The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Juan Antonio Gonzalez, issued the following news release:. Around April 2019, Thomas was the chairman of the Riviera Beach Housing Authority, during which time the authority sought to purchase real-estate located in Riviera Beach for a low-income rental property. Thomas introduced a real estate broker to…
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The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2022:. U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DR. FEBC maintained houses of worship in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, owned multiple parcels of real property in New Orleans, and created housing ministry entities to provide…
California is slowly clawing back some of the estimated $20 billion in unemployment money stolen by domestic and international criminals, money earmarked for jobless relief during the height of the pandemic. But critics say the California money recovery effort remains feeble, with too few people held to account, and that the real fraud figure is likely far…
Amber Singleton and Emanuel Tucker. On Sept. 9, Amber Singleton, 42, and Emanuel Tucker, 42, both of Canyon Lake, California, were charged in the Central District of California by indictment with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and money laundering for their roles in an alleged scheme to…
Keith Ingersoll, an associate of former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to federal fraud charges, admitting he took part in a multistate real estate scheme that scammed an investor for millions of dollars. The agreement will next be reviewed by U.S. Senior District Judge Gregory Presnell after Magistrate Judge Embry…
CINCINNATI— Documents revealed that seven people who were under FBI investigation in Greater Cincinnati had their Paycheck Protection loans forgiven by the U.S. Small Business Administration. One complaint, which outlines loan-fraud allegations against six defendants, said the FBI opened its investigation in March 2021 "based on a review of…
Campbell falsely claimed to have owned a lucrative chain of gyms in Texas, several McDonald's restaurants, a security business with military connections and a home renovation business, according to prosecutors. After gaining their trust, Campbell would ask the friends or romantic partners for money, claiming it was for medical bills, real estate investments,…
SANTA ANA >> A pipeline operator has agreed to pay $50 million to thousands of Southern California fishermen, tourism companies and property owners who sued after an offshore oil spill last year near Huntington Beach. A proposed settlement between Amplify Energy Corp., which owns the pipeline that ruptured in October 2021 and spilled 25,000 gallons of crude…
Oct. 13— A high-ranking corrections deputy with the Monroe County Sheriff's Office was arrested Wednesday on felony insurance fraud and misdemeanor hit-and-run charges after a car crash last month. Major, who has been with the sheriff's office since December 1997 and works at the Plantation Key jail, has an annual salary of $107,236. 86, said agency spokesman…
The Mississippi fraud and embezzlement scheme, in which $77 million was funneled away from a program for needy families into other ventures, is the biggest public fraud case in the state's history. Celebrated former Packers quarterback— and Mississippi native— Brett Favre has not been charged with a crime, but he's a prominent player in the story.
Victims of investment fraud in Ohio are now able to recoup some of the money they lost thanks to a new state recovery fund. The Ohio Department of Commerce's Division of Securities announced the launch of the Ohio Investor Recovery Fund on Wednesday, making Ohio the fifth state to set aside funds for victims of securities-related crimes. To be eligible for…
Former President Donald Trump and his son Eric Trump are trying to dodge a $250 million civil action lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to a Thursday filing that claims they’ ve refused service for almost a month. “Beyond just the continuation of its prior fraud, the Trump Organization now appears to be taking steps to…
RICHMOND, Va.- On October 5, 2022, the Virginia Employment Commission announced the identification of approximately 4,200 unemployment insurance claims that could have been compromised. Carrie Roth, Commissioner of the VEC offered this statement:. "The team at the Virginia Employment Commission acted swiftly to identify the claimants impacted and prevent…
Oct. 14— Former Philadelphia Treasurer Christian Dunbar admitted before a federal judge Thursday that he fraudulently obtained U.S. citizenship through a sham marriage and failed to file personal income taxes while working in the office that oversees the city's fiscal stability. During the proceedings, Dunbar, a Liberian immigrant, acknowledged that he and…
The Ohio Department of Commerce's Division of Securities announced the launch of the Ohio Investor Recovery Fund on Wednesday, making Ohio the fifth state to set aside funds for victims of securities-related crimes. Indiana, Maine, Montana and Vermont have similar funds. To be eligible for financial assistance from the fund, a victim must be an Ohio resident…
Police have charged a Middletown man with defrauding two Newark- area homeowners who hired him to do home repairs. Michael McNasby, a spokesman for the New Castle County Police Department. The first happened in March, when the homeowner paid Mark Perry more than $17,000 for renovations, but the work was never done and the materials were never purchased, according…
YAKIMA, WA- Cody Easterday's 11- year sentence for fraud was largely based on the amount he stole, a sum U.S. attorneys called staggering. Easterday, 51, was given a prison term Oct. 4 in Yakima, Wash., based on standardized sentencing guidelines. Defense attorney Carl Oreskovich did not dispute the Justice Department's calculation.
A Brooklyn Center man has admitted to staging an arson attack by the political left on his property two years ago, and then using the ruse to cheat his insurance company out of $61,000 and collect thousands more in donations. Denis V. Molla, 30, pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis to one count of wire fraud in connection with falsely…
If giving unemployment benefits to criminals sitting behind bars or fraudsters in foreign countries wasn't enough to make your stomach turn, we recently learned California's unemployment fraud initial estimate of $20 billion is closer to $32 billion and counting. District attorneys throughout California found that the state paid more than 35,000…
