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Financial Fraud: Shawn Hilliard Sentenced For His Role As a Ringleader Of a Nationwide Bank Fraud Organization
Ringleader Of Bank Fraud Organization Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison PHILADELPHIA – Shawn Hilliard, 30, of the Bronx, New York, was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for…
Loan Fraud Scheme: TIMOTHY G. FISHER -President of First Farmers Financial LLC – Guilty Of Million Sham Loan Scheme
President of Florida-Based Financial Firm Guilty of Money Laundering in $179 Million Sham Loan Scheme CHICAGO — The president of a Florida-based financial firm has pleaded guilty to a money…
Healthcare Fraud: Andres Alfonso Convicted of Three Substantive Counts of Health Care Fraud
Former Owner of Miami Based Pharmacy Convicted at Trial of $700,000 Medicare Fraud Scheme The former owner of a Miami based retail pharmacy was convicted, following a three-day trial, for…
Tax Fraud: Paul and Freida Bouraxis Sentenced For Federal Tax Offenses
Franklin Family Sentenced in Tax Conspiracy United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad announced that Paul Bouraxis (age 67), his wife, Freida Bouraxis (age 61), son, Andreas Bouraxis (age 40), and…
Tax Fraud: Robert Warren Scully Sentenced For Tax and Wire Fraud Scheme
San Antonio Businessman Sentenced to Prison for Estimated $5.3 Million Tax And Wire Fraud Scheme A federal judge this morning sentenced a former owner of San Antonio-based Gourmet Express, LLC,…
Alaska Medicaid Program Fraud: Julio De La Cruz Sentenced For Medicaid and Social Security Fraud Schemes
Anchorage Man Sentenced to 10 Months in Federal Prison for Medicaid and Social Security Fraud Schemes Anchorage, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced that Julio De La Cruz,…
Mortgage Fraud: Seven Individuals Pled Guilty to One Count of Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud and Wire Fraud
Seven Defendants Plead Guilty to Conspiracy Related to Mortgage Fraud Scheme In two related cases, seven residents of Miami-Dade County pled guilty to conspiracy charges arising from their involvement in…
Financial Fraud: Gary Tanner and Andrew Davenport, CEO Valeant and Philidor, Charged For Illegal Fraud And Kickback Scheme
Former Valeant Executive And Former Philidor Ceo Charged In Manhattan Federal Court For Illegal Fraud And Kickback Scheme Kickbacks Paid Out of Valeant Corporate Funds Spent on Philidor Option Were…
Financial Fraud: Junior Jean Baptiste Convicted on Charges of Conspiracy to Commit Government Money Laundering and Aggravated Identity Theft
North Miami Check Casher Sentenced to More than 17 Years in Prison for Cashing Over $11 Million in Fraudulent Tax Refund Checks A North Miami check casher was sentenced to…
Financial Fraud: Judge Jones – Rite Aid Vice President, and Jay Findling Sentenced For Million Fraud And Kickback Scheme
Former Rite Aid Vice President And New Jersey Businessman Sentenced To Prison In $12.9 Million Fraud And Kickback Scheme HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of…
Financial Fraud: JPMorgan APAC Agreed to Pay Penalty For Its Role in a Scheme to Corruptly Gain Advantages in Winning Banking Deals
JPMorgan’s Investment Bank in Hong Kong Agrees to Pay $72 Million Penalty for Corrupt Hiring Scheme in China JPMorgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited (JPMorgan APAC), a Hong Kong-based subsidiary of…
Tax Fraud: Harold R. Stanley Sentenced For Trial of One Count of Tax Evasion
Tax Defier Sentenced for $1 Million Tax Evasion KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Peculiar, Mo., man associated…
Healthcare Fraud: Eduardo Arango Chong Charged With One Count of Conspiracy To Commit Health Care Fraud
Miami-Dade County, Florida, Man Charged With Conspiracy To Commit Health Care Fraud Established Fictitious Health Services Centers in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and Billed Insurance Companies for Services That Were Not…
Financial Fraud: Umar Adeyola Indicted In Identity Theft, Health Care Fraud, wire fraud, And Theft of Government Money
Amherst Man Indicted On Multiple Charges Of Fraud, Identity Theft And Theft Of Government Money BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a grand jury…
Financial Fraud: Four Individuals and W.Va. Division of Highways Charges For Bribes and Kickbacks
Federal charges filed in W.Va. Division of Highways pay-to-play scheme WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Four individuals and a corporation are facing federal charges for conspiring to steer West Virginia Division…
Financial Fraud: Mark and Jayton Stinson Indictment Charging With Conspiring to Defraud And Failing to Account For And Pay Over Employment Tax
Two Tennessee Residents Indicted for Conspiracy and Employment Tax Fraud Impeded IRS Efforts to Collect and Failed to Pay Over $2.8 Million in Payroll Taxes A federal grand jury sitting…
Financial Fraud: Miosotis Ribot-Figueroa Sentenced for Bank Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft Charges
Woman Sentenced To Three Years In Prison For Bank Fraud SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico– Miosotis Ribot-Figueroa (Ribot) was sentenced before US District Court Judge Gustavo Gelpí to 36 months in…
Healthcare Fraud: MedNet Inc. And BioTelemetry Inc. Pay To Resolve Claims It Paid Illegal Kickbacks
New Jersey Cardiac Monitoring Company Agrees To Pay Over $1.35 Million To Resolve Claims It Paid Illegal Kickbacks To Physicians, NEWARK, N.J. – MedNet Inc., a Ewing, New Jersey-based remote…
Financial Fraud: Erick Estrada-Lopez and Michael Rounsville Guilty of Crimes Arising Out of a Money Laundering Scheme
