New York

What is the difference between outlaws and in-laws? Outlaws are wanted! (ba-dum-TSH) For Sandra Smith the words outlaw and in-law are interchangeable because she stole her mother-in-law's social security benefits! Minnie Smith was a longtime Brooklyn resident who had worked for the State Insurance...

On February 15, 2023, Amos Mundeni received a forty two month U.S. prison sentence even though he claims federal laws in the U.S. do not apply to him. What fraudster doesn’t say that? Mundeni claims to be a “Moorish sovereign citizen” who doesn’t recognize...

“Russian Ex-Dominatrix Guilty of Poisoning Doppelgänger With Cheesecake” doesn’t even begin to describe the craziness of this stolen identity fraud case. On February 3, 2023, Viktoria Nasyrova was found guilty by a jury of trying to kill her stylist, Olga Tsvyk with cheesecake laced...

To lie about patient care is one thing, but to empower the patient to help with the lie is a whole different level of fraud. On February 2, 2023, Marianna Levin was sentenced to 54 months in prison for defrauding Medicaid funds which resulted...

Asylum is the protection granted by a nation to someone who has left their native country as a political refugee. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams stated on December 20, 2022 in court "Asylum is an incredibly important benefit designed to protect the world’s most vulnerable...

On December 1, 2022, in the Northern District of New York Federal Court, it was announced that justice was served when the defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 57 months in prison for aggravated identity theft and misuse of a social security number. ...

Suffolk County, New York, has been dealing with serious fallout since cyberattack back in September of 2022, in which hackers reportedly stole 4 terabytes of data from the county computer systems. Just to give some perspective, a single terabyte (TB) can hold 1,000 copies...

Criminals targeting pandemic relief funds have stolen close to $100 billion estimated so far. The number of cases is so astronomical that the government launched COVID-19 fraud strike force groups around the country dedicated only to pandemic related fraud.  But not all cases are...

Fraudsters have little care as to how their actions impact others.  Fraudulent schemes are created with the knowledge that someone will be hurt and harmed at many levels. The harm intended by Ariel Jimenez on the victims of his scheme may be the cruelest...

Oscar Abreu, Rafael Grullon and Aldo Palomino Jr. had a comfortable set up committing fraud during the day and counting the money in their hotel room at night. Until the ringleader forgot to move incriminating evidence when she was forced to change rooms at...