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Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a disability program governed by the Social Security Administration (SSA) and designed to help vulnerable individuals who have demonstrated they have a financial need and a disability that prevents them from earning income. To qualify for SSI benefits, the...

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...

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,...

Mohamad Ali Makki, 46, of Dearborn Heights, Mich., participated in a healthcare fraud scheme that defrauded Medicare, Medicaid, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan of nearly $10 million. As a licensed pharmacist at LifeCare Pharmacy in Farmington Hills over six years, Makki and...

U.S. cybersecurity officials are urging all American agencies and companies to be on the lookout for increases in Russian cyberattacks amid the growing hostilities in the war on Ukraine. From SolarWinds Orion to the Colonial Pipeline attacks, state-sanctioned cybercriminals continue to increase the sophistication of their Tactics,...

In 2017, 16.7 million people were impacted by identity theft, proving that it can happen to anyone regardless of age, race, profession or income level. Even though identity theft can be a very annoying experience that endangers credit reports, very rarely does identity theft fraud endanger lives....

Fraudsters are happy to take your money in whatever form it comes in whether that be cash, bank accounts, credit cards, loans, or gift cards. As a few tech savvy criminals have recently demonstrated, they are also willing to be paid in cryptocurrency. Today, we...