Beauty Queen’s Acquittal Overturned and Fraud Charges Trail Continues The 9th Circuit overturned a lower court judge’s ruling on a beauty queen’s acquittal on insurance and mail fraud charges, which claim the woman defrauded her insurance company of $123,000 while her mansion was undergoing repairs. Former Miss Montana Christin Didier was convicted by a jury in 2013 on insurance and mail fraud charges, as well as conspiracy, for collecting $123,000 from her home insurers, the Chubb Group, while her 110-year-old mansion underwent repairs for … [Read more...]
Judge Fast-Tracks Leland Yee Corruption Trial to Early 2015
November 19, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Leland Yee’s Federal Corruption Trial Fast-Tracked for Early Next Year A federal judge has “fast-tracked” Leland Yee’s federal corruption trial, involving numerous racketeering charges, to begin early next year. Yee, a former California state senator, has been charged with fraud, corruption, racketeering, and bribery, among other charges, with at least 28 other defendants. The federal racketeering charge stems from a federal investigation that lasted 3 years. When Yee, campaign consultant Keith Jackson, and an undercover agent met again … [Read more...]
ZeekRewards Founder Indicted on Federal Charges for Ponzi Scheme
November 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
ZeekRewards Founder Faces Federal Charges in North Carolina for Ponzi Scheme The president and founder of ZeekRewards, a penny exchange website, has been indicted by a grand jury in North Carolina for several federal charges, including wire fraud, mail fraud, and tax fraud, for creating the internet Ponzi scheme. Paul Burks, 67, is a resident of Lexington, NC. On Friday, October 24th, a federal grand jury indicted Burks on charges of wire and mail fraud conspiracy, wire and mail fraud, and tax fraud conspiracy. According to the federal … [Read more...]
Investors Receive Money from 3 Hebrew Boys Scam
October 10, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Scam Victims Receiving Restitution in 3 Hebrew Boys Aftermath On Wednesday, October 8th, US Attorney Bill Nettles reported that former investors in the 3 Hebrew Boys scam will begin to receive their part of $19 million, which hopefully is the third of many rounds of restitutions for the scam victims. The first round went out in May 2012, and the second went out in June 2013. Around 3,800 checks were mailed to the former investors, Nettles said in a news release, which gives the victims about 46 cents to every dollar they lost. The three … [Read more...]
Huge Mortgage Fraud Ringleader Sentenced to Jail
October 8, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Miami Judge Sentences Mortgage Fraud Ringleader to Prison A long-running mortgage fraud scheme conned several Miami-area banks out of close to $50 million, and now the mortgage fraud ringleader has finally been sentenced to prison. On Tuesday, September 30th, US District Judge K. Michael Moore sentenced Domenico Rabuffo, 78, to 27 years in prison as the mortgage fraud ringleader fraud scam. Three other people convicted in Rabuffo’s trial will be sentenced on October 30th. For Rabuffo, this is life in prison. After being indicted in … [Read more...]
Cancer Doc Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges for False Chemo
September 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Cancer Doctor Who Gave Chemotherapy to Healthy Patients Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges A cancer doctor from Detroit has pleaded guilty to federal charges, such as giving healthy patients unnecessary cancer treatment, including dangerous chemotherapy, on Tuesday, September 16th. Reportedly, Dr. Farid Fata pleaded guilty to federal charges without prosecution offering a plea deal. "We weren't interested in bargaining anything away," U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade said. She added that she would seek life in prison for Fata, calling the … [Read more...]
Man Charged with Breach of Trust for Armored Car Driver
September 16, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Conway Man Charged with Breach of Trust for Theft from Armored Cars A Conway, SC resident has been charged with breach of trust after investigators traced the theft of tens of thousands of dollars back to him while he worked for an armored car company. Jerome Kittles, 60, was charged with breach of trust with fraudulent intent valuing $10,000 or more. He was booked into the J. Reuben Long Detention Center on Monday, September 8th, and released on Wednesday, September 10th, on $17,500 bail. Kittles allegedly stole $89,750 while working as … [Read more...]
Massive Money Laundering Operation in LA Busted
September 12, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Federal Officers Bust Huge Drug Cartel and Money Laundering Operation in Los Angeles On Wednesday, September 10th, federal authorities arrested 9 people in Los Angeles and seized over $65 million in cash in a massive raid on the LA Fashion District that targeted a money laundering operation owned by Mexican drug cartels. Approximately 1,000 agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Internal Revenue Service carried out the money laundering operation bust … [Read more...]
Cathedral Bible College Founder Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud Charges
September 8, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Cathedral Bible College Founder Pleads Guilty in Federal Court to Immigration and Other Federal Fraud Charges The founder of the Cathedral Bible College, Reginald Wayne Miller, has pleaded guilty in federal court to numerous federal fraud charges, including violation of labor laws and visa fraud. The 65-year-old former preacher has pleaded guilty to four felony charges for forcing foreign students on his “campus” to work for low or no wages, or face deportation. Specifically, Miller pleaded guilty to two felony charges of visa fraud, a form … [Read more...]
Bank Employee Charged with Embezzlement and Forgery
September 4, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Former Bank Employee in North Carolina Faces Embezzlement and Forgery Charges A former employee of the Fifth Third Bank in Lincolnton, NC has been arrested and charged with embezzlement and forgery after taking money from a customer’s account and blaming the fraud on another customer. Jeffrey Dean Etchison, Jr, 33 years old, reportedly forged a savings account slip and withdrew about $2,000 from an elderly victim’s savings account. Ten days after the fraudulent withdrawal, the elderly customer reported that money had been stolen from his … [Read more...]
