Nine Indicted for Payment Protection Program Fraud

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Last week, Jason Coleman, 40, and Kimberly Coleman, 38, of Mesa, Arizona, made their initial appearance in federal court on a 62-count indictment charging them with Conspiracy, Bank Fraud,…

Justice Department Announces Series of Cases to Combat Addiction Treatment Kickback Schemes in Orange County

SANTA ANA, California – Over the past 10 months, the Department of Justice has filed criminal charges against 10 defendants – four of whom were taken into custody today – for…

Former West Hollywood Doctor and Company Associated with 1-800-GET-THIN Guilty of Massive Fraud Against Health Insurers

LOS ANGELES – A former doctor and his company were found guilty today by a federal jury of scheming to defraud private insurance companies and the Tricare health care program for…

California Man Convicted of Federal Violations in Health Care Kickback Scheme

TEXARKANA, Texas – A Coronado, California, man has been found guilty of federal violations related to a health care kickback scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. attorney Brit Featherston…

Three Middlesex County Individuals Charged with $2.1 Million in Paycheck Protection Program Fraud and Economic Injury Disaster Loan Fraud Schemes

NEWARK, N.J. – Three Middlesex County, New Jersey, residents were arrested today for their roles in fraudulently obtaining over $2.1 million in federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster…

Four People Sentenced to Prison for Roles in Multimillion-Dollar Health Care Fraud Conspiracy Targeting State Health Benefits Programs

CAMDEN, N.J. – Four people who participated in a scheme to defraud New Jersey state health benefits programs and other insurers by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions have been sentenced…

Four Charged in $35 Million COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme

A federal grand jury in Houston returned a superseding indictment, which was unsealed today, charging four additional individuals for fraudulently obtaining and laundering millions of dollars in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)…

Reading Man Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Identity Theft Charges

BOSTON – A Reading man pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston today in connection with a scheme to defraud an elderly relative of her interest in a three-family home and a…

Tampa Men Sentenced For Fraud And Identity Theft In COVID Benefits Conspiracy

Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Kathryn Mizelle has sentenced Kary Stevenson (47) and Corey Quinn (35), both of Tampa, for conspiracy to commit access device fraud and aggravated identity theft related…

Three Individuals Charged with Stealing Unemployment Benefits

NEWARK, N.J. – A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man and woman and a New York man were arrested today and charged for their alleged roles in a fraud committed in connection with…

Federal Jury Convicts Organizer of $4.3 Million Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – After a three-day trial, a federal jury convicted James Pinson, 46, of Pritchard, Wayne County, West Virginia, of three counts of wire fraud, six counts of mail fraud, one…

Bellevue, Washington, CPA pleads guilty to tax fraud

Seattle – A 70-year-old Bellevue, Washington, Certified Public Accountant pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to attempt to evade or defeat tax, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Steven G.…

Middlesex Man Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Paycheck Protection Program Fraud Scheme and Obtaining Funds from Stolen and Altered U.S. Treasury Check

TRENTON, N.J. – A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for fraudulently receiving Payment Protection Program (PPP) funds and depositing a stolen and altered U.S.…

Florida Woman Sentenced in Multi-Million Dollar Medicare Fraud Scheme

BOSTON – A Florida woman was sentenced today in connection with a multi-million-dollar Medicare fraud scheme. Talia Alexandre, 30, of Palm Springs, Fla., was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge George…

Queens Pharmacist Indicted for Conspiring to Accept Kickbacks and Making False Statements

Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, an indictment was unsealed charging Bruce Snipas, the owner and pharmacist-in-charge of B&E Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“B&E”) in Rego Park, New York, with conspiracy to make…

Press Release from the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. – In conjunction with a press release issued today by the Department of Justice regarding the Fourth Annual Money Mule Initiative, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern…

Nonprofit CEO Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud in Relation to Covid-19 Loan Fraud

Greenbelt, Maryland – Brandon Fitzgerald-Holley, age 32, of Suitland, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud in relation to COVID-19 loan fraud. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for…

Clay County Pharmacy Investigation Results In Criminal Charges Against Six More Individuals In Opioid Distribution And Health Care Fraud Conspiracy

NASHVILLE – Charging documents unsealed yesterday charge six more individuals in relation to a massive opioid distribution and health care fraud conspiracy orchestrated from pharmacies in Celina, Tennessee, announced Acting U.S. Attorney…

Georgia inmate sentenced for running a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme from state prison

ROME, Ga. – Damon Thomas Young, a/k/a Morgan Sylvia, has been sentenced for his fraud scheme to steal heavy equipment worth nearly $3 million from various dealers, while serving a 20-year state…

Four Executives Plead Guilty to Fraud Scheme that Caused Over $4.5 Million in Losses to the Small Business Administration

Three former executives of Valley Bank, a defunct financial institution based in Moline, Illinois, and the President of Vital Financial Services (Vital Financial), a lending service provider, have pleaded guilty to scheming…

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