Category: Fraud

Florida Woman Convicted in Million Dollar Health Care Fraud for Phony Drug Treatment Centers: DOJ

The owner of a Florida addiction treatment facility has been found guilty of running an insurance scheme that charged private health insurers more than $58 million for services that were never provided and, in some cases, were not even medically necessary, the Department of Justice announced on April 13. Carie Lyn Beetle, 44, a resident of Lake City, and a group of co-conspirators ran…


Toronto Cop Faces Multiple Charges After Allegedly Taking Missing Person’s Debit Card

A veteran Toronto Police officer is facing charges including theft after he allegedly stole a debit card belonging to a missing person whom he was assigned to investigate. The missing person investigation was started in 53 Division on Feb. 17, and one of the officers assigned to the case took possession of the missing person’s…


Soccer-Blatter, Platini to Face Swiss Justice in June Fraud Trial

ZURICH—Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA President Michel Platini will go on trial in June to face Swiss corruption charges over a $2 million payment that world soccer’s governing body made to Platini in 2011, the court announced on Tuesday. Both Blatter and Platini have repeatedly denied wrongdoing in the past over the incident,…


New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin Resigns After Bribery Charges

New York Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin resigned on Tuesday after being hit with bribery and fraud charges for allegedly directing state funds toward a real estate developer in exchange for campaign contributions. Benjamin, 45, second in command to Gov. Kathy Hochul, resigned hours after federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment and arrested him on federal bribery…


New South Wales Consumers Warned to Check Credentials of Tradespeople

New South Wales (NSW) Fair Trading Minister Eleni Petinos has warned consumers to check the credentials of tradespeople before allowing them to start work after a serial fraudster was once again convicted of doing shoddy building work while unlicensed. Matthew Geoffrey Rixon has been sentenced to 21 months in jail after being convicted of contempt of court…


Ousted Tennessee Senator Sentenced to Probation for Fraud

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—A former Tennessee state senator expelled from office after a conviction for using federal grant money on wedding expenses instead of the nursing school she operates was sentenced Friday to a year of probation but no prison time. Katrina Robinson had faced four to 10 months in prison under sentencing guidelines after she was…


German Prosecutors Charge 3 With Fraud in Wirecard Collapse

FRANKFURT, Germany—German prosecutors have charged the former CEO of payments company Wirecard and two other ex-managers with fraud and false accounting in connection with the firm’s collapse last year amid allegations that much of its revenue and assets were faked. Prosecutors in Munich said Monday that ex-CEO Markus Braun signed off on financial reports he…


Purdue Pharma Judge Overrules DOJ to Approve $6 Billion Opioid Settlement

The judge overseeing Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy on Wednesday approved a $6 billion opioid settlement funded by its Sackler family owners, overruling objections from the Department of Justice and 20 states that opposed the deal. Under the settlement, the Sacklers would pay between $5.5 billion and $6 billion to a trust that will be used to…


US Charges 2 Siblings in $124 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud

NEW YORK—U.S. authorities on Tuesday filed criminal charges against a cryptocurrency executive and civil charges against him and his sister, accusing them of defrauding retail investors out of millions of dollars with a digital token known as Ormeus Coin. In papers filed in Manhattan federal court, the Justice Department said John Barksdale lied about the…


US Consumers Lost Over $5.8 Billion to Fraud Last Year: Federal Trade Commission

Consumers in the United States lost more than $5.8 billion to fraud last year, an increase of more than 70 percent over the previous year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said Tuesday. More than 2.8 million consumers filed fraud reports with the FTC in 2021, an increase of $2.4 billion over 2020, with the most commonly reported complaint regarding imposter scams, followed by…