COVID-relief fraud

Harold Dotson, a 54-year-old accountant from Gaithersburg, Maryland, was sentenced to three years in federal prison, followed by six months of home confinement, for his role in a conspiracy to …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Klegewerges Abate, a 36-year-old Columbus man and known member of the violent Third World Mob gang, has been sentenced to 310 months (over 25 years) in …

EDINA, Minn. — A 49-year-old man from Edina, Mark Erjavec, is facing federal charges for allegedly defrauding COVID-19 relief programs out of nearly $975,000 intended to support small businesses during …

VISALIA — Joey Wayne Mackey, CEO of a Visalia-based construction company, was arrested Friday on a federal complaint alleging he fraudulently obtained more than $4 million in COVID-19 relief funds …

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Franklin County grand jury has indicted 15 individuals, including Markeya Smith, Brandi Smith, and Shirkara Reggins, for their roles in a $7.3 million Pandemic Unemployment Assistance …

FROM Q LINK TO THE CLINK — In one of the largest fraud cases in Federal Communications Commission (FCC) history, Issa Asad, the founder and CEO of Q Link Wireless, …

Tamarac, FL – June 5, 2025 — A Tamarac man, Rowlneyc Geffrard, 37, is facing a felony charge of grand theft after authorities say he fraudulently secured over $53,000 in …

PHILADELPHIA, PA — Louis Belletieri, 43, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud in a wide-ranging financial scheme that involved defrauding a title insurance underwriter …

(FOX 2) — A federal jury has convicted Southfield-based physician Dr. Reginald Eburuche of bank fraud after he illegally obtained a $1.7 million loan under the federal Paycheck Protection Program …

Federal prosecutors announced Thursday that 14 individuals, mostly from the Los Angeles area, have been arrested in connection with a massive scheme to defraud the U.S. government of over $25 …