Government scam

LOS ANGELES — Carmelo Marquez, former interim chief security officer for the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA), has been charged with allegedly using his position to secure $120,000 …

A U.S. Department of Agriculture employee, Arlasa Davis, was arrested last week along with five others for their alleged roles in a massive $66 million food stamp fraud scheme, described …

Montgomery County, NY — A St. Johnsville woman is facing felony charges after authorities say she provided false information on a SNAP application. Chelsey Schuyler, 21, was arrested on May …

NORTHFIELD, N.J. (WPVI) – An Atlantic County supervisor and three of his business employees have been charged in a gas theft scheme from a county public works facility, according to …

Greenwood, Indiana — Jason Michael Smith, a 45-year-old attorney from Seymour, has been arrested on multiple felony charges, including corrupt business influence, tax evasion, and theft. Smith was taken into …

BEAUFORT, S.C. — Robert Madison Taylor, 57, a Beaufort County businessman, has been arrested and charged with operating without a valid retail license, the South Carolina Department of Revenue confirmed. …

In a significant crackdown on corruption, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Amit Kumar Singal, a 2007 batch IRS officer, along with his associate Harsh Kotak, in connection with …

City police arrested Mohammad Khurshid, 56, for his alleged involvement in a Rs 55 lakh embezzlement scam linked to the Provident Fund (PF) auto-withdrawal system of the state insurance and …

A 24-year-old man is facing criminal charges after allegedly making a bomb threat at a Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) office in Petersburg, Virginia. According to the Petersburg Bureau of …

The Porvorim police have arrested three key accused in connection with the Rs4.6 crore fraud involving the Goa Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (GSSA), a government initiative for school education funding. The …