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Matthew Motil says a plea agreement is near on his alleged fraud case.

Matthew Motil, host of the podcast, “The Cash Flow King,” has reached a plea agreement with federal investigators to resolve a criminal investigation into an alleged $11 million Ponzi scheme, his attorneys say.

Jason Matthew Pennington pleaded guilty in February to one count of wire fraud in connection with the thefts from El Paso Animal Hospital, 841 N. Buckner in Derby, where he worked as a bookkeeper and office assistant for more than a year, court records show. The thefts from El Paso Animal Hospital came on the heels of another case where Pennington, a former State Farm…

WOODBRIDGE, NJ— A federal judge sentenced a woman from the Keasbey section to 24 months in prison for her role in a conspiracy to swindle the government out of more than $400,000 in COVID-19 unemployment benefits, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said. Assistant U.S. Attorney Fatime Meka Cano alleged that from July 2020 through February 2021, Abreu conspired with…

Nowah J. Maher, 22, of Orwigsburg waived a hearing on the charges Tuesday before District Judge Brian K. Strand in Bern Township. About 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 25, 2023, Maher filed a claim with Progressive Insurance reporting he had lost control of his 2022 Honda Accord while driving on Route 222 in Bern Township. Bern Township police confirmed they were dispatched to…

HAZELTON TWP.— Embattled New Lothrop Area Schools Superintendent Heather Thompson-Luznak is the subject of a fraud case against a Saginaw insurance company, The Argus-Press has found. According to a case file in Saginaw County District Court, Thompson-Luznak— identified as Heather Thompson— owes Meemic Insurance $23,460 following a 2015 incident in which…

Hartford County resident Donald Salzberg, age 69, of Avon, was sentenced to one year in prison in Boston federal court on Thursday, May 9. It came nearly two years after Salzberg, who operated Salzberg, M.D. on Farmington Avenue in West Hartford for nearly 40 years, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and receive kickbacks.

Heather Doss was released from custody on a written promise to appear at her court hearings. Heather Doss is listed as the managing member of the company. Jason Doss is accused of defrauding the N.C. Farm Bureau of $4,653 with false billing statements on Nov. 14, 2023, according to an arrest warrant.

Evgjeni Baca, also known as Gina Baca, owned and operated Lean On Us Home Care from February 2019 to February 2021. Baca, 41, was arrested in February by inspectors from the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in the office of the Chief State's Attorney and charged with one count of health insurance fraud and one count of first-degree larceny by defrauding a public…

Lijuan Chen, who has been in federal custody since May 2023, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and one count to using counterfeit postage. Mr. Hu is charged with one count of defrauding the United States, three counts of passing and possessing counterfeit obligations of the United States, and one count of forging and…

A Delta Junction man was sentenced to serve two years in prison and to pay $580,000 in restitution for defrauding more than two dozen investors. Brian Corty, 53, pleaded guilty in January to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for defrauding more than two dozen investors of approximately $600,000, according to a news release from the Department of…

Brooklyn resident Olabanji Otufale, 41, abused his position by accessing names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and photos of more than 10 city homeless people, according to an indictment unsealed on Wednesday. He then peddled that info to New Jersey resident Mark Lazarre, who in turn stole the victims "identities so he could file COVID unemployment…

May 1— A Beavercreek insurance agent is facing dozens of charges after she reportedly convinced clients to invest at least $235,000 and then took the money for her personal use. A Greene County grand jury indicted 65- year-old Beverly Ann Kirk on 36 counts of securities fraud, unlicensed securities activity, theft, theft from a person in a protected class and…

The Utah Investigative Journalism Project. "I guess you could call me a tree hugger," said Washington state resident Tammy Crough on why she decided to install home solar power in 2023.. In June of 2023, Crough was living in Washington state when she signed up for solar through a company called Lumio.