economic crimes

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A St. Pete Beach city employee is facing criminal charges after allegedly using a city-issued gas card to make unauthorized fuel purchases totaling over $3,000, according …

Accused Fraudster Chloe Castellanos Appears in Miami-Dade Court MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A 37-year-old woman, Chloe Castellanos, is facing serious fraud charges after Miami-Dade economic crimes detectives arrested her on …

A former bookkeeper for a Lower Southampton Township law firm was sentenced on June 26, 2025, to serve time in county jail for systematically stealing more than $800,000 from her …

Abdullahi Haladu has been convicted by the Kaduna State High Court for involvement in a land fraud case. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Kaduna Zonal Directorate secured his …

ST. CROIX — A 21-year-old woman, Jazzmine Ferdinand, has been arrested following a months-long investigation into an attempted check fraud incident at the Bank of St. Croix. The case stems …

Cape Coral, FL – June 11, 2025 — A 59-year-old Georgia man, Ronald B. Hatten, was arrested in Cape Coral after attempting to use stolen identity information to purchase a …

Justice Josephine Oyefeso of the Lagos State High Court in Ajah sentenced Chukwudi Okonkwo Goodness to 74 years imprisonment on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, for stealing and issuing dud cheques. …

Detectives from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Economic Crimes Unit have arrested 32-year-old Michael Anthony Kelly of St. Petersburg following an extensive investigation into the theft of luxury watches from …

John Sabo, 71, a former Spring Lake, New Jersey resident now living in Florida, has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for orchestrating a nearly decade-long fraudulent business …

Two internet fraudsters from Kaduna, Al-Mustapha Isah Gupa and Qareeb Adekunle Yusuf, have been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to charges of cheating and impersonation. The Economic and Financial …