NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted scheming with others to use credit cards and checks that were stolen from the mail by at least two…
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A federal judge in California has signed off on Apple Inc.’s $30.5 million settlement in a nearly decade-old lawsuit claiming the company shortchanged 15,000 retail…
ST. LOUIS – A man from Granite City on Tuesday admitted a bank fraud scheme that cost Commerce bank more than $150,000. Clarence Wigfall Jr., 32, admitted that beginning on…
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Naod Tsegay, 22, of Collingdale, PA; Fode Bangoura, 20, of Philadelphia, PA; and Zyier Williams, 19, also of Philadelphia, PA,…
TRENTON, NJ – Passing bogus checks intentionally is a crime, and for one serial fraudster, it means a year in the local jail. According to New Jersey Acting Attorney General…
NEWARK, N.J.– A New York man today admitted his role in a scheme to alter and deposit hundreds of checks stolen from mailboxes across New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Philip R.…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man who led a counterfeit check scheme that defrauded banks of tens of thousands of dollars has been sentenced to five years in federal prison,…
CAMDEN, N.J. – A Camden County, New Jersey, woman today admitted stealing approximately 700 checks and money orders from her employer and failing to pay taxes on the income, U.S.…
BLM Cut Massive Checks for Co-Founder’s Brother, Father Of Her Child Harold Hutchison on May 17, 2022 Black Lives Matter paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to the brother of…
AKRON, OH – A couple is being sought by police after committing a home burglary on March 3rd and trying to cash forged checks they stole from their victim. According…
Greenbelt, Maryland – Florin Vaduva, age 31, of Dania Beach, Florida pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud. As part of his plea agreement, Vaduva…
By Nikolaj Skydsgaard and Jennifer Rigby COPENHAGEN/LONDON – For many people worldwide, having cotton swabs thrust up their nose or down their throat to test for COVID-19 has become a…
Washington Post Fact Checks A Meme Elon Musk Tweeted Laurel Duggan on April 29, 2022 The Washington Post wrote an article critiquing a cartoon meme about political polarization Elon Musk…
PHILADELPHIA, PA – On March 23, 2022, the complainant reported that an unknown white male used his identity to cash checks at a bank located at 2620 W Hunting Park…
CHICAGO — A former U.S. Postal Service employee in Chicago has been indicted on federal charges for allegedly stealing government stimulus checks from the mail. OLIVIA L. BRYANT, 33, of…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A fourth Georgia man charged in federal court in Rhode Island with participating in a long-running scheme to entice homeless and transient individuals in the Providence area…
NEWARK, N.J.– A Bronx, New York, man today admitted his role in a scheme to steal checks from the mail, alter them and deposit them in bank accounts he controlled,…
UTICA, NY – A Utica man has been charged after he tried to cash fraudulent COVID-19 stimulus checks at a local check-cashing business. On March 29th, officers arrested Nicholas Smith,…
UTICA, NY – Alex Horton, 36 of Utica was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree. The victim had reported on March 16,…
‘Slap In The Face’: Dems’ Solution To High Gas Prices Is More Stimulus Checks Thomas Catenacci on March 24, 2022 A group of House Democrats proposed a bill last Thursday…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man who participated in a scheme to use stolen banking information to create fraudulent business checks and obtain hundreds of thousands of dollars in bank…
BUFFALO, NY – A Clarence woman pleaded guilty before Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan for grand larceny after being caught bilking a 94-year-old client out of $35,300. 31-year-old Brigid…
INDIANAPOLIS – James Lancaster, 40, of Indianapolis, the former manager of customer service at Indianapolis’ New Augusta Post Office, has been charged in federal court with conspiracy to commit bank…
Kansas City, MO – United States Marshal Mark S. James announced today the results of Halloween night sex-offender registry compliance checks in Greene, Buchanan, and Clinton Counties. Operations in the…
CHICAGO — A federal jury has convicted a Chicago woman on fraud and tax offenses for cashing her deceased grandmother’s pension checks and preparing false tax returns. EUNICE SALLEY, also…