The FBI has arrested Luis Rodriguez, 34, for allegedly scamming elderly individuals out of nearly $50,000 between June 2024 and January 2025. The fraud scheme involved using rideshare companies to …
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HARTFORD — Victoria Kates, 34, from New Britain, Connecticut, pleaded guilty Thursday to defrauding federal pandemic relief programs of more than $230,000, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of …
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A New York jury has convicted Calvin Darden Jr. of all five charges he faced, including fraud, bank fraud, money laundering, and two counts of conspiracy. The case was tried …
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Brandon Becker, 53, the former CEO of CardReady LLC, was sentenced Monday to seven years in federal prison for orchestrating a $19 million laundering scheme that defrauded a credit card …
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania has announced federal charges against four individuals involved in a nationwide fraud scheme that defrauded elderly victims out of more …
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Money-Laundering Scams
Adanegbe Gift Osenmwenkhae Pleads Guilty to Laundering $20M in Fraud Proceeds
Adanegbe Gift Osenmwenkhae, 39, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to orchestrating a large-scale conspiracy that laundered more than $20 million in wire fraud proceeds. The U.S. Attorney’s …
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Money-Laundering Scams
Mount Juliet Man Brian Baker Pleads Guilty to $2 Million Auction Fraud Scheme
Brian Baker, 53, of Mount Juliet, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering on Tuesday, admitting his involvement in a multi-year fraud scheme that defrauded Dealers Auto Auction …
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Charity Scams
Former Charity Official Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Nearly $690,000 from St. Louis-Based Organization
A former official of a St. Louis-based charity supporting adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities has pleaded guilty to embezzling nearly $690,000 over the course of more than a decade, …
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Fake Financial Services ScamsFinancial
Former Morgan Stanley Advisor Sentenced to 12 Years for Fraud
Jesus Rodriguez de la Cruz, 46, a former financial advisor with Morgan Stanley in El Paso, was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for orchestrating a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme. …
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Fourteen Texas residents and one Louisiana woman have been charged for allegedly participating in fraudulent schemes to obtain Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and unemployment insurance benefits, the U.S. Attorney’s …