Eight Brooklyn residents face charges connected with a year-long scheme they ran that defrauded the unemployment system of approximately $2 million. According to a Department of Justice press release, Bryan Abraham, 18; Carlos Vazquez, 20; Angel Cabrera, 18; Armani Miller, 24; Johan Santos, 19; Gianni Stewart, 19; Andre Ruddock, 25; and Seth Golding, 18, were charged with conspiracy to …
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Chicago rapper G Herbo was accused of lying to a federal agent on Tuesday, adding to his legal woes. Herbo, whose real name is Herbert Wright III, will add a charge to the indictment that already includes fraud and identity theft allegations. The new charge stemmed from a conversation with a federal …
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Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jennifer Shah faces federal fraud charges for an elaborate telemarketing scheme. Shah, along with her assistant, Stuart Smith, allegedly ran a nationwide telemarketing plot that involved defrauding hundreds of victims, many of them senior citizens. Federal prosecutors say that the duo and several …
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NFTs are getting a lot of hype and headlines. New York rapper Ja Rule sold a 48-inch-by-60-inch oil-paint portrait of the Fyre Festival logo for $122,000. The artwork was sold as a non-fungible token (NFT). The rapper told TMZ that he wanted to get rid of the painting to create …
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The Federal Trade Commission revealed that a record $304 million was lost to romance scams in 2020. According to CNN, scammers lurking on dating apps and social media hauled in the record amount by striking up conversations with strangers to build up enough trust to eventually ask for money. The …
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On Wednesday, a Texas megachurch pastor was sentenced to six years in prison for his fraud scheme role. Kirbyjon H. Caldwell, 67, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He will report to federal prison on June 22, according to reports. Caldwell was the leading pastor at Windsor Village …
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It wasn’t long ago that Malachi Love-Robinson made national news for posing as a doctor when he was just a teenager. Robinson, who is now 23 years old, appears to be up to his old shenanigans, WPTV News reports. According to authorities, Love-Robinson is accused again of fraud and grand …
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On Monday, a Brooklyn man was arrested for defrauding the federal Paycheck Protection Program of almost $2 million. NBC News 4 Washington reports that Leon Miles, 51, is accused of applying for $1,904,593 in May on behalf of his limited liability company. According to court papers, he claimed the company had …
Read More » Chicago rapper G Herbo, 25, faces federal charges stemming from Massachusetts for his part in an elaborate fraud scheme. According to the Chicago Tribune, federal prosecutors accused the drill rapper, his music promoter, and other members of his entourage of aggressively using stolen identities to charge over a million dollars’ …
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In California, authorities recently discovered that thousands of inmates throughout the state have carried out an elaborate unemployment benefits scam that may have totaled $1 billion. Scott Peterson, who murdered his wife and unborn son in 2002, is among the inmates who defrauded the government by filing false unemployment claims. …
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According to the Los Angeles Times, the University of Southern California football player Munir McClain was suspended last month after being seemingly accused of committing fraud related to the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program. Munir’s mother, Shan McClain, says her son was suspended from the school back in the middle of …
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More than 100 employees have been terminated by Wells Fargo & Co. for allegedly improperly receiving coronavirus relief funds. According to a source with information on the matter, the company found out that employees made “false representations in applying for coronavirus relief funds for themselves,” an internal memo obtained by …
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An Atlanta man is now facing charges after prosecutors say, he lied about contracting COVID-19 as an excuse to get out of work. Santwon Antonio Davis, 34, allegedly left work back in March after claiming his mother had been exposed to the virus. The feds say he then submitted a falsified …
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