Financial Fraud

International VAT Fraud Europol

Action Against International VAT Fraud

Eight Member States Take Action Against International VAT Fraud Yesterday, from a coordination centre at Eurojust, Europol supported an international action day against a criminal network involved in international VAT fraud and money laundering defrauding EU citizens of approximately EUR 57 million in tax revenues via companies selling electronic items, hardware and software. Searches of […]

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Bid-Rigging and Fraud Conspiracies

Real Estate Investors Pleaded Guilty for their Roles in Bid-Rigging and Fraud Conspiracies

Three Georgia Real Estate Investors Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging and Bank Fraud at Public Home Foreclosure Auctions Three Georgia real estate investors pleaded guilty today for their roles in bid-rigging and fraud conspiracies committed at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Georgia, the Department of Justice announced today. Jeffrey Wayne Brock, David Wallace “Chuck”

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Health Care Fraud

The National Health Care Fraud Takedown Known Cases

Fifteen Charged In Middle District As Part Of Largest National Health Care Fraud Takedown In History List Of Group Charged On National Helth Care Fraud: Yosbel Marimon, Greggory Jackson, Belinda Jalloh, Robert Lee Lanier, Maria Lugo, Janice and Thurman Hammock, Louis William Rimondi, Douglas Thompson, Craig DeMange. Tampa, FL – United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III, Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch, and

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Market Manipulation Scheme

Financial Fraud: Darren Goodrich Pleads Guilty In A $20 Million Market Manipulation Scheme

California Registered Broker Pleads Guilty To Participating In A $20 Million Market Manipulation Scheme Defendant Helped Manipulate the Stock Price of a Company That Purported to Offer Users Access to a Cloud-Based Mobile Platform Earlier today, Darren Goodrich, a registered broker at a brokerage firm in El Segundo, California, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit

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Bank Fraud Charges

Two Man Were Indicted on Bank Fraud Charges Relating to Excel Bank

Banker Shaun Hayes and Real Estate Developer Michael Litz Indicted on Bank Fraud Charges St. Louis, MO – Shaun Hayes and Michael Litz were indicted on bank fraud charges relating to Excel Bank, which was closed by regulators in 2012. The indictment was returned Wednesday by a federal grand jury in St. Louis. Hayes, from Frontenac,

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False Tax Return

Selim Zherka Sentenced for Making False Statements and Filing False Tax Returns

Selim Zherka, Westchester Businessman, Sentenced in White Plains Federal Court to 37 Months for Conspiring to Make False Statements to a Bank and to File Materially False Federal Tax Returns Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Westchester businessman SELIM ZHERKA was sentenced today to 37 months

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Mortgage Fraud

Paul Watterson Sentenced For Role In Multimillion-Dollar Mortgage Fraud

Property Manager Sentenced To 15 Months In Prison For Role In Multimillion-Dollar Mortgage Fraud CAMDEN, N.J. – A property manager was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud financial institutions as part of a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud that used phony documents and “straw buyers” to make illegal

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Mortgage Fraud Scheme

Five Residents of the Detroit Sentenced for Mortgage Fraud Scheme

Michigan Residents Sentenced to Prison for Mortgage Fraud Scheme Recruited Straw Buyers to Purchase Homes and Submit Fraudulent Mortgage Applications Five residents of the Detroit, Michigan, area were sentenced to prison this week for their roles in a multi-year mortgage fraud conspiracy, Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division

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