In an interesting twist, five individuals were charged with second-degree residential mortgage fraud after they cheated homeowners and banks out of approximately $1.1 million. The specific charge has not been used in their county for five years, making it a surprise...
In a shocking Medicare fraud case, a trusted physician was recently indicted with prescribing unneeded treatments to patients in order to defraud Medicare. According to the indictment, the doctor profited from millions of dollars fraudulently billed to Medicare. He is...
In a multi-million dollar white collar crime case, a couple has been charged with making a fortune from insider trading. The two, currently awaiting federal trial in North Carolina's Meckleburg County jail, were married in 2007.Last summer, according to prosecutors,...
In a tax crime case with international implications, a Swiss lawyer has pleaded guilty in a major U.S. tax evasion case. The lawyer, 57, has both United States and Swiss citizenship. He confessed to helping many clients in the United States avoid paying U.S. taxes. He...
In a California drug crime case that suprised locals, a Venice doctor pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge.The charge alleges that he wrote prescriptions for high-powered painkillers even after his legally authority to do so had been formally revoked. Doing so was...
In a mortgage fraud case that has been under development for years, a former trader for investment banking firm Goldman Sachs has been found liable by federal regulators.The civil trial's verdict, reached by a jury in a Manhattan federal court, comes after the case...
A lender and developer based in the affluent city of Bellevue, Washington, has now been indicted in a tax crime case. The man, 67, has been hit with a four-count indictment which was unsealed by the courts this past Monday.The indictment alleges that he hid his assets...
The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center will be paying $5.3 million to resolve a Medicare fraud case.The payment addresses allegations from the United States federal government that the center's actions were in violation of the False Claims Act. Specifically, the...
Major League Baseball dealt with a drug crime problem two years ago, when a Canadian doctor pleaded guilty to mislabelling drugs that he imported to treat professional athletes in the U.S. The MLB continues to address the ramifications of that case, with New York...
