholas W. Pilchak (619)…
Financial Fraud: Patricia Webb of Lee’s Summit Pleaded Guilty to Three Counts of Wire Fraud and One Count of Aggravated Identity Theft
Lee's Summit Woman Pleads Guilty to $1.5 Million Embezzlement Schemes, Identity Theft KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States…
Financial Fraud: Two Individuals Sentenced for Stealing Their Deceased Parent’s Government Benefits
Two Georgia Men Sentenced for Stealing Government Benefits ATLANTA - John W. Jackson, Jr., and Corry Sandlin, have been sentenced…
