MACON, Ga. — Jessica Crawford, a 34-year-old tax preparer from Athens, Georgia, has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for orchestrating a $3.5 million tax fraud scheme involving …
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Kimberly Harris Arrested for Stealing Pandemic Benefits in SC
Kimberly Harris, a 49-year-old woman from Columbia, was arrested for her involvement in a fraudulent scheme that stole thousands in pandemic assistance funds. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) …
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Leeds, UK — A Glasgow man has been convicted of defrauding Leeds City Council of over £710,000 by posing as an employee of Greggs and falsely claiming pandemic support funds. …
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A Nigerian man residing in Canada, Fatiu Ismaila Lawal, has been sentenced to 54 months in prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft after defrauding U.S. pandemic aid programs …
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Keith Lawrence Middlebrook Sentenced to 8 Years for COVID-19 Investment Fraud
LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — Keith Lawrence Middlebrook, a 57-year-old man from Huntington Beach, has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for defrauding investors in bogus COVID-19 …
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Matthew Dispensa, 58, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for stealing $342,650 in COVID-19 relief funds through fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) …
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A former Atlanta city attorney, Shelitha Robertson, 62, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for her role in a massive $15 million pandemic loan fraud scheme. Records indicate …
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PARIS, Mo. (WGEM) — A church official from Monroe County was arrested on Friday after being indicted for his involvement in a fraudulent scheme that exploited pandemic relief funds exceeding …
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Five individuals, including Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, have been charged with offering a $120,000 (£94,000) cash bribe to a juror in an attempt to obstruct justice during a US pandemic fraud …
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As former “Basketball Wives” star Brittish Williams serves her sentence for fraud, her ex-fiancé and the father of her child, Lorenz Gordon, has also been convicted of similar crimes. Gordon, …