Financial Fraud

Loan Scam, Loan Schemes

Financial Fraud: Rafael Popoteur Pleaded Guilty For Conspiring to Commit Bank Fraud In ‘Shotgun’ Loan Scheme

Homeowner Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Banks In ‘Shotgun’ Loan Scheme NEWARK, N.J. – A Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a scheme to use false information and simultaneous loan applications at multiple banks to fraudulently obtain home equity lines of credit, a practice known as “shotgunning,” Acting U.S. Attorney William E. […]

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Financial Fraud

Financial Fraud: Renee Tartaglione Guilty On All Counts of Conspiracy, Fraud, And Theft From Juniata Community Mental Health Clinic (JCMHC)

Head Of Nonprofit Mental Health Clinic Found Guilty of Fraud Against Clinic Philadelphia – Today, a federal jury found Renee Tartaglione, 61, of Philadelphia, PA, guilty on all counts of conspiracy, fraud, and theft from a nonprofit clinic that provided mental health services to persons eligible under Medicaid. Tartaglione defrauded the Juniata Community Mental Health

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Fiancial Fraud; Credit Card Fraud

Fiancial Fraud: Hussain Abdullah Sentenced For Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, And Aggravated Identity Theft

Leader Of Fraudulent Credit Card Scheme Sentenced To Five Years In Prison Used the Personal Information of Victims to Fraudulently Obtain Credit, With Losses of More Than $225,000 June 23, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE www.justice.gov/usao/md Contact ELIZABETH MORSE (410) 209-4885 Greenbelt, Maryland – On June 23, 2017, U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Hussain

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Financial Fraud

Financial Fraud: David Marzano, Laura Blair And Janece Burke Sentenced for Orchestrating a Nationwide Exchange Visitor Program Fraud Scheme

Three Sentenced for Orchestrating a Nationwide Exchange Visitor Program Fraud Scheme Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama, U.S. Department of State Inspector General Steve A. Linick, and Homeland Security Special Agent in Charge Raymond R. Parmer, Jr. of the New Orleans Field Office announce that lead defendant David Marzano

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Financial Fraud

Financial Fraud: John Thomas Burch Pled Guilty to a Federal Charge of Wire Fraud

Former Charity President Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Money Admits Using $149,317 for Clubs, Hotels, Restaurants, and Women WASHINGTON – John Thomas Burch, 75, of Alexandria, Virginia, pled guilty today to a federal charge of wire fraud, arising from his embezzlement while he was the president of the National Vietnam Veterans Foundation, announced U.S. Attorney Channing

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Financial Fraud

Financial Fraud: Moiz Mumtaz Ali Pleaded Guilty to One Count of Failure to Develop, Implement, And Maintain An Anti-Money Laundering Program

McKinney Man Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining and Cashing $16 Million in U.S. Treasury Checks DALLAS – A McKinney, Texas, man, Moiz Mumtaz Ali, 36, appeared last week before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater and pleaded guilty to one count of failure to develop, implement, and maintain an anti-money laundering program, announced John Parker,

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Financial Fraud

Financial Fraud: Michael Allen Braun Sentenced for conspiracy To Commit Theft of Honest Services, Wire Fraud And Bribery of a Public Official

Federal Government Contractor Sentenced to Prison for Providing Bribes in a Government Contract Fraud Scheme PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Michael Allen Braun, 54, of Forest Lake, Minnesota, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and $126,300 in restitution for conspiracy (to commit theft of honest services and wire fraud) and bribery of a public official. Co-conspirator

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Financial Fraud; Mortgage Fraud

Financial Fraud: Michael “Mickey” Henschel Indicted In Foreclosure-Delay Scam Targeting Struggling Homeowners

Van Nuys Man Named in Federal Fraud Indictment Alleging $7 Million Foreclosure-Delay Scam Targeting Struggling Homeowners LOS ANGELES – The alleged mastermind of a foreclosure-avoidance scam that targeted distressed homeowners has been arrested on federal charges that he orchestrated a bankruptcy fraud scheme that brought in more than $7 million from victims. Michael “Mickey” Henschel,

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Financial Fraud

Financial Fraud: THOMAS L HINSON JR., Sentenced For Perpetuate a Nine Years Long Scheme to Defraud Strickland Trading, Inc.

Birmingham CPA Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison, Must Repay $11 Million Embezzled BIRMINGHAM – A federal judge today sentenced a Birmingham man to eight years in prison and ordered him to repay $10.9 million he embezzled from the Shelby County scrap metal brokerage where he was chief financial officer, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert

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Financial Fraud

Financial Fraud: Andre Antonio Walters Sentenced For His Role In a Significant Unemployment Benefit Fraud Scheme

Long Beach Man Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for $5M Unemployment Benefits Fraud Scheme SACRAMENTO, Calif. — U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley sentenced Andre Antonio Walters, 37, of Long Beach, today to six years and one month in prison and a $15,000 fine for four counts of mail fraud for his role in

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