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…
Insurance & Financial Fraud
PPP fraud investigation sees former Cook County correctional officer Jareli Reyes charged in Chicago
Jareli Reyes, a former Cook County Jail guard, is accused of defrauding the federal Paycheck Protection Program that was created to help struggling businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.AP. A former Cook County Jail guard has been charged with defrauding the federal Paycheck Protection Program that was created to help struggling businesses during the…
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…
Former American Income agent surrenders license in phony life app flap
A Pennsylvania agent found to be selling fictitious life insurance policies is providing more ammunition for critics of Globe Life Insurance Co.
The Inland Empire Automobile Insurance Task Force arrested 12 Southern California residents yesterday after an investigation found they allegedly conspired…
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.
He was released on $100,000 bond after appearing in court in Florida, and he is scheduled to arraigned May 15 in Hartford. Former Norwalk man pleads guilty to trafficking fentanyl, feds say. The U.S. attorney's office says Jose De Jesus Vega-Cervantes, a 45- year-old former Norwalk…
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…
