Burlington County Businessman Admits Defrauding Over 75 Victims of More Than $2.7 Million in Scheme to Sell Pesticides He Claimed Would Kill Coronavirus

CAMDEN, N.J. – A Burlington County, New Jersey, man today admitted selling $2.7 million worth of pesticides he claimed were registered with the Environmental Protection Agency as being effective against coronavirus, U.S.…

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Batavia Woman Pleads Guilty To COVID Fraud

CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Danielle Tooley, 37, of Batavia, NY, pleaded guilty to wire fraud before Chief U.S. District…

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Troy City Council Member Pleads Guilty to Identity Theft

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Kimberly McPherson, age 61, of Troy, New York, pled guilty today to identity theft in connection with her casting of absentee ballots in two other people’s names in…

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Florida Man Arrested for $2.5 Million COVID-Relief Fraud

BOSTON – A former Massachusetts resident and owner of a Massachusetts-based painting company has been arrested and charged in connection with allegedly filing a fraudulent loan application to obtain $2.5 million in…

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New York And Florida Resident Sentenced To 51 Months In Prison For $6.8 Million Paycheck Protection Program Fraud Scheme

NEWARK, N.J. – A dual New York and Florida resident was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for his role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)…

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Former LADWP Executive Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison for Lying to FBI About Secret Business Relationship with Lawyer

LOS ANGELES – A former top-level Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) executive was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison for lying to the FBI about a…

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Former Carpenters’ Benefit Plan Administrator Admits Embezzling $140,000

NEWARK, N.J. – The former administrative manager of a carpenters’ union pension fund today admitted embezzling approximately $140,000 and making false statements on a required report to the U.S. Department of Labor…

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Cumberland County Man To Pay $900,000 For Violations Of The False Claims Act

HARRISBURG, PA —The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Rodney L. Yentzer, of Cumberland County, has agreed to pay the United States $900,000 to resolve civil…

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Caris Life Sciences Pays over $2.8 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations from Delay in Submission of Genetic Cancer Screening Tests

Caris Life Sciences, Inc. (Caris) has agreed to pay $2,886,674.86 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act in an alleged nationwide scheme to improperly bill Medicare for laboratory tests…

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Two Defendants Charged with Prison-Based Unemployment Insurance Fraud

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Ivis Jorge, age 44, formerly an inmate at the Riverview Correctional Facility in Ogdensburg, New York, and Pamela Febo, age 38, of Keansburg, New Jersey, were arraigned today…

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Bank Ceo Convicted For Taking Bribes In Connection With Loans Guaranteed By The Small Business Administration

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the conviction of EDWARD SHIN, then-CEO of a Pennsylvania-based bank (the “Bank”), for taking bribes in connection…

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Husband And Wife Charged In Interstate Gun Trafficking Scheme

Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John DeVito, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, New York Field Division (ATF), and Keechant…

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Syracuse City School District Teachers Pay Over $31,000 for Submitting False Timecards to Federally Funded High School Dropout Prevention Program

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Syracuse City School District teachers Jason Cecile and Nichole Murray have agreed to pay the United States $31,872.90 to resolve allegations that they submitted false timecards in connection…

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Federal Jury Convicts High Level ISIS Member of Six Counts of Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization, Including Two Counts Resulting in Death

A federal jury in Brooklyn returned a guilty verdict yesterday against Mirsad Kandic on one count of conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), and…

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Burlington County Businessman Admits Defrauding Over 75 Victims of More Than $2.7 Million in Scheme to Sell Pesticides He Claimed Would Kill Coronavirus

Batavia Woman Pleads Guilty To COVID Fraud

Troy City Council Member Pleads Guilty to Identity Theft

Florida Man Arrested for $2.5 Million COVID-Relief Fraud

New York And Florida Resident Sentenced To 51 Months In Prison For $6.8 Million Paycheck Protection Program Fraud Scheme

Former LADWP Executive Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison for Lying to FBI About Secret Business Relationship with Lawyer

Former Carpenters’ Benefit Plan Administrator Admits Embezzling $140,000

Cumberland County Man To Pay $900,000 For Violations Of The False Claims Act

Caris Life Sciences Pays over $2.8 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations from Delay in Submission of Genetic Cancer Screening Tests

Two Defendants Charged with Prison-Based Unemployment Insurance Fraud

Bank Ceo Convicted For Taking Bribes In Connection With Loans Guaranteed By The Small Business Administration

Husband And Wife Charged In Interstate Gun Trafficking Scheme

Syracuse City School District Teachers Pay Over $31,000 for Submitting False Timecards to Federally Funded High School Dropout Prevention Program

Federal Jury Convicts High Level ISIS Member of Six Counts of Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization, Including Two Counts Resulting in Death

Panamanian Intermediaries Each Sentenced to 36 Months for International Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme

Current And Former DEA Agents Indicted For Bribery Scheme

Jury Convicts Tioga County Man of Misusing a Social Security Number and Aggravated Identity Theft

Former Brockton Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking

Former School Official and Local Restauranteur Indicted in Kickback Scheme

Albany Woman Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Relief Fraud

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