identity theft

WILL COUNTY, IL — A 29-year-old California man, identified as Liwei Deng, has been charged in connection with a $39,000 scam targeting an elderly woman in Will County, authorities announced. …

LOS ANGELES, CA — Mihran Panosyan, 46, of Winnetka, pleaded guilty Monday to laundering over $4.6 million in a sophisticated Medicare fraud scheme involving fake hospice companies, federal prosecutors announced. …

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ridwan Adepoju, a Nigerian national, has been sentenced to 43 months in U.S. federal prison for his involvement in a series of cyber fraud schemes targeting American …

YONKERS, NY / BRADFORD, PA — A New York man has been sentenced to prison for defrauding a Pennsylvania bank and is now wanted for a separate $810,000 tax refund …

DESOTO COUNTY, Fla. — A man is facing serious charges in DeSoto County after being caught with more than 15 forms of stolen identification and driving an unregistered vehicle. Authorities …

PHILADELPHIA, PA — Oliver Tejada, 25, from the Bronx, New York, was sentenced Wednesday to 60 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Savage for his role …

SCHENECTADY — Frederick Hollingshed, a 58-year-old resident of Schenectady, was convicted this week in connection with a COVID-related fraud case, according to the Schenectady County District Attorney’s Office. Hollingshed was …

FLAT ROCK, Ala. — A man with a violent criminal history is facing numerous charges after being arrested for using the identity of a deceased person and illegally possessing dozens …

Gurugram police arrested three individuals—Sudhir Kumar, Himanshu, and Ashish Kumar, all from Uttar Pradesh—for duping victims by impersonating credit card department employees over phone calls. The accused provided their bank …

OCALA, Fla. — A 61-year-old licensed mental health counselor from Ocala, Michelle Forsythe, has been indicted on 14 counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft in …