COVID-19 Fraud

Connections keep the world moving. They help businesses to thrive. They open doors to new opportunities. And Lamar Johnson, Warren Watkins and Marissia Jackson wanted all that. There is no place that a fraudster won’t network. So, when they united to build their COVID-19...

Joff Stenn Wroy Philossaint did not lie on his application for U.S. Citizenship about committing any crime for which he was arrested for. Nor did he misrepresent the receipt of any public benefits. He just waited till after he filed before he committed a...

Jorge Abramovs, business owner from Las Vegas, will not go down being known as the best boss. He will however be known as a top-level fraudster. One November 25, 2022, Abramovs pleaded guilty to stealing $350,000 from his employee’s payroll tax deductions. He also...

For kicks and giggles, website The Clunker Junker ranked every state according to how many pothole complaints are registered on Twitter per 1000 km, or 621 miles, of road. California placed 5th in states with the most pothole complaints. It had 18.4 complaints for every 1000...

Fresh off of Fraud Of The Day revealing the fraud trends for 2023, a U.S. government watchdog has issued a “deeply disturbing” fraud alert over the widespread use of “questionable” Social Security numbers (SSNs) to get pandemic loans. Is there any other kind of...

A failed lawyer, CIA operative, and movie executive from Florida, Don Cisternino is now a failed fraudster. There must be transferable skills between these careers? However, failing at fraud leads to  charges and court appearances. On January 13, 2023, Cisternino was sentenced to eight...

Bill and Deborah Lucas were already experienced fraudsters by the time the pandemic came around. For almost a decade, the duo claimed to be pastors of a defunct church called Jesus Survive Ministries. Using fake documents about their payroll, they were able to successfully...

This summer when Tequisha Solomon claimed her innocence to charges of COVID-19 pandemic funds fraud, her lawyer Will Walker said Solomon “maintains her innocence and we’re hoping to have a very vigorous trial.” Six months later it seems the only thing vigorous was Solomon’s...

Nicholas Jones is not the first fraudster to run for political office. But he might be the first one to use COVID-19 pandemic aid to fund his campaign! Apparently, this is exactly what he did upon receiving his funds from a Paycheck Protection Program...

We don’t need much more proof that fraud was rampant in the COVID-19 relief funds established in the American Rescue Plan to aid Americans during the pandemic. The U.S Government have already estimated the numbers siphoned from aid to be over $100 billion. With...