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Brandon Casutt, 52, of Henderson, Nevada, was sentenced to two years and four months in prison for fraudulently obtaining over $500,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program loans, and then laundering the money through family, friends, and others. Casutt submitted multiple false and
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Two Arkansas men, Jody Douglas Davis and Phillip Vincent Ridings, were sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a scheme to defraud investors of over $1.1 million through the development of a nonexistent wind turbine and a proposed wind farm project in Elm Springs, Arkansas. The men were
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The United States Department of Justice has announced the largest healthcare fraud scheme in history, exposing 14 defendants for their alleged participation in various healthcare scams that exploited the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in over $143 million in false billings. The scheme involved medical professionals, corporate executives, and others who allegedly
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A former DoorDash driver, Sayee Chaitanya Reddy Devagiri, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal more than $2.5 million from the San Francisco-based delivery company in 2020 and 2021. Devagiri, 30, of Newport Beach, California, admitted to working with others to cause DoorDash to pay for deliveries that never
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The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio announced a federal grand jury in Cleveland returned a 13-count indictment against two individuals for allegedly defrauding the Small Business Administration (SBA) of approximately $4.2 million in COVID-19 relief funds. Joseph Oloyede, 61, and Edward Oluwasanmi,
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Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith announced that a federal grand jury has returned a one-count indictment against Binghui Liu, a 32-year-old citizen of China, for his alleged involvement in a money laundering conspiracy. Between February 2024 and April 2025, Liu and other co-conspirators allegedly engaged in a scheme to
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Zhiwei "Allen" Liao, a 34-year-old San Diego resident, has been sentenced to 51 months in prison for leading an international conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit Apple products. Liao, his brothers Zhimin Liao and Zhiting Liao, and several co-conspirators were involved in a sophisticated scheme that resulted in a
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City officials acknowledged that ongoing training is crucial due to the evolving nature of cybercrime. The investigation found that city employees overlooked warning signs and failed to follow proper procedures, despite having received anti-fraud training beforehand. The scam, one of three "business email compromise" incidents, resulted in disciplinary
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A doctor has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for performing unnecessary chemotherapy on healthy patients and stealing millions of dollars in insurance payments. Dr. Jorge Zamora-Quezada, a rheumatologist from Texas, made around $118 million in false claims and pocketed over $28 million from health insurance giants for
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A deal between the US Justice Department and Boeing has been reached, allowing the aerospace giant to avoid criminal prosecution over its alleged misleadings of US regulators regarding the safety of its 737 Max aircraft prior to two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019. Under the agreement, Boeing will pay
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Jeannetta Blackmon, 50, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and two years of supervised release for obtaining more than $1.5 million in fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Relief Disaster Loan (EIDL) Program loans. Blackmon was also ordered to pay $1,549,
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A federal judge in Birmingham, Alabama, has sentenced Quincy T. Doss to 84 months in prison for defrauding the Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Doss, 41, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in June 2022 and was found to have submitted false and fraudulent PPP loan applications
