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

April 30, 2025 FraudsWatch 0

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 […] Read More

NJ Dean Sentenced in $1.3 Million Fraud Case

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

December 6, 2024 FraudsWatch 0

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 […] Read More