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Another Tech Support Fraudster Sentenced To Prison An American citizen who spent over a year running the day-to-day operations of a fraudulent tech support call center in Costa Rica is heading to prison. Michael Cary Lawing, 34, of…
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Ex-White House Military Aide and Maryland Businessman Found Guilty For Operating Fraudulent EB-5 Visa Scheme NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that a federal jury returned guilty verdicts against two Maryland men for…
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Former Hollywood Digital Marketing Executive and Professional Poker Player Charged with Embezzling $22 Million from His Employer LOS ANGELES – A former executive at StyleHaul Inc., a digital marketing company that represents “influencers”…
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Two Defendants Indicted in Brooklyn Federal Court for Foreign Exchange Trading Scams Defendants Stole Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars by Luring Korean-American Investors into Bogus Foreign Exchange TradingEarlier today, in federal court…
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Former CFO Of Granite Falls Industrial Contractor Sentenced To More Than Six Years In Prison For Embezzling Nearly $6 MillionUnited States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the sentencing of KIRSTEN ANN TJOSAAS, 38, for embezzling…
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Silver Spring Man Sentenced To 7 Years In Federal Prison For Internet Romance Scheme In Which Victims Were Defrauded Of Over $300,000Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced  Evans Appiah, a/k/a Sean Carter,…
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Long Island Attorney Is Sentenced To 28 Months In Prison For Stealing $1.3 Million From Trust Fund ClientsTrust Funds Diverted to Pay for Car, High-End Stereo Equipment, Home Renovations and International VacationsCENTRAL ISLIP, NY –…
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Volkswagen Engineer Pleads Guilty for His Role in Conspiracy to Cheat U.S. Emissions TestJames Robert Liang, a Volkswagen engineer, pleaded guilty today for his role in a nearly 10-year conspiracy to defraud U.S. regulators and U.S.…
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Washington Man Arrested, Charged with Defrauding Alaskans Out of Approximately $2.7 MillionHis Wife was also Arrested, Charged with Social Security FraudAnchorage, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a…
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Man Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 46 Months In Prison In Connection With $1.5 Million Ponzi SchemePreet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that WILLIAM J. WELLS was sentenced…
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Natick Attorney and Former City of Worcester Housing Official Indicted on Fraud ChargesBOSTON – A real estate developer and a former City of Worcester housing official were charged in U.S. District Court in Worcester this week in…
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Orange County Man Pleads Guilty to Owning Fake Law Firms that Falsely Promised to Help Struggling HomeownersSANTA ANA, California – A Brea man pleaded guilty this morning to federal charges related to his role as the owner and operator of…
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Prime Contractor Employee At U.S. Military Bases Admits $1.4 Million Fraud And Taking KickbacksNEWARK, N.J. – A Pennsylvania man employed as a regional manager for a contractor involved with construction projects at Picatinny Arsenal…
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Northern Michigan Woman Charged WIth Wire Fraud And Money Laundering In Multi-Million Dollar Scheme To DefraudSarah Frances Bolhuis Has Agreed To Plead Guilty For Her Role In A $7.5 Million Scheme          GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — Sarah…
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Michael Danilovich Sentenced To 25 Years For Racketeering, Health Care Fraud, Securities Fraud, Mail Fraud, Wire Fraud, And Money LaunderingRacketeering Conviction Included Largest No-Fault Insurance Fraud Scheme Ever ChargedPreet…
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Uniontown man sentenced to nearly five years in prison for defrauding investors out of $5.6 millionA Uniontown man was sentenced to nearly five years in prison for operating a scheme in which 19 investors lost approximately $5.6…
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Wayne Shelby Simmons, 62, of Annapolis, Maryland, a former Fox News commentator who has falsely claimed he spent 27 years working for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), pleaded guilty today to major fraud against the…
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Former Oklahoma State Senator Sentenced to Over 3 Years For $1.8 Million in Wire Fraud and Tax EvasionTULSA, Okla.—Former Oklahoma State Senator Ricky L. Brinkley was sentenced today to serve 37 months in federal prison for fraudulently…
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Brooklyn Man Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court In Connection With Advance Fee Scheme            Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that OCTAVIO LOMBARDO, a/k/a “Otto…
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