Thief swipes wallet from Montefiore Hospital office, racks up $800 in fraudulent charges
BRONX, NY — Police are searching for a woman accused of stealing a wallet from inside Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx and using the stolen credit cards to make hundreds of dollars…
Tax Preparer Sentenced for Filing Fraudulent Client Returns
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 Chad E.…
Lycoming County Man Sentenced To One Year Imprisonment For Fraudulent Tax Return Scheme
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, Pennsylvania, was…
Las Vegas Man Sentenced For Filing Fraudulent Unemployment Insurance Claims Totaling Over $250,000
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 than $250,000…
New Jersey cracking down on fraudulent cryptocurrency investment schemes
NEWARK – Acting Attorney Andrew J. Bruck today announced that the Bureau of Securities has issued five orders to companies touting fraudulent investment opportunities relating to cryptocurrencies, directing them to stop operating…
Chicago Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Fraudulent Concert Scheme
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. Romel Murphy,…
Undocumented Individual Pleads Guilty To Filing Fraudulent Claims For Close To $1 Million In Unemployment Insurance Benefits
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 at least…
Hull Man Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charge Arising from Fraudulent CARES Act Small Business Loans
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 Spierdowis, 31,…
South Florida Tax Preparer Sentenced to Federal Prison Term for Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns, Costing IRS Almost $3 Million
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, 49, of…
Credit Suisse Resolves Fraudulent Mozambique Loan Case in $547 Million Coordinated Global Resolution
BROOKLYN, NY – Credit Suisse Group AG, a global financial institution headquartered in Switzerland, and Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited (CSSEL), its subsidiary in the United Kingdom (collectively, Credit Suisse), each admitted…
Munhall Woman Charged with Filing Fraudulent Applications for Pandemic-Relief Funds
PITTSBURGH, PA – One resident of Munhall, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of wire fraud, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.…
Grand Blanc Man and Flint Woman Sentenced in Fraudulent Investment Scheme
FLINT – A former pastor and his associate have been sentenced for their role in a multi-year Ponzi scheme that defrauded more than 140 individuals from multiple states out of nearly $9.3…
District Court Enters Permanent Injunction Shutting Down Fraudulent Psychic Mail Fraud Scheme
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida entered a permanent injunction against three individuals and two companies who had been operating an international mail fraud scheme. The order bars…
Three Maryland Men Facing Federal Indictment for Filing More Than 600 Fraudulent Claims for Unemployment Resulting in Losses of More Than $2.7 Million
Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging three Maryland men on federal charges related to a scheme to fraudulently obtain more than $2.7 million in unemployment benefits. …
Attorney General James Shuts Down Virtual Currency Trading Platform and Stops Cryptocurrency CEO From Continuing Fraudulent Conduct
Coinseed Put Thousands of Investors’ Money at Risk Despite Ongoing Lawsuit NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today secured a judgment against the virtual currency trading platform Coinseed, as…
Dallas Tax Preparer Sentenced, Ordered to Pay $11.9 Million for Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns
DALLAS , TEXAS – A North Dallas tax return preparer was sentenced to 3½ years in prison and ordered to pay $11.9 million in restitution for filing fraudulent income tax returns, announced…