Family Isn’t Always Forever
Donald Glenn Connor of Fort Dodge, Iowa was sentenced to ten months in prison after stealing more than $15,000 in Social Security benefits. He pleaded guilty in February to one count of representative payee fraud.
Connor applied to become the representative payee, someone the Social...
Skimming
Fraudsters like to remain incognito by skimming just a little bit off the top over time. They figure that no one will notice they are taking extra for themselves. The tactic didn’t work for Giovanne Gomez of Providence, R.I., who pleaded nolo contendere to...
Mayhem
Mayhem
is a common law crime that is defined as an act of maliciously disabling or
disfiguring a victim. As you might guess, it’s a very serious crime. (That’s why it is a felony.) A Los Angeles, California chiropractor recently
pleaded guilty to workers’
compensation fraud,...
Sentencing Puts the Hurt on Pain Clinic Fraudster
Mashiyat Rashid, a Michigan healthcare CEO, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in a massive, cruel healthcare fraud and opioid distribution scheme. Pain clinics and other medical providers under his direction forced patients to undergo extremely lucrative back injections in...
Watch Out for DNA Scams
It appears that a new wave of Medicare fraud scams involving
DNA testing has been detected. Whether lured by free ice cream or scared of
potential life-threatening illnesses, senior citizens are being deceptively
convinced to provide their Medicare number in exchange for a cheek swab....
Fraudster And Friends
Two San Diego residents have been sentenced for their role in a scheme to use prison inmates’ personal information to fraudulently obtain unemployment benefits. Ryan Kubista and Maereichelle Marquez, both pleaded guilty to felony charges for making false statements on an unemployment application. (This...
Like Clockwork
What would you do with an extra $14,500 a year? Deborah Rossoni, 58, of Lemoore, Calif., collected that amount from the Social Security Administration (SSA) every year, for six years. (There was just one problem – the money did not belong to her, and...
The One That Got Away
A report
compiled by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Inspector General
states that student aid fraud cost the federal government nearly $200 million
between 2009 and 2012. Today’s fraud article states that student
loan fraud is growing because of the increase in the number...
Facing Change
The owner of a Lewiston, Maine counseling agency named “Facing Change” is ironically facing a great deal of change in her own life after being convicted for committing Medicaid fraud. She used her mental health and substance abuse counseling agency to steal more than...
Paranoia
Just the
mention of “Internal Revenue Service (IRS)” or “taxes” in general is enough to
cause paranoia in some individuals. Then, consider the fake robocalls that often
trick consumers into paying money to the agency via credit card or wire
transfer. (Just so you know, the...
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