Veer Chetal, a 19-year-old from Danbury, CT, previously charged and convicted in a $245 million cryptocurrency fraud, is now accused of participating in a separate $2 million scam while cooperating …
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Paul J. Harris, a 62-year-old attorney from Wheeling, West Virginia, was indicted on June 3 for allegedly fraudulently handling client funds and using those funds for unlawful monetary transactions. The …
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Jasmine Unique Mallard-McCarter, a Riverside County woman also known as “JassyMC,” has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for her role in a $1.7 million COVID-19 benefits fraud …
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SAN FRANCISCO — A Daly City man, 29-year-old Mingtao Chen, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison and ordered to pay over $208,000 in restitution for his part in …
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OCALA, FL — A licensed mental health counselor in Ocala, Michelle Forsythe, 61, has been arrested and federally charged with wire fraud and identity theft for allegedly using her patients’ …
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PADUCAH, KY — A Calloway County woman has been sentenced to federal prison for embezzling over $1 million from her employer while working as a bookkeeper for a construction company. …
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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 …
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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 …
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Three Arizona Women Sentenced for $375K COVID-19 Fraud Scheme
PHOENIX, Ariz. — Three women from the Phoenix Valley have been sentenced for their roles in a COVID-19 unemployment fraud scheme that involved filing fake benefit claims using stolen identities, …
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PHOENIX, Ariz. — A Jamaican man accused of running a romance scam that defrauded an 85-year-old Arizona woman out of $400,000 has been extradited to the United States to face …