CONNECTICUT Business owner, Bonny J. Hebert, of Killington, Vermont, admitted to stealing $10.3 million in premiums from Aetna Insurance Company, using the money for personal expenses and to run her business,…
Defendants Sold Phony Indian Tribe Memberships to Prevent Deportation
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS A Brownsville man and woman admitted selling membership in a non-recognized Indian tribe as part of a fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson, officials stated. Humberto Reveles, 60,…
Mexican Drug Organization Smuggled 2,200 Pounds of Heroin Into U.S.
PENNSYLVANIA A 108-count indictment named 37 people who allegedly ran a multi-state narcotics trafficking organization that imported 2,200 pounds of heroin into the United States from Mexico, according to authorities. The…
Feds: 67-Year-Old Who Swindled 300 Investors Out of $10 Million Gets Lengthy Prison Sentence
FBI BLOG Financial Fraud (06/02/15) Like many successful con men, William C. Lange made people believe that he really cared about them—even as he looked them in the eye and took…
N.J. Man Charged Thousands of Dollars for Falsifying U.S. Visa Applications
NEW JERSEY A federal judge sentenced a man from Edison, New Jersey to two years and six months in prison for falsifying employment certifications for Indian nationals to get them into…
Bank Agrees to Pay $212.5 Million for Underwriting Bad Mortgage Loans
TENNESSEE First Tennessee Bank N.A. agreed to pay $212.5 million for underwriting bad mortgage loans that were insured by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal…
Two Admit Scamming Consumers Through Phony Debt Relief Services
CALIFORNIA Two people Athena Maldonado, 30, and Christopher Harati, 31, both of Orange County, California, plead guilty Monday to duping consumers by portraying debt relief companies as law firms and attorney-based companies that…
Got Fear? Take a Test and Find Out – Top 100 Phobia List
Not sure if you have an anxiety disorder? Take this test and find out now. Top 100 Phobia List These are the top 100 phobias in the world, with the most common ones…
Chinese Immigrant Involved in “Black Market” Forfeits Money and Loses U.S. Citizenship
LOS ANGELES The owner of a Fashion District import-export business plead guilty Friday to federal charges stemming from an investigation into “Black Market Peso Exchange” schemes that are used by international…
Sex Offender Who Babysat for Neighborhood Children Guilty of Child Molestation
WASHINGTON A child sex offender who was convicted of child pornography in Florida moved to Tacoma, Washington, and started volunteering to babysit neighborhood children there, according to officials. Friday, Caleb Dean…
Woman Allegedly Stole Elderly Victims’ IDs to Get $500,000 in Unemployment Payments
LOS ANGELES, CALIF. A federal grand jury indicted a woman who stole identities of elderly victims to defraud California’s unemployment insurance program out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, officials said…
24-Year-old Man Sentenced to 15 Years in “Sextortion” Child Pornography Case
LOS ANGELES A federal judge today sentenced Jeremy Brenden Sears, Moorpark, California, to 15 years in prison for producing child pornography in “extortion” case, officials said. Sears used social networking websites to trick,…