Mortgage Short Sale Negotiator Sentenced for Defrauding Mortgage Lenders

BOSTON – The principal and co-founder of a mortgage short sale assistance company was sentenced yesterday in connection with defrauding mortgage lenders and investors out of nearly $500,000 in proceeds from about…

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Federal Civil and Criminal Investigations Result in Six Convictions and Recovery of Over $8.7 Million in Connection with Compounded Medications Formulated by DelCo Pharmacy

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced the criminal and civil resolutions of multi-year investigations of various health care fraud schemes involving prescriptions for compounded medications formulated by Heritage Therapeutics,…

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Columbus Woman Sentenced to 24 Months and Full Restitution for Stealing $240k from Non-Profits

COLUMBUS, Ga. – A Columbus teacher who admitted to stealing approximately $240,000 from charitable organizations and a local dental office was sentenced to federal prison and ordered to repay the victims in…

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Houma Woman Charged With Theft of Government Funds

NEW ORLEANS – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that NICOLE COCKERHAM (“COCKERHAM”), age 42, of Houma, Louisiana, was charged on March 28, 2022 by a bill of information for Theft…

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Seattle Man Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft

BOISE – A Seattle man pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. According to court records, from at least May 2018 through November 2020, Ryan M. Tichy, 42, executed a…

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Former GSA Official Pleads Guilty to Receiving Illegal Gratuity

BOSTON – A former employee of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to receiving illegal gratuity. Kevin Richards, 51, of Hanover, pleaded guilty to…

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Second Doctor Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud Conspiracy

FAYETTEVILLE – An Alexandria, La., physician pleaded guilty today to having conspired to violate three different federal statutes in connection with a scheme to defraud both federal and private workers’ compensation insurers.…

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Man Who Had Cocaine, Methamphetamine Mailed from California to Charlottesville Pleads Guilty in Federal Court

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.- The Charlottesville man who had more than three pounds of methamphetamine and two pounds of cocaine mailed to him from California in March 2021 pleaded guilty yesterday to federal drug…

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Brooklyn Man Convicted Of Robbing Chanel Store In Soho

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ERIC SPENCER, was convicted yesterday for his participation in a robbery of a luxury retail store in…

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Pennsylvania Man Admits Role in $35 Million Pharmacy Compounded Medication Scheme

NEWARK, N.J. – A Langhorne, Pennsylvania, man today admitted participating in a massive compounded-medication kickback scheme that he and others ran out of a pharmacy in Clifton, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Philip…

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Former Sacramento Resident Charged in Unemployment Insurance Fraud Scheme

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Terence Aubrey Larker, 35, of Las Vegas, previously of Sacramento, was arrested today after a federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment last Thursday, charging him with mail fraud…

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Kennewick Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Obstruct an Official Proceeding

Spokane, Washington – Vanessa R. Waldref, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Mohammed Naji Al-Jibory, age 54, of Kennewick, Washington pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obstruct an…

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Honolulu Bookkeeper Pleads Guilty to $1.2 Million Fraud and Money Laundering

HONOLULU – Paul Henri Marie Harleman, 35, of Honolulu, appeared today before United States District Judge Derrick K. Watson and pleaded guilty to six counts of wire fraud and eight counts of…

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Former Accounting Manager Pleads Guilty To Stealing From Chickasaw Nation

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Christopher Wallace Covington, age 41, of Ada, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to an Information charging…

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Money Launderer For $3.5 Million Vehicle Sale Scam Extradited From Lithuania

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Ricky Patel, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”),…

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Former Worcester Housing Official Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison for $2.3 Million Property Development Fraud Scheme

BOSTON – A former employee of the City of Worcester’s Housing Development Office and Executive Office of Economic Development was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for her role in a…

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Philadelphia Psychiatrist to Pay $3 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Workers’ Compensation Claims

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Dr. Harry Doyle and his wife, Sonya Doyle, of Philadelphia, PA, have agreed to pay a total of $3 million to resolve…

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Chief Financial Officer Of Connecticut Insurance Firm Sentenced In $33 Million Scheme To Steal Client Healthcare Funds And Defraud Multiple Lenders

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ERIN VERESPY was sentenced to 66 months in prison for her participation in a widespread, $33…

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Former Financial Secretary-Treasurer of UAW Local 412 Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Over $2 Million in Union Funds

DETROIT, MI – Timothy Edmunds, the former Financial Secretary-Treasurer of Local 412 of the United Auto Workers union, pleaded guilty today to embezzling $2.2 million in union funds and to money laundering,…

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Three More States Consider Bills Banning Males From Girls’ Sports

Three More States Consider Bills Banning Males From Girls’ Sports Laurel Duggan on March 25, 2022 Arizona, Kentucky and Oklahoma are the latest states considering bans on biological males participating in girls’…

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Mortgage Short Sale Negotiator Sentenced for Defrauding Mortgage Lenders

Federal Civil and Criminal Investigations Result in Six Convictions and Recovery of Over $8.7 Million in Connection with Compounded Medications Formulated by DelCo Pharmacy

Columbus Woman Sentenced to 24 Months and Full Restitution for Stealing $240k from Non-Profits

Houma Woman Charged With Theft of Government Funds

Seattle Man Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft

Former GSA Official Pleads Guilty to Receiving Illegal Gratuity

Second Doctor Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud Conspiracy

Man Who Had Cocaine, Methamphetamine Mailed from California to Charlottesville Pleads Guilty in Federal Court

Brooklyn Man Convicted Of Robbing Chanel Store In Soho

Pennsylvania Man Admits Role in $35 Million Pharmacy Compounded Medication Scheme

Former Sacramento Resident Charged in Unemployment Insurance Fraud Scheme

Kennewick Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Obstruct an Official Proceeding

Honolulu Bookkeeper Pleads Guilty to $1.2 Million Fraud and Money Laundering

Former Accounting Manager Pleads Guilty To Stealing From Chickasaw Nation

Money Launderer For $3.5 Million Vehicle Sale Scam Extradited From Lithuania

Former Worcester Housing Official Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison for $2.3 Million Property Development Fraud Scheme

Philadelphia Psychiatrist to Pay $3 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Workers’ Compensation Claims

Chief Financial Officer Of Connecticut Insurance Firm Sentenced In $33 Million Scheme To Steal Client Healthcare Funds And Defraud Multiple Lenders

Former Financial Secretary-Treasurer of UAW Local 412 Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Over $2 Million in Union Funds

Three More States Consider Bills Banning Males From Girls’ Sports

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