An investigation found the suspect allegedly acted as the leader of a' paper collision' ring to collect $80, 000 in underserved insurance payouts, according to a statement from the California Department of Insurance. The department, along with the Inland Empire Auto Insurance Fraud Task Force, said the suspect used his identities and the identities of his young…

A Levittown man is among several accused of taking part in a fraud scheme following an investigation by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office. The investigation led to Daniel E. Cassell, 56, of Perkasie, Kwenyan Professional Health Services LLC and Kwenyan and Associates, being charged with first-degree money laundering, second-degree theft by deception,…

NEWPORT NEWS, Va.– A Norfolk woman was sentenced last week to 10 years in prison for misuse of a Social Security number, loan fraud, and identity theft. Between 2018 and 2020, Moseley impersonated C.J. by possessing and using a forged driver's license containing C.J.' s personal identifying information, including name, date of birth, home address, and driver's license…

DAYTON, Ohio– A federal jury convicted a Dayton man, who as part of his fraud scheme purported he was a Ghanian prince, to 10 counts of various federal fraud crimes. Daryl Robert Harrison, also known as Prince Daryl R. Attipoe and Prophet Daryl R. Attipoe, 44, defrauded at least 14 victims of more than $800,000. Harrison and his stepfather claimed to be ministers with…

A Vista man who fraudulently secured more than $300,000 in unemployment benefits was sentenced Monday to four years and nine months in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. Prosecutors said Cotton listed his mother's address on the applications, and that the state's Employment Development Department mailed debit cards to her home.

Sep. 17— HARTFORD— A former Wethersfield attorney was sentenced to 45 months in prison Thursday for helping defraud a would-be investor of $1.3 million, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for Connecticut. Mark Pagani, 61, of Bolton, previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of tax evasion, officials said.

Stan Kowalewski had previously been convicted on 22 counts related to a fraud scheme and sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of South Carolina. Kowalewski gave the threatening letter to a prison visitor with instructions to mail it quickly, the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a news release…

A forensic audit that found Kansas paid up to $466 million in unemployment fraud is now public, revealing the contents of a report that some state officials wanted to keep at least partially secret. The Labor Department denied an open records request for an unredacted version of the audit, calling redactions of confidential information a requirement of state…

Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office, announced the verdict. "John Won and Kevin Kang shamelessly defrauded members of the Korean-American community in our district out of their nest eggs and life savings," said…

RALEIGH, N.C.— A Wilmington man accused of running a $7 million Ponzi scheme has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering. The U.S. Department of Justice says Shawn Edward Good entered his plea Thursday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert T. Numbers Jr. and faces up to 30 years in prison when he is sentenced. Prosecutors say he instead spent the money on a home…

Jonathan Walker was charged Wednesday in U.S. Federal District Court in Madison with 10 counts of wire fraud and two counts of making false statements. The Department of Defense awarded two contracts to Walker's business totaling $1,927,536 for HVAC services and fire alarm installation at Fort McCoy from July 2015 to June 2019. The charges against him are the…

TOPEKA, Kan.– The Kansas Corporation Commission has ordered Evergy to explain a $1.2 billion increase in the company's capital spending plan filed this year compared to projections shared when the company presented its Sustainability Transformation Plan last year. Before the workshop, the KCC says that Evergy must file updated and comprehensive financial…

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.– An Ash Grove, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for a wire fraud scheme in which she embezzled more than $362,000 from her Springfield, Mo., employer and failed to pay nearly $1 million in business payroll taxes and personal income taxes. The court also ordered Long to pay $1,329,440 in restitution– $362,175 to her employer and…

RICHMOND, Va.– A Midlothian woman was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for defrauding the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program, the Paycheck Protection Program, and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program, using victims' personal identifying information that she obtained from her state government employment. According to court documents, in the…

NEW ORLEANS– United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that WILLIAM J. BURNELL, age 72, a resident of Kenner, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to defraud First NBC Bank, the New Orleans- based bank that failed in April 2017. According to court documents, from in or around 2006 through April 2017, BURNELL was the Bank's Chief Credit Officer.

KANSAS CITY, Mo.– Jennifer Yohe, a Belton, Missouri resident, has no clue when her personal information was compromised, but she says she's had problems accessing her email, online shopping accounts and even some of her own text messages for nearly three years. She said she's seen fraudulent charges come out of her bank account and online shopping accounts since…

A former state employee who used her position to defraud Virginia and the United States out of $1.2 million in COVID-19 relief funds was sentenced Tuesday to nearly seven years in prison. "It is striking and egregious that the defendant indulged in luxuries with the fraud proceeds while unemployed workers and their families suffered and struggled during the…

The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, Ryan K. Buchanan, issued the following news release:. Shenita Daniel and Wayne A. Lowe, Jr., have been indicted for allegedly using numerous stolen identities to fraudulently claim Unemployment Insurance benefits under fictitious employer accounts registered with the Georgia Department of Labor.