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COEUR d'ALENE— North Idaho College and attorney Art Macomber have asked the court to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges fraud. The civil suit, filed in December 2022 by Coeur d'Alene resident Mike Gridley, accuses Macomber and three trustees of fraud and of violating Idaho's open meeting laws. "Some or all defendants herein engaged in fraudulent…

A federal jury convicted a Florida man for his role in a $54 million bribery and kickback scheme involving TRICARE, a federal program that provides health insurance benefits to active duty and retired service members and their families. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, David Byron Copeland, 55, of Tallahassee, was a part-owner and…

Gavin Newsom to triage California's pandemic unemployment response details in a new book how technical and political failures combined to block payments to workers while enabling fraud. Jennifer Pahlka, founder of Code for America and a former U.S. deputy chief technology officer, writes that the turmoil at California's Employment Development…

Facing a stronger-than-expected economy and sticky inflation in core prices, the Federal Reserve signaled Wednesday it's going to hike interest rates two more times before the year is through despite taking a break in June. The June pause marks the first interval in one of the fastest quantitative tightening cycles in the history of the U.S. central bank,…

The funds were taken out while Seidel was owner of Carolina Fish Market in Ballantyne. Filed in South Carolina U.S. District Court in August 2022, the indictment claims that Seidel "engaged in a scheme to defraud the Small Business Administration… by utilizing the funds obtained from his SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan for unauthorized purchases, including…

Kristin D. Lein, 60, making her initial appearance on the charges in U.S. District Court, pleaded guilty to wire fraud, money laundering and filing a false tax return. District Judge William Conley on Sept. 7. Lein's law license is currently suspended for failing to meet continuing legal education requirements, according to the state Office of Lawyer Regulation.

—New York Attorney General Letitia James said that she is worried about "lone wolf" attacks as she pursues a civil fraud case against former President Trump. "And so here in the city of New York and in the state of New York, we're taking precautions. She is seeking $250 million in financial penalties and asked the court to ban the former president and Donald Trump Jr.,…

A carbon copy of the check shows it was made out to Florida Blue Health Insurance on April 22 for $28. Their bank, First Horizon, has now deposited the entire $4,200 back into their account. "This type of alleged behavior within the Postal Service is not tolerated and the overwhelming majority of Postal Service employees, which serve the public, are honest,…

Jun. 7— Mississippi Coast business couple Ted and Julie Cain are trying to avoid paying a $32.6 million civil judgment against him for defrauding Medicare, the U.S. Attorney's Office alleges in a lawsuit filed to collect the money. The jury found that the couple billed Medicare over a 12- year period for work they never did at the former Stone County hospital, which…

COLLETON COUNTY, S.C.- Lawyers for the family of Alex Murdaugh's late housekeeper Gloria Satterfield– who died after a fall at the family's home in 2018– have responded to Murdaugh's motion to vacate his confession of stealing over $4 million in insurance money meant for Satterfield's family. Murdaugh initially told his insurance companies that Satterfield…

A Palm Beach Gardens lawyer gave up his freedom to practice law a few months after the judicial system took away his freedom of movement for taking $1.6 million from the government. Derek Acree, 48, used his part of that money for jewelry, private school tuition, the down payment on a Palm Beach County home, a private jet service and some undefined activity at a Trump…

The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on June 2, 2023:. An Atlantic County, New Jersey, man admitted laundering the proceeds of fraudulently obtained Paycheck Protection Program loans, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Jeremy Earley, 41, of Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, and Lilburn,…

The move came on a motion by the Nebraska Department of Banking and Finance in its case against Jesse Hill of Hickman, First SOJO Capital Group LLC and other related entities. In December, the state sought to freeze the assets of the group of companies and two investment funds a month after the Banking Department launched an investigation into Hill's companies…

Judge Scott Dales, of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Western Michigan, on Tuesday dismissed nine of the 39 counts against Lake City Bank alleged by the trustee appointed in the bankruptcy of Najeeb Khan. Dales wrote in his opinion that " Lake City Bank's alleged shortcomings in its deposit monitoring are better addressed by a bank regulator, not a bankruptcy judge."

MILWAUKEE— The Wisconsin Better Business Bureau released information on Wednesday to warn active duty military members and the general public about scams that either target service members or utilize patriotic sentiment to scam individuals. "Memorial Day, the unofficial start of summer, is also a time to honor those who have lost their lives for our country,"…

—Alex Murdaugh, already convicted of murdering his wife and son, is now facing 22 charges including wire fraud, bank fraud, conspiracy and money laundering. At the time the alleged fraud took place, Murdaugh was serving as a personal injury attorney in Hampton, South Carolina. The first scheme allegedly took place from September 2005 through at least September…