Scheme

FREEHOLD, N.J. — Two men have been charged with orchestrating a scheme to steal nearly $300,000 from a Holmdel-based company through a fraudulent pest control business and stolen credit-card information, …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Gustavo Guzman, 61, formerly of Fullerton, California, has been sentenced to 70 months in prison and two years of supervised release for orchestrating an investment fraud scheme …

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry has filed a civil lawsuit against Lehigh Valley-based mortgage brokers and their manager, Barry Newhart, accusing them of orchestrating a kickback scheme …

TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced Thursday that 25 individuals and four companies have been charged for their alleged involvement in a large-scale diesel fuel …

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Police in Washington D.C. have issued a warning about a scam targeting incarcerated individuals, in which fraudsters are impersonating the Chief of Police through emails containing a …

BALTIMORE, MD — Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has filed a lawsuit against RealPage, Inc. and six of the state’s largest residential landlords, accusing them of colluding to inflate …

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia man who posed as a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier to steal checks and commit financial fraud was sentenced on Wednesday to 48 months in …

RICHMOND, Va. — Two active-duty U.S. Army soldiers have pleaded guilty, and a third has been indicted, in connection with a scheme to obtain fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans …

SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Sun Tong Lin, age 37, and Xueliang Chen, age 36, both of Staten Island, New …

CAMDEN, N.J. — A father and son admitted on Thursday to orchestrating a complex securities fraud scheme that artificially inflated the stock prices of two publicly traded companies, including one …

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A Yonkers man has been indicted on multiple charges, including arson and insurance fraud, for allegedly orchestrating a plot to burn down his own home in …

OKLAHOMA CITY — Kim Weinrich, 67, of Mustang, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to wire fraud and filing a false tax return, admitting to embezzling over $471,000 from Mustang Public …

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The owner of a Bala Cynwyd-based home care agency and 19 others have been charged in a multimillion-dollar Medicaid fraud scheme that allegedly siphoned funds meant for …

NEWARK, N.J. — A Newark business owner admitted in federal court on Friday to bribing a former city official in exchange for assistance with acquiring and redeveloping city-owned properties, U.S. …

BOSTON — Tania Fernandes Anderson, a Boston city councilor representing District 7, was arrested by federal authorities on Thursday after being indicted on charges of orchestrating a kickback scheme to …

FINCASTLE, Va. — A 53-year-old Virginia man conspired to have his 97-year-old grandmother killed in a murder-for-hire plot, according to police, with the alleged hitman being indicted this week and …

HANOVER TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A California woman has been arrested and charged with defrauding a victim in Hanover Township out of more than $800,000 in a sophisticated email scheme, authorities …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A federal grand jury has returned a 53-count indictment charging Renata Walton, 44, and Nicole Jones, 36, both of Olive Branch, Mississippi, with orchestrating multiple schemes to …

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Federal prosecutors have unsealed an indictment charging nine individuals with operating a money laundering network responsible for laundering millions of dollars obtained from internet fraud schemes, including business email …

URBANA, Ill. — Brett Michael Bartlett, 37, of Fountain Valley, California, has been sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for orchestrating a $22.5 million investment fraud scheme that defrauded …

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Evan Bobzin, 39, of Chester, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison Wednesday for stealing nearly $2 million from his employer, Hoffman’s Gun Center in Newington, …

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Travis Morgan Slaughter and Tripp Charles Slaughter, owners of multiple Jacksonville roofing businesses, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and conspiracy to …

BALTIMORE — Stephen L. Snyder, a prominent medical malpractice attorney from Baltimore, was found guilty by a federal jury of attempted extortion and seven counts of violating the Travel Act …

DENVER – Bryant Edwin Sewall, 57, formerly of Little Elm, Texas, was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison after being convicted of 14 counts of wire fraud and one …

NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey tax preparer faces a 16-count federal indictment for allegedly falsifying tax returns and fraudulently obtaining funds from COVID-19 relief programs, according to the U.S. …