Fraud Hits a Pothole
It takes a bold public employee to collect workers’ compensation checks from the state, all while running a home improvement business on the side. But, according to a recent Syracuse.com report, that...
View ArticleFamily and Friends Fraud
Imagine discovering that your tax preparer had defrauded the IRS—in your name. Then imagine that this person is a friend or relative (and you’re not in on the scam). According to The Bismarck Tribune,...
View ArticleWhen Father Doesn’t Know Best
Estrangement between a parent and a child can have lingering consequences, but engaging in fraud to try to revive a relationship just makes everything worse. According to the Kingsport Times News,...
View ArticleBeware the Unwelcome Wagon
Try to imagine the kind of person who would purposefully take advantage of someone who became permanently disabled due to a workplace injury, then later hospitalized and in need of full-time nursing...
View ArticleFood Stamp Fixer
There’s a black market for everything; apparently, even food stamps. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that a Georgia convenience store owner was caught swindling the government out of millions...
View ArticleA CHP Off the Old Fraud
It’s hard to imagine that someone who has seen a jail cell from the right side (the outside, that is), would risk doing something to land himself on the wrong side. So it’s disheartening to hear about...
View ArticleMedicare Menaces
A health care provider’s dedication to good care—guiding the patient toward the right service vs. the wrong one—can sometimes mean life or death (especially when the patient is elderly). So it’s...
View ArticleLittle Fraud, Red Flag
While it may sound counterintuitive, money made while selling illicit drugs qualifies as “earned income” (no kidding) if you are receiving workers’ compensation benefits. A report by The Citizen...
View ArticleThe Young and the Felonious
If you already have 15 felony “priors,” you’d think you’d be a bit more careful not to break the law. Alas, some people never learn. The Herald Bulletin has the story of an Indiana woman who was...
View ArticleBooming Business in Fraud
TNT might be a dynamite name for a business—until it blows up in your face. Believe it or not, TNT Taxes is the name of a firm that advertised tax preparation services specializing in individual taxes...
View ArticleFrom Fraud to Worse
The Omaha World-Herald has the troublesome story of a woman who defrauded Medicaid of more than $200,000 by submitting false claims for mental health and substance abuse counseling. This same woman,...
View ArticleCandidly Criminal
If you’re going to carry around an 8-inch knife, an airsoft pistol and a marijuana pipe, with someone else’s Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card wrapped around your neck, it is advisable that you...
View ArticleFraud of the Day 2016-04-07 04:00:16
Money may not grow on trees, but that did not stop today’s fraudster from trying to shave a little green off with his chainsaw. A recent piece by WCPO-Channel 9 details how an Ohio man was convicted...
View ArticleWrong Foot Fraudward
It isn’t every day that you encounter a Medicare scheme that deceived doctors in twelve different states and drained at least $2.2 million dollars from Medicare over half of a decade, concluding only...
View ArticleFill ‘er Up Fraud
It can be a costly lesson on both sides when public employees who are entrusted with the ability to make purchases on behalf of the government that employs them instead abuse their authority. According...
View ArticleTaken for a Ride
Who knew that ambulance misuse was such a big driver of health care fraud? Apparently, the federal government did. A report by the Philadelphia Business Journal points to ten Philadelphia-area...
View ArticleMajor Fraud Against Minors
Kids in foster care are among our society’s most vulnerable and deal with untold loss. Sadly, they also are among our most targeted for fraud, as is the case in today’s Fraud of the Day. The story,...
View ArticleA ‘Cozy’ Crime
Some employers put entirely unreasonable expectations on their staffs. A recent report by The State Journal-Register details such a case, in which a café owner looking to fudge his business tax numbers...
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EB-5 immigrant investor program hit by massive fraud investigation
FRAUD: Two businessmen behind Jay Peak and Q Burke resorts in Vermont have been charged with fraud, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission. By Michael Bielawski and Bruce Parker |...
View ArticlePractice to Deceive
All schemes to defraud the government involve deception in some way, shape or form, but some people just don’t know when to quit. Mycentraljersey.com reports on one such case, in which a New Jersey...
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