Financial Fraud

Morris Woman Indicted for Fraudulently Taking SSA Survivor Benefits for Husband She Killed BIRMINGHAM – A federal grand jury last week indicted a Morris woman for fraudulently claiming nearly $168,000 in Social Security widow’s benefits […] Read More

Former Chief Executive of Chicago Public Schools Sentenced to More Than Four Years in Prison in Connection with Bribery and Kickback Scheme CHICAGO — BARBARA BYRD-BENNETT was sentenced today to more than four years in […] Read More

Fugitive Sought in Mortgage Fraud Scheme HOUSTON – A 53-year-old Houston-area contractor, set for sentencing in a $16 million loan fraud scheme, has now been charged with failing to appear, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. […] Read More

Hazleton Realtor Charged With Conspiracy SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Ignacio Beato, age 46, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, was charged in a one count criminal […] Read More

Volkswagen AG Sentenced in Connection with Conspiracy to Cheat U.S. Emissions Tests Volkswagen AG (VW) was sentenced in federal court in Detroit today after pleading guilty on March 10, 2017, to three felony counts of: […] Read More

Government Contractors Indicted in $11 Million Veteran Set-Aside Fraud Scheme Assistant U.S. Attorneys Rebecca S. Kanter (619-546-7304) and Aaron P. Arnzen (619-546-8384) SAN DIEGO, CA – Owners of local construction and telecommunications companies were arraigned […] Read More

Owner And CEO Of Debt Collection Company Sentenced To 100 Months In Prison For Orchestrating $31 Million Debt Collection Scheme Thousands of Consumers Victimized in Largest Debt Collection Scheme Ever Charged Joon H. Kim, the […] Read More

NEWARK, N.J. – An East Orange, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 26 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to file false federal income tax returns on behalf of inmates at […] Read More

LOS ANGELES – The fifth and final defendant charged with using credit and debit cards obtained from a series of cyberattacks on U.S. companies that resulted in an estimated $5 million in losses – and […] Read More

The Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS) has agreed to pay the United States $7,150,436 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act in its administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), […] Read More

Tax Preparer Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison in $1.2 Million Tax Refund Fraud Scheme DOJ and IRS Remind Taxpayers to File Timely and Accurate Tax Returns by Tuesday, April 18, 2017 TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – […] Read More

Ten Arrested For Defrauding Victims Out Of More Than $9 Million In Diamonds Schemers targeted victims in New York, Las Vegas, and Mumbai, India Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern […] Read More