Two felons sentenced to prison for scheme to steal thousands in COVID-19 unemployment insurance funds

SAVANNAH, GA: Two Florida residents who crashed their car while fleeing from a traffic stop have been sentenced to federal prison for colluding in a scheme to steal pandemic unemployment funds. Malik…

East St. Louis Woman Charged In $800,000 Unemployment Insurance Scam

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A federal grand jury in East St. Louis, Illinois, has returned a 7-count indictment charging Talfanita M. Cobb, 49, of East St. Louis, with participating in a…

Two More Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Stage Automobile Accidents in Order to Defraud Insurance and Trucking Companies

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JAMES “CURTIS” WILLIAMS (“WILLIAMS”), age 66 of Gibson, Louisiana, and RYAN WHEATEN (“WHEATEN”), age 53, of Lafayette, Louisiana, entered a…

Portsmouth Woman Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining Pandemic Unemployment Benefits for Virginia Prison Inmates

NORFOLK, Va. – A Portsmouth woman pleaded guilty today to her involvement in a fraudulent scheme to obtain over $300,000 in pandemic-related unemployment benefits by using the personal identifying information of over…

Virginia Woman Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining COVID-Related Unemployment Benefits for Prison Inmates

RICHMOND, Va. – A Glen Allen woman pleaded guilty today to mail fraud for her role in a conspiracy to fraudulently obtain pandemic-related unemployment benefits for 22 prison inmates, which she shared…

California Man Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently obtaining Unemployment Benefits

LAS VEGAS, Nevada – A California man pleaded guilty today to fraudulently obtaining over $170,000 in unemployment benefits by submitting multiple unemployment claims in other people’s names and using benefits debit cards…

Pensacola Insurance Company Owner Arrested On Wire Fraud Charges

PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – John Michael Thomas, 51, of Pensacola made his initial appearance today on wire fraud charges related to his business, Thomas Insurance, LLC. A federal criminal complaint was filed on…

Insurance Broker Sentenced for $3.8 Million Fraud Scheme

WASHINGTON – A licensed insurance broker and the owner of Benefits Consulting Associates LLC was sentenced to 70 months in prison Wednesday for his role in…

Three charged in nationwide scheme to sell hundreds of thousands of fraudulent Texas paper tags

HOUSTON – Authorities are searching for two men indicted for using fictitious car dealerships to issue nearly 600,000 automobile paper tags and selling them on the internet without selling any cars, announced…

Shrewsbury Woman Sentenced for Perjury in Connection With Insurance and Tax Fraud

BOSTON – A Shrewsbury woman was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for lying about her role with a Worcester-based employment agency while testifying before a federal grand jury. Linda Le,…

Five More Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Stage Automobile Accidents in Order to Defraud Insurance and Trucking Companies

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LOIS RUSSELL (“RUSSELL”), age 61 of Gibson, Louisiana, TANYA GIVENS (“GIVENS”), age 43, of Gibson, Louisiana; HENRY RANDLE (“RANDLE”), age…

New Jersey couple who fraudulently filed for 13 PPP loans totaling $1.4 million caught

AMDEN, N.J. – Two Camden County, New Jersey, residents were charged for their role in fraudulently obtaining federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) totaling $1.4 million,…

New Jersey Man Charged with Fraudulently Obtaining More Than $150,000

NEWARK, N.J. – A Camden, New Jersey, man was arrested this morning for fraudulently obtaining more than $150,000, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Alfred Powner II, 39, is charged by…

Robert And Todd Morgan, Two Others, Charged With Wide-Ranging Mortgage And insurance Fraud Scheme

BUFFALO, N.Y.–U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 104-count indictment charging Robert Morgan, Todd Morgan, Frank Giacobbe, and Michael Tremiti, with conspiracy to…

Bronx, New York, Woman Arrested for Fraudulently Obtaining over $200,000 Worth of iPhones

NEWARK, N.J. – A Bronx, New York, woman was arrested today and charged with fraudulently obtaining over $200,000 worth of iPhones, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Rosanna Lucrecia Cruel Blanco,…

19 Columbia, KC Residents Indicted for $1.2 Million Insurance Fraud Conspiracy

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Nineteen defendants, primarily from the Columbia and Kansas City, Missouri, areas, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a $1.2 million insurance fraud…

Menifee Woman Arrested for Fraudulent $500,000 COVID-19 Unemployment Relief, Identity Theft

SANTA ANA, California – A Riverside County woman was arrested today on federal charges that she defrauded California’s unemployment insurance system by using stolen personal information obtained from the darknet to fraudulently receive…

Garner, North Carolina Man Charged with Fraudulently Seeking Over $6 Million in COVID Relief Funds

GARNER, NC – A North Carolina man was charged with fraudulently seeking over $6 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice…

28 Charged for Staging Accidents, Auto Insurance Fraud

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today the indictment of nine additional defendants bringing the total to twenty-eight charged for intentionally staging automobile accidents. Today’s indictment charges CORNELIUS GARRISON (“GARRISON”), age 54,…

Feds Say Bayville Pharmacist Stole $2.5 Million by Submitting Fraudulent Claims for Unnecessary Prescriptions

A federal grand jury has returned a 16-count indictment charging a physician and pharmaceutical sales representative with defrauding New Jersey state health benefits programs and other insurers out of more than $2.5…

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