Court Rules Events After Email Instruction Don’t Erase Claim for Phishing Loss December 12, 2019 By Jim Sams A $1.7 million email phishing fraud that included phone calls with a fake lawyer and an intervention by a Wells...
Feds Say Florida Officials Bilked FEMA Out of Hurricane Money November 22, 2019 By Brendan Farrington Two former officials of a Florida city are charged with conspiring with two businesses to bilk the federal government out...
Maryland Business Owner Convicted for Defrauding Insurer of More Than $15M November 4, 2019 A Maryland business owner has been convicted after a trial on federal charges for conspiring to burn down his business...
Philadelphia Businessman Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison for $34M Fraud October 28, 2019 A Philadelphia businessman who amplified the size of his legal benefits firm to gain more than $30 million in loans...
Philadelphia Bookkeeper Sentenced for Embezzling Nearly $1.6M from Employer October 21, 2019 A Philadelphia bookkeeper who embezzled nearly $1.6 million from his New Jersey employer over a 10-year period has been sentenced...
Connecticut Woman Pleads Guilty to Fraud for Embezzling $400K from Employer August 28, 2019 A Connecticut woman has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $400,000 from her employer. Federal prosecutors say 56-year-old Vicki Miller,...
Alabama Woman Sentenced for Embezzling More Than $600K from Fire Departments August 20, 2019 A federal judge has sentenced an Opelika, Alabama, woman to prison for embezzling more than $600,000 from volunteer fire departments...
New York City Uber Driver Gets Three Years for Kidnapping Sleeping Passenger June 26, 2019 A man who drove for Uber in New York City has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for...
Moving Companies Owner Pleads Guilty to More Than $1M Fraud Conspiracy June 17, 2019 A New Jersey man who owned moving companies has admitted cheating customers by low-balling estimates and then jacking up prices...
Three Convicted in New York City Fake Accident Fraud Scheme May 30, 2019 Three men have been convicted in a trip-and-fall scheme that recruited low-income people and the homeless to defraud New York...