Dishonorable Deeds
Our military personnel put their lives on the line for ordinary Americans every day. When they leave military service, they become veterans. In my book, the word ‘veteran’ should be synonymous with the...
View ArticleShame on Me
WZZM13, a Michigan ABC affiliate, recently reported on a $1 million healthcare scam involving a physician’s assistant, who was caught not only receiving illegal referral kickbacks, but also prescribing...
View ArticleBottom Feeders Need Not Apply
The Mount Desert Islander reports on a man approaching middle age in Bar Harbor, Maine, who conspired to secure some extra financial cushion for his impending golden years by fraudulently collecting...
View ArticleOh, the Humanity!
Have you ever experienced the blood-boiling irritation induced by people who refuse to own up to their wrongdoings, even after they’ve been caught red-handed? Take the recent case of a 29-year-old Ohio...
View ArticleSanctimonious and Erroneous
Stealing money, even with the intention of paying it back, is still a crime. And the punishment can set you back further than where you started. According to a K2 Radio report of a Wyoming man, his...
View ArticleSpoiler Alert
It’s fair to say the majority of people trying to defraud the system try to fly under the radar. That’s not the case in today’s Fraud of the Day in which a New Orleans woman repeatedly called state...
View ArticleState of Deceit v. Commonwealth of Divorce
Police officers are put on this earth to help keep everyone safe and for that we are thankful. But, they are human, and therefore, imperfect. A case in Tampa tells of a police officer who cashed in...
View ArticleZero Sum Fraud
Committing welfare fraud in a county that operates a “Zero Tolerance” Anti-Fraud, Waste and Abuse Program is clearly a zero sum game. Such is the case with an upstate New York couple who were nabbed by...
View ArticleEducation Misrepresentation
There are fraudsters in every industry, and that includes the growing for-profit education market. The Times of India has reported a case in which the managers of a few for-profit universities...
View ArticleSNAP Fraud Hurts Those Most in Need
The federal government’s SNAP program—what many people still refer to as “food stamps”—is a vital program that ensures millions of Americans have enough to eat. Unfortunately, as most of us know all...
View Article‘Wired’ Fraud
A failure to correctly classify employees may help an employer get ahead in the short term, but, ultimately, everybody gets short-circuited. Consider the owner of an electrical contracting company in...
View ArticleOne for the Books
It takes a conniving mind to make claims to the Internal Revenue Service for more than $63 million dollars in fraudulent income tax refunds, all processed by a single tax preparation business. (It also...
View ArticleFraudulent Driving Conditions
Responsible drivers know that when you get into a fender bender, you pull over and exchange insurance information with the other driver. But what happens when the other driver has a bogus insurance...
View ArticleWhat’s in a name? For some, jail time.
The Republican via MassLive.com reports on a particularly strange web of lies woven by a Massachusetts man during his plot to steal more than $100,000 worth of social services from the state and...
View ArticleEmergency Fraud
When an ambulance comes up behind you with lights flashing and horn blaring, you pull over to let it pass. That’s because you know that a few moments can make a life or death difference to anyone...
View ArticleOh Sister, Why Fraud Thou?
As any fan of crime shows can attest, criminals’ patterns are usually what lead to their capture. If one get-rich-quick scheme seems to be working, why not keep it going? (Trick question.) The answer...
View ArticleTemp Job Leads One to Rob
In order for temporary workers to function effectively, they often must be given the same access and responsibilities as regular employees. But the damage can be far from temporary when one of them...
View ArticleA Rat by Any Other Name
It’s not every day that you hear of a fraudster who is caught red-handed, dressed as a rodent. According to a recent Los Angeles Times report, one California man is paying a hefty price for dressing up...
View ArticleHome Sweet Fraud
Home ownership has long been part of the American Dream. But when someone opens the door to fraud, nightmares breeze right in. The Daily News of Newburyport recently reported that a New Hampshire...
View ArticleNot Child’s Play
Here’s a new one. Instead of a fraudster who collects unemployment benefits while hiding a job, this is the case of one pretending to have a job in order to collect childcare benefits, while...
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