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Hector Medina, a 40-year-old man from Texas, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Wednesday after attempting to extort nearly $1 million from disgraced former Congressman George Santos. Medina …

Natalie Cochran, a pharmacist who previously pleaded guilty to running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded millions, is now standing trial for the alleged murder of her husband, Michael Cochran. The …

SAN DIEGO, CA – A federal grand jury has indicted three individuals accused of defrauding elderly authors across the United States out of nearly $44 million through a book publishing …

CHOMEWOOD, Ala. (WIAT) — Robert Burgett, the former finance director for the city of Homewood, could face decades in prison after pleading guilty to stealing nearly $1 million from the …

Susan Figuerido, a former bookkeeper from Falmouth, has been sentenced to two years in prison for embezzling over $1.3 million from her employer. The sentencing was handed down by U.S. …

MIAMI, Fla. (CBS12) – Okezie Bonaventure Ogbata, a 36-year-old Nigerian national, has pleaded guilty in a Miami federal courtroom for his role in a transnational inheritance fraud scheme that defrauded …

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Rajan Babbar, 59, the owner of Taste of India, a grocery store in Lynchburg, was arrested on federal food stamp fraud and wire fraud charges, the U.S. …

Seth Adam Depiano, 43, formerly of Fresno County, has been charged with multiple crimes, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, and aggravated identity theft. The U.S. …

Luquay Zahir, 50, of Atlantic City, New Jersey, pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining over $30,000 in COVID-19 relief funds. Zahir, the former Ross Family Service Coordinator for the Atlantic City …

Christopher A. Mazzei, 46, and Erin V. Mazzei, 43, of Arroyo Grande, California, were sentenced for defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), receiving sentences of 36 and 27 months in …