White-Collar Crime

Illustration depicting shadowy hands cutting lifeline ropes representing COVID relief programs like EIDL and MSLP, symbolizing pandemic fraud.

Exploited Lifelines: Anatomy of a Multi-Million Dollar Pandemic Relief Fraud – The Fayetteville Case

1. Introduction: Anatomy of a Pandemic Fraud – The Fayetteville Case In a Fayetteville, Arkansas federal courtroom, the carefully constructed facade of a legitimate business couple crumbled. Fawaad Welch and Julia Youngblood, both 41 and formerly residents of Northwest Arkansas, pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from a scheme to defraud the very programs designed

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NJ Dean Sentenced in $1.3 Million Fraud Case

Teresina DeAlmeida Sentenced to Prison for $1.3 Million Fraud Scheme at NJ Graduate School

Newark, NJ – Teresina DeAlmeida, a 59-year-old former assistant dean at a graduate school in Essex County, New Jersey, has been sentenced to 36 months in prison for orchestrating an elaborate fraud scheme that spanned over a decade. DeAlmeida, along with her co-conspirators Rose Martins (her assistant) and Silvia Cardoso (her sister), siphoned over $1.3

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