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What started as a single $3,000 transaction quickly unraveled into a months-long alleged scheme that cost a Connecticut dealership tens of thousands of dollars and exposed how vulnerable even established operations can be from the inside. yahoo.com/news/articles/…

An Alabama-based doctor has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for a $2.7M fraud scheme involving claims that were medically unnecessary and based on false documentation. justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/ala…

A Detroit woman pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with a decade-long scheme to fraudulently obtain more than $2.5 million in federal student aid funds. clickondetroit.com/news/local/202…

The owner of a now-closed Milwaukee prenatal care coordination company was sentenced to 60 months in prison for committing an over $2M Medicaid fraud scheme. justice.gov/usao-edwi/pr/o…

11 people were arrested in connection to an alleged $17M scheme that targeted elderly L.A. homeowners using fake documentation to secure loans from private lenders. ktla.com/news/local-new…

A federal jury has convicted an Atlanta couple on dozens of charges related to a fraud scheme that stole nearly $10 million from Amazon using phony vendors and invoices. cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/m…

Ari J. Lauer, former attorney for DC Solar, was sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison for his role in the Eastern District of California's largest criminal fraud scheme to date. irs.gov/compliance/cri…

Authorities in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada will collaborate on “Operation Atlantic,” a joint international initiative to identify and squash “approval phishing” scams. decrypt.co/361245/operati…

Two former employees of the Atlanta Mail Recovery Center have pleaded guilty to a mail theft scheme in which cash, gift cards and items were stolen. One employee also fraudulently obtained two pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/f…

A South Carolina CEO and two employees were indicted Wednesday for health care fraud and conspiracy to commit health care fraud through an alleged multi-part diagnostic testing scheme related to the pandemic. justice.gov/usao-sc/pr/for…

A Boston store owner has pleaded guilty to processing at least $6.7 million in fraudulent food assistance transactions in exchange for cash and other ineligible items. boston.com/news/crime/202…

A federal indictment unsealed yesterday charges a Miami real estate developer with orchestrating an $85 million fraud scheme, failing to pay millions in taxes and lying to financial institutions to obtain funds to purchase a luxury yacht. irs.gov/compliance/cri…

A Georgia chiropractor was sentenced to 43 months in prison for her role in a $14.9M health care fraud and illegal kickback conspiracy in which she pocketed over $1.3M in fraud proceeds. justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/chi…

Four people in North Carolina have been sentenced to over 14 years combined in federal prison for a $12.7M Medicaid fraud scheme that paid over $1M in kickbacks to patients with substance use disorders. abc11.com/post/north-car…

A Washington D.C. dentist and dental hygienist were found guilty in a $4M scheme to defraud D.C. Medicaid by submitting repeated reimbursement claims for services that were not actually performed. justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/dc-…

The leader of a Minnesota autism center has pleaded guilty to federal charges linked to a $6 million fraud scheme to defraud the state's Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention program. kstp.com/kstp-news/loca…

El Salvador-based ⁠stablecoin ⁠issuer Tether said it ⁠has frozen about $4.2B of its crypto tokens over ​links to "illicit activity" as authorities around the ‌world try to crack down ‌on crypto-related crime. money.usnews.com/investing/news…

The Roger Knox Remission Fund has begun distributing more than $12.4M in funds forfeited to the United States from Roger Knox and his co-conspirators to over 8,000 victims. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission also distributed an additional $3.1M. justice.gov/opa/pr/us-depa…

A former Massachusetts loan officer was sentenced to prison after admitting to defrauding MassMutual Federal Credit Union of nearly $1 million while he worked there. wwlp.com/news/crime/for…

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced a voluntary self-disclosure program for financial crimes, offering eligible companies a potential fast track to avoid prosecution if they report, fully cooperate and remediate. article.dowjones.com/preview/articl…