Federal Jury Convicts Last Two Of Eight Individuals In Money Laundering Scheme Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury yesterday found Erick…
Identity Theft: Craig Alexander Sentenced For Credit Card Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft
Brooklyn Man Sentenced For Credit Card Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft Used Another Man’s Driver’s License to Commit Credit Card Fraud in the Utica Area SYRACUSE, NEW YORK –Craig Alexander,…
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…
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…
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…
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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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Financial Fraud: Michel Lermos-Hernandez Sentenced To Commit Bank Fraud & Aggravated Identity Theft
Ringleader Of Tampa Credit Card Fraud And Identity Theft Ring Sentenced To More Than 16 Years In Prison Tampa, FL…
Investment Fraud: CHRISTIAN MEISSENN Guilty For His Involvement In a Securities Fraud Scheme
Suffield Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges Stemming from Role in Stock "Pump and Dump" Scheme Deirdre M. Daly, United…
Financial Fraud: STEPHEN C. BROWERE Sentenced for Using Client Funds to Purchase a Yacht and Luxury Vehicle
Founder of West Suburban Investment Firm Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison in $3.7 Million Fraud Scheme CHICAGO —…
Financial Fraud: Thomas Davanzo and Robert Fedyna Sentenced For Multi-State Scheme to Defraud Biodiesel
Two Florida Men Sentenced To Over Ten Years In Prison For Multi-State For Biodiesel Fraud Scheme Fort Myers, FL —…
Healthcare Fraud: Tariq Mahmood Convicted To Commit Seven Counts Of Health Care Fraud, And Seven Counts Of Aggravated Identity Theft
United States Prevails in Civil Action against Convicted Doctor Monday, October 31, 2016 TYLER, Texas - The United States has…
Financial Fraud: ANDREW CASPERSEN Sentenced For One Count of Securities Fraud And Wire fraud
Former Finance Executive Andrew Caspersen Sentenced To Four Years In Prison For Defrauding Investors Of Over $38 Million And Misappropriating…
Financial Fraud: Ijaz Butt Charging With Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud
Long Island Man Gets More Than Five Years In Prison For Role In International $200 Million Credit Card Fraud Conspiracy…
Cyber Crime: JONATHAN POWELL Arrested For Hacking Student Email Accounts, And Identity Theft
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Arrest Of Individual Who Compromised Thousands Of University Email Accounts And Stole Private And Confidential Information…
Financial Fraud: Five Individuals Sentenced Of Conspiring to Engage a Scheme to Defraud And Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering
First of Five Sentenced to Federal Prison in Large Fraud Scheme HOUSTON – The first of five people from three…
Financial Fraud: A Group of Individuals Charged With International Money Laundering and Wire Fraud
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Six Individuals For Their Role In International Money Laundering Scheme Involving Over $100 Million…
Financial Fraud: Patrick Emanuel Sutherland Convicted Of Filing False Tax Returns And Obstructing a Federal Grand Jury
Federal Jury Convicts Charlotte Insurance & Financial Executive Of Filing False Tax Returns And Obstruction of Grand Jury Investigation CHARLOTTE,…
Financial Fraud: CARLTON P. CABOT Sentenced For Defrauding Of Elderly Investors With Manipulated Financial Statements
Owner Of Real Estate Investment Firm Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 10 Years In Prison For $17 Million Securities…
Healthcare Fraud: Richard E. Paulus Guilty Of Health Care Fraud And Making False Statements Relating To Health Care Matters
Ashland Cardiologist Convicted Of Health Care Fraud COVINGTON, Ky. — A federal jury has found a cardiologist from Ashland, Ky.,…
Healthcare Fraud: Landon Eckles Sentenced Wrongful Disclosure of Protected Health Information, In Violation Of The Criminal Provisions
Three Warner Chilcott District Managers Sentenced for Healthcare Fraud BOSTON –Three former district managers of pharmaceutical giant Warner Chilcott have…
Financial Fraud: Freya Pearson Guilty In a Fraud Scheme Of Lottery Winnings
Jury Convicts Former KC Woman of Fraud Scheme to Steal Victim's Lottery Winnings KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United…
Financial Fraud: Narasimha Bhogavalli Charged With Engaging in Monetary Transactions
Irving, Texas, Business Owner Arrested on Federal Offense Related to IRS Impersonation/Money Soliciting Scam Victims Called and Told to “Pay…
Financial Fraud: Dwayne C. Hans As Cyber Criminal Charging With Wire Fraud, Computer Fraud, And Money Laundering
Cyber Criminal Charged In Scheme To Steal More Than $1.5 Million From A U.S. Financial Institution Defendant Allegedly Conducted Unauthorized…
Financial Fraud: DAVID HOBSON Pled Guilty to Engaging In a Scheme To Commit Insider Trading
Investment Adviser Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Insider Trading Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern…
Healthcare Fraud: Ronald S. Calderon Sentenced For Health Care Fraud Scheme
Former State Senator Ronald Calderon Sentenced to 42 Months in Federal Prison for Receiving Over 150,000 Dollars in Bribes LOS…
Healthcare Fraud: Simon Hong Convicted of Eight Counts of Healthcare Fraud, Nine Counts of Illegal Kickbacks Related to Healthcare Referrals
Brea Man Who Operated Physical Therapy Clinics Convicted in Scheme that Stole Millions from Medicare Program SANTA ANA, California –…
