LaPlace man pleads guilty to $400K bank fraud scheme involving fake car loans and stolen identities
NEW ORLEANS, LA – A 40-year-old LaPlace man admitted to orchestrating a years-long bank fraud scheme that involved fake car loans, fraudulent documents, and stolen identities totaling more than $400,000 in losses…
Pro-Chinese Agents Conducted Fake Social Media Protests To Halt US Mining
Pro-Chinese operatives pretended to be legitimate protestors on social media to create controversy surrounding the opening of rare earth mineral mines in the US, Mandiant Corporation reported Tuesday. Fake Twitter and Facebook…
West Michigan Man Sentenced To 23 Years In Prison For Illegally Possessing Firearms And Intending To Sell Fake Adderall Pills
Roddrick Wilson intended to sell over 15,000 fake Adderall® pills that subsequently tested positive for methamphetamine at time of his arrest in August 2021 GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN…
Kosher cert group accuses JetBlue of selling food with fake kosher label
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) – A kosher certification group sued JetBlue Airways Corp in New Jersey federal court Thursday, alleging JetBlue unlawfully used its trademarks to advertise food it had not certified.…
U.S. Justice Dept delivers subpoenas in Trump fake electors probe, reports say
WASHINGTON – U.S. federal agents delivered grand jury subpoenas on Wednesday to multiple people as part of a probe into efforts by ex-President Donald Trump and his supporters to overturn the result…
Woman Who Defrauded Illinois Bank Using Fake Identity Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison
East St. Louis, Ill. – Heather Harper, 38, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was sentenced to thirty months in prison on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, in connection with her involvement in a conspiracy to commit bank…
Ocean City Police Warn Against Using Fake IDs for Liquor This Summer
OCEAN CITY, MD – The Ocean City Police Department is warning underage drinkers with fake identification cards to think twice before trying to use them this year. “In addition to helping local…
Texas Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for Fake Investment Fraud Scheme
WASHINGTON – Sean T. Johnson, also known as Shawn Johnson, 42, of Dallas, Texas, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for carrying out a…
Mifflintown Woman Charged With Possessing Fake Covid-19 Vaccine Card
WILLIAMSPORT- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Amy B. Leister, age 55, of Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, was charged on May 18, 2022, by criminal Information with…
Staten Island Man Created 23 Fake Cancer Charities and Stole Over $150,000
PRESS RELEASE by Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office NEW YORK, NY – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, together with New York State Attorney General Letitia James, today announced that a Staten Island man…
South Bay Man Pleads Guilty to Participating in a Multimillion-Dollar Real Estate Scam Involving Fake Open Houses at Not-for-Sale Homes
LOS ANGELES – A South Bay man pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for participating with his sister in a $6 million real estate scam that involved listing homes…
Co-Conspirators Sentenced for Stealing over $1.8 Million in Fake Billing Scheme
RALEIGH, N.C. – Three defendants were sentenced today for conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States in connection with a fraudulent invoicing scheme that targeted Baker Roofing Company (BRC). Defendants…
New York Couple Gets Lifetime Ban for Using Fake COVID-19 IDs to See Buffalo Bills Playoff Game
BUFFALO, NY – The Buffalo Bills defeated the New England Patriots 47-17 on January 15th to advance to the AFC Divisional round against the Kansas City Chiefs. For one couple in attendance,…
Ocean County Man Admits Illegally Possessing Short-Barreled Rifle, Silencer, and Fake Federal Identification Badges
TRENTON, N.J. – An Ocean County, New Jersey, man today admitted unlawfully possessing a privately manufactured short barrel rifle, a silencer, and five imitation badges of various federal agencies, U.S. Attorney Philip…
Founders Of Fake “Hedge Fund” Plead Guilty To Federal Charges For Orchestrating A $4 Million Ponzi Scheme
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The founders of a fake “hedge fund” appeared in court today and pleaded guilty to federal charges for orchestrating a $4 million Ponzi scheme, announced Dena J. King, U.S.…
Florida man who defrauded elderly investors with fake commodities investment scheme sentenced to prison
Seattle –A Cocoa Beach, Florida, man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 30 months in prison for wire fraud in connection with his million-dollar scheme to pose as a successful…
Shore Democrat Gopal Says NJ Curriculum Buzz is Fake News based on Misinformation
FREEHOLD, NJ – New Jersey Democrat Vin Gopal, a State Senator out of Monmouth County today is echoing Governor Phil Murphy and the NJEA claims that the recent buzz over the state’s…
Dubuque Veterinarian Pleads Guilty in Fake Dog Prescription Scheme
A licensed Iowa veterinarian who wrote Tramadol prescriptions for fake dogs in order to obtain the controlled substance at local pharmacies pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Kristi Michelle…
$81 Million in Fake Watches Intercepted by Louisville CBP in 6 Months
LOUISVILLE, Ky—Cheap, gaudy, and worthless is how you can characterize the more than 3,200 counterfeit designer watches U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Louisville have seized since October 1 through…
Lawton Man Sentenced to 120 Months in Federal Prison for a Lawton Bank Robbery Involving a Fake Bomb
OKLAHOMA CITY – Last Friday, a federal judge sentenced JOHN SCOTT BROOKS, 39, of Lawton, to serve 120 months in federal prison for a Lawton bank robbery involving a fake bomb, announced…
Russia says West helping Ukraine prepare fake allegations of war crimes
LONDON – Moscow said on Monday that the United States and Britain were helping Ukraine prepare fake claims about the alleged persecution of civilians in Ukraine to feed to international media in…
Covington Woman Sentenced to 21 Months for Fake Investment Scheme
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RITCHEL MOREHEAD, age 41, a resident of Covington, Louisiana, was sentenced on April 7, 2022 to 21 months in prison for…
Naturopathic Doctor Pleads Guilty To Fake COVID-19 Immunization And Vaccination Card Scheme
SAN FRANCISCO – A California-licensed naturopathic doctor pleaded guilty today for scheming to sell homeoprophylaxis immunization pellets and for falsifying COVID-19 vaccination cards by making it appear that customers had received the…
Utica Man Charged for Trying to Cash Fake Stimulus Checks
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, age 37,…
Beware of wartime fake news triggering a run, EU banks told
By Huw Jones LONDON – Banks should beware of fake news that could trigger a run on their deposits, the European Union’s banking watchdog said in a warning on Friday about potential…
Cincinnati man sentenced to three years in prison for creating fake ID documents claiming he was federal employee & agent
A Cincinnati man was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 36 months in prison for crimes related to creating fake credentials to pretend to be a member of law enforcement and…
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