Fraudulent

LOS ANGELES – A college football player was taken into custody this morning on federal charges alleging he orchestrated a scheme that fraudulently sought hundreds of thousands of dollars in …

ATLANTA – Robert Ward, who filed a false Form 7200 with the IRS, has pleaded guilty to a charge of filing a false claim with the United States. “Unfortunately, criminals …

U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that a federal grand jury has returned a two-count indictment charging Lance Harris, 42, of Toledo, Ohio, with two counts of filing false and …

Columbia, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that a Federal Grand Jury in Columbia returned a multiple-count indictment in connection with the production of …

HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Lucy Annette Alexander, age 35, of Maryland and Washington, DC, was indicted on December 1, …

NEWARK, N.J. – A Hudson County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for conspiring to use fake passports to open accounts at banks into which …

Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Scott J. Lampert, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Regional Office of the U.S. Department of …

HOUSTON – A 49-year-old local physician has agreed to pay $523,331 to settle allegations he submitted false claims for the placement of electro-acupuncture devices and for making false statements when …

NEW ORLEANS, LA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JONATHAN orPilla SINLAO, age 36, a resident of San Jose, California, was charged on November 12, 2021 in an …

TRENTON –Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck today announced an indictment against nine defendants charged with conspiring to use stolen identities to obtain New Jersey digital driver’s licenses, which they …

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against Professional Compounding Centers of America Inc. (PCCA), a Houston-based company that sells active pharmaceutical ingredients …

The Justice Department has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against Professional Compounding Centers of America Inc. (PCCA), a Houston-based company that sells active pharmaceutical ingredients and other …

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that THOMAS CRAFT, a licensed attorney, pled guilty in Manhattan federal court to securities fraud.  …

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – On November 5, 2021, James Christopher Jenkins, aka Chris Jenkins, 60, of Chattanooga entered a guilty plea to one count of making a false official statement, in …

BEAUMONT, Texas – An Indian national residing in Seattle, WA, has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Aakash Gandhi, 28, …

A tax return preparer who filed fraudulent client tax returns was sentenced yesterday to almost two years in federal prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas …

HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jeremy Baney, age 50, formerly of Lycoming County and currently an inmate at SCI Smithfield, …

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A Las Vegas man was sentenced today to 49 months in federal prison for filing two dozen fraudulent unemployment insurance claims, which were approved for more …

A man who fraudulently solicited artist booking deposits and other expenses for concerts that never occurred was sentenced on October 20, 2021, to more than six years in federal prison.  …

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – An undocumented individual pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to use over 100 victims’ identities (without their consent) to unlawfully submit fraudulent unemployment insurance benefits claims, totaling …

BOSTON – A Hull man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with submitting fraudulent documentation in order to receive CARES Act small business loans.   Shane …

Miami, Florida – A Highlands County, Florida tax return preparer was sentenced yesterday to 37 months imprisonment for filing fraudulent tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Benny Aguilar, …