The chief of staff for the Cobb County Sheriff's Office was arrested Friday and charged with insurance fraud and making false statements. "The investigation is unrelated to his duties at the Cobb County Sheriff's Office," the statement said. "He previously worked jobs at the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles, the Governor's Office of Transition, Support and…
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Two former leaders of We Build the Wall, where Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach was the top lawyer, have been sentenced to prison for defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors to the non-profit effort to build strips of privately-funded wall along the southern border. Steve Bannon, a former adviser to former President Donald Trump who was involved with the…
–Christopher Burns, a former youth pastor at Perimeter Church in Georgia turned financial advisor, is now on the FBI' s Most Wanted list for allegedly defrauding dozens of investors of millions of dollars, which he splurged on a lavish lifestyle and an obsession with Disney World. "Burns is charged for allegedly stealing millions of dollars from clients in an…
JACKSON, Miss.– A Jackson lobbyist pled guilty on Wednesday to conspiracy to defraud investors in a timber deed investment scheme. U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca said Ted Brent Alexander, 57, of Jackson pled guilty before U.S. This guilty plea resulted from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, Prim F. Escalona, issued the following news release on April 26, 2023:. Another individual has been convicted in the latest in a series of cases involving multi-million-dollar health care fraud and kickback conspiracies, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special…
Apr. 26— She was working as a waitress in a Hamburg restaurant when she took gaming tickets and placed fraudulent bets on Quick Draw, Mega Millions and Powerball while placing bets for customers. The waitress, Danielle K. Bush, got caught after the restaurant owner conducted an internal audit of billing statements from the New York Lottery that uncovered "…
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has made a Hail Mary bid that will delay her imprisonment for felony fraud. Holmes late Tuesday asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to overturn an order by the judge who oversaw her trial to surrender herself for incarceration tomorrow. But earlier this month, Judge Edward Davila ordered her to start serving…
Apr. 27— West Chester Twp.' s insurance company sued Ford Motor Company after the engine on a Ford Explorer police cruiser spontaneously combusted, and the mega vehicle manufacturer wants new "Lemon Law" claims dismissed. The township and its insurance company, the Ohio Township Association Risk Management Authority, filed suit in Butler County Common Pleas…
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, Richard D. Westphal, issued the following news release:. A federal grand jury in Des Moines returned an indictment on April 19, 2023, charging a Clive man with seventeen counts of mail and wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, and two counts of money laundering over $10,000.
The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on April 20, 2023:. Robert Sloan Mateer, 32, of Pasadena, was sentenced by United States District Judge Otis D. Wright II, who also ordered him to pay $937,173 in restitution. On October 1, 2020, Mateer- whose criminal history includes a felony conviction in Los…
The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on April 20, 2023:. Two former residents of Monmouth County, New Jersey, who allegedly obtained approximately $3.75 million in federal pandemic-related loans have been indicted, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Jean Rabbitt, 52, and Kevin…
The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release on April 20, 2023:. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Daniel Ira Johnson, a/k/a "Shotta" a/k/a " Lajon Black," to seven years and six months in federal prison for shipping firearms to the United Kingdom and committing wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in…
Justice Department officials said the law enforcement action was the largest ever to target healthcare schemes that exploited the pandemic, resulting in charges laid against 18 defendants in nine federal districts and more than $16 million in cash seized. "The Justice Department will not tolerate those who exploited the pandemic for personal gain and…
–My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell, an ally of former President Trump who has aggressively pushed baseless 2020 election denial theories, has been ordered to pay $5 million to a software developer who debunked Lindell's data around the election. Lindell, who promised to pay the $5 million award to anyone who could debunk his data that purportedly proved election fraud,…
The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico posted the following news release on April 20, 2023:. The Department of Justice today announced criminal charges against 18 defendants in nine federal districts across the United States for their alleged participation in various fraud schemes involving health care services that exploited the…
Apr. 19— The amount of money Maine seniors lost to fraud increased nearly five times in 2022 compared with the previous year, according to two recent FBI reports. The losses in Maine match a rising national trend, according to the reports. Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew McCormak, the elder fraud coordinator for the U.S. Department of Justice in Maine, said Tuesday…
Department of Labor to appeal decision striking down portion of rollover guidance
The Department of Labor filed a notice of appeal Friday from a February federal court ruling striking down a portion of guidance issued in 2021 that expanded the definition of a retirement plan fiduciary.
Karl Hampton, 65, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, convinced the 85- year-old woman he was her son and would“ care for her personally and financially” between 2018 and 2020, according to officials. Karl Hampton was found guilty of 12 felony counts in connection with the fraud scheme, which also involved his wife, the U.S. Attorney’ s Office for the Middle District of…
Two of Wildwood's three commissioners are under indictment on charges of fraudulently receiving state health benefits, including Mayor Pete Byron, who also pleaded guilty in federal court to tax fraud in March and is awaiting sentencing. Byron and Commissioner Steve Mikulski are refusing to resign. The residents were there not to bury Mayor Pete Byron, 67, a…
Five defendants were arraigned today on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud after a California Department of Insurance investigation found…
