Nevada

Fraudsters are a deceptive bunch. And what happened to Katie Hoffman shows how endless their tricks are. Hoffman, a doctoral student at University of Nevada in Las Vegas had been working hard to obtain her occupational therapy degree, academically and financially. So imagine her...

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...

There is a common myth that the memo line on a check has legal force - actually it doesn't. It's there just for informational purposes. Filling out the line that says “Memo” is optional, but helpful for knowing why you wrote the check. It was...

In the movie “Shawshank Redemption” the lead character, a prisoner named Andy famously says “He’s got scams you haven’t even dreamed of. Kickbacks on his kickbacks. There’s a river of dirty money running through this place.” That is what you could say about real...

Erica Goodley and Billy Kirby, the owners of two Las Vegas, Nev., behavioral health clinics pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and one count of health care fraud after defrauding the Medicaid health care benefit program. Goodley and...

Lots of things happen in Vegas, but most people would probably prefer that their adventures, like those of Shonna Nicole Marshall, 52, from Las Vegas, Nev., not make the news. According to her indictment, Marshall was also known as Shonna Nicole McKnight, Shonna Nicole...

Medicaid providers have two reasons for keeping track of the details regarding the care that they give to beneficiaries. Accurate documentation provides relevant and important facts that other care givers need to provide necessary medical services, and it’s the law. (When approved Medicaid providers...

Death is hard for loved ones left behind. The grief experienced after someone we love departs this world can cause us to be depressed and stressed. It’s quite possible you will experience those same feelings once you read about today’s fraudster. Nancy Shedleski, 69, of...

Keyana Lanice Jamill Carter, 29, of Nevada has been found guilty of Medicaid fraud. Carter was sentenced for billing clients for Medicaid services that she did not provide. (That’s one of the oldest Medicaid fraud scams in the book.) Carter admitted to submitting the falsified...

Latisha Harron of Las Vegas, Nevada, has been sentenced after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Originally from Eastern North Carolina, Harron admitted to conspiring with her husband to defraud the North...