Financial Fraud

Vendors, Consultants, And School Administrator Charged In Wide-Ranging Scheme To Defraud Federal “E Rate” Subsidy Program Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney, Assistant Director in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (the “FBI”), David L. Hunt, Inspector General of the Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC-OIG”), […]

22 Charged With Smuggling Millions of Dollars of Counterfeit Luxury Goods From China Into the United States Defendants Trafficked Items that Included Fake Louis Vuitton and Tory Burch Handbags, Michael Kors Wallets, Hermes Belts and Chanel Perfume Earlier today, six indictments and one criminal complaint were unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging

Israeli-Moroccan Man Sentenced to 43 Months in Prison in International Business E-Mail Compromise Scheme Fraud Scam Defrauded Companies of Millions of Dollars WASHINGTON – Harry Meir Mimoun Amar, a resident and citizen of Israel and Morocco, was sentenced today to 43 months in prison for taking part in an international conspiracy to trick mid-level corporate

Jamaican Woman Sentenced for Lottery Scam Targeting Elderly Victims ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Jamaican citizen was sentenced today to six years in prison for orchestrating a lottery fraud that scammed elderly victims out of approximately $385,000. “The financial and emotional harm these scams cause elderly victims and their family members can be devastating,” said G.

Jury convicts cybercriminal for hacking universities ATLANTA – Olayinka Olaniyi, a citizen of Nigeria, was convicted by a federal jury on August 9, 2018, after a three-day trial, on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, computer fraud and aggravated identity theft. Co-defendant, Damilola Solomon Ibiwoye, pleaded guilty to similar charges and was sentenced on

3M Company Agrees to Pay $9.1 Million to Resolve Allegations that It Supplied the United States with Defective Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs COLUMBIA, South Carolina —- United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina Sherri Lydon, in conjunction with the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), announced today that the