Soldiers Feel Financial Burden of Tax Refund Fraud
Today we have an example of a woman who stole and exploited soldiers’ identities to make a quick buck. (Well, $65,356.84, to be exact.) According to a press release published by the U.S. Attorney’s...
View ArticleWheels of Fortune
You’ve seen the ads on TV: motor-powered wheelchairs that can restore mobility for those who can’t walk without assistance, or at all. (Considered equipment that Medicare covers only when they are...
View ArticleSNAP! And it’s gone.
It’s mind blowing that crooks can steal so much money through a program created to help people with so little. This is yet another case of food stamps fraud, as reported by Valley News Live. Two owners...
View ArticleAn Earful at the State Fair Leads to Massive Fraud
It’s always unfortunate to hear about crimes committed by those paid to uphold the law. The Citizen reports that a New York state corrections officer was paid nearly $75,000 by a hearing aid provider,...
View ArticleThe Price is Wrong
This 34-year-old fraudster was able to commit tax refund fraud and other types of fraud while in federal prison or on supervised release, according to a press release issued by the U.S. Attorney’s...
View ArticleEgg on His Face
In the history of the world, has any hypocrite ever been fair? (Nope.) A Syracuse.com report has the story of an upstate New York diner owner who employed an anti-tax, anti-government brand to market...
View Article(Not So) Hidden Hubby
Facebook and fraud don’t mix. That’s the advice that comes too late for today’s fraudster, an Indiana woman who lied about her household’s income and occupants in order to secure more than $25,000 in...
View ArticleGolden Goose and Rotten Egg
Some parents don’t have a problem becoming empty nesters, as long as they can use their disabled kid’s benefits to keep fluffing up the nest. (Yes, it’s an ugly one today, ducklings.) The U.S....
View ArticleWorker Bees
It doesn’t matter how far down the food chain you are in a fraud scheme, if you get caught you’re going to have to face the consequences. A couple in Elizabeth, New Jersey just realized how true this...
View ArticleDouble Trouble
Among fraudsters, the most dangerous perpetrators are those who have a professional familiarity with the system they are trying to defraud. The latest example of those who see fraud as just business as...
View ArticleName Game
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” While it is a great sentiment to take to heart, somebody should have told today’s fraudster that it doesn’t apply to stealing from the government. The...
View ArticleSecond Chances Don’t Come Often
The United States correctional system is founded upon a principle that its name should give away—reforming those who have committed crimes into honest members of society; and that is why we should hope...
View ArticleInsider Trading
Among fraudsters, the most dangerous perpetrators are those who have a professional familiarity with the system they are trying to defraud. The latest example of those who see fraud as just business as...
View ArticleThere Was a Crooked Man…
Chiropractors are supposed to be master manipulators—of the human spine, that is. But a press release issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Columbia, details the scheme of a chiropractor...
View ArticleGovernment Gets Real with Refund Fraudster
Here’s a clear message from the U.S. government to would-be thieves that exploiting honest, taxpaying Americans to drain the U.S. Treasury of their income tax refund money will not be tolerated. A news...
View ArticleThis Spells Trouble
Many doctors are accused of having bad handwriting. But one who can’t spell his or her own name? That’s going to trigger a fraud alert. The Daily News reports that a spelling error on a New York...
View ArticleSomething Old, Something New, Something Borrowed…or Embezzled?
Marrying a person so that they can remain in the United States is not only a federal crime, it’s also an extremely complicated scam to pull off. Someone attempting this probably wouldn’t want to test...
View ArticleCrushed By Wheelin’ and Dealin’
It should be a relief to honest citizens to know that bankruptcy isn’t simply a get-out-of-jail-free card for fraudsters. According to KentReporter.com, Washington state authorities rolled right over a...
View ArticleWeeding out Fraud
While U.S. tobacco production has drastically decreased over the past 30 years, the controversial crop is still big business for many farmers. (Unfortunately, where there’s a cash crop, fraudsters seem...
View ArticleKeeping Fraudsters Accountable
Our justice system is committed to catching criminals and punishing them appropriately. It’s also big on teaching offenders how to be accountable for their behavior so they don’t cycle through the...
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