Some Uber drivers have a sick way of making extra cash: Vomit fraud
If you lose your lunch in an Uber, it’s only fair that you pay for the cleanup. But many users of the rideshare service say they were charged steep cleaning fees (ostensibly so drivers can have their...
View ArticleTennessee ex-VA worker convicted of defrauding vet of $680K
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — A federal jury has convicted an ex-U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs worker of defrauding a disabled and incompetent veteran of $680,000-plus. U.S. Attorney Doug Overbey’s office...
View ArticleManafort’s defense rests after calling no witnesses
WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort’s defense rested its case Tuesday without calling any witnesses in the former Trump campaign chairman’s tax evasion and fraud trial. Manafort himself chose not to testify....
View ArticleJury to begin deliberating in Manafort financial fraud trial
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Paul Manafort lied to keep himself flush with cash for his luxurious lifestyle and lied some more to procure millions in bank loans when his income dropped off, prosecutors told...
View ArticleUSPS warns customers about fraud scam
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The United States Postal Service is issuing a warning about a scammer who is pretending to be an employee delivering a $25,000 check. The person calls over the phone and tells would-be...
View ArticleWomen accused of stealing credit cards, buying $1,500 in gift cards
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two women are wanted by police after allegedly taking a woman’s wallet and using the credit cards inside to steal even more. The victim said she last saw her wallet while making a...
View ArticleBulgarian man sentenced after stealing thousands from FedEx
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Bulgarian man was sentenced to time behind bars after allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from FedEx. According to the agency, Dimitar Petlechkov was somehow able to link his...
View ArticleTennessee meat market owner sentenced in food stamp scam
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The owner of a Tennessee meat market has been sentenced to four years and three months in prison for running a $1.2 million fraud scheme against a federal food assistance program. The...
View ArticleMemphis band member sentenced to federal prison on fraud charges
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A former horse farm manager has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison for stealing more than $800,000 from his employer in Tennessee. The U.S. attorney’s office in Memphis...
View ArticleFBI: ‘Money mules’ a growing target in online fraud schemes
WASHINGTON — The email caught the executive at a small company by surprise one morning in 2016. The company’s owner, or so he thought, was requesting a money transfer to pay for supplies from a new...
View ArticleA man ‘slipped and fell’ on ice – but video told a different story,...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A New Jersey man was arrested after he allegedly faked a slip-and-fall so he could file an insurance claim. Alexander Goldinsky, 57, was caught on video throwing ice on the floor in...
View ArticleDOJ: Former Rhodes student charged with fraud after changing online grades
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A former Rhodes College student pleaded guilty to charges of computer fraud after officials say he gained access to his teachers’ accounts and changed his grades. According to the...
View ArticleFormer Volkswagen CEO charged with fraud in Germany
FRANKFURT, Germany — German prosecutors have indicted former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn and four others on charges of fraud and unfair competition, saying he failed to prevent the manipulation of...
View ArticleFederal lawsuit: $25M fraud at Tennessee senator’s clinic
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee senator and other officials at a now-shuttered pain clinic company are facing a federal lawsuit that claims they defrauded Medicare and Medicaid of more than $25 million....
View ArticleJoe Biden’s brother, hedge fund manager accused of fraud in Tennessee
MCMINNVILLE, Tenn. — A federal lawsuit accuses the brother of former Vice President Joe Biden, hedge fund manager Michael Lewitt and others of attempting to defraud a Tennessee business. The Knoxville...
View Article‘Fraudulent’: Mid-South man claims to be pastor with startup church, swindles...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Things are far from sanctimonious when it comes to Greater Victory Church of Memphis, a new church that formed and shut down in a matter of weeks, shocking the people who signed on to...
View ArticleTennessee senator denies claims he committed fraud at clinic
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A state senator is denying claims against him in a federal lawsuit that alleges he and other officials at a now-shuttered pain clinic company defrauded Medicare and Medicaid of more...
View ArticleSon of former Memphis city employee pleads guilty in fraud scheme
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The son of a city of Memphis employee who oversaw a program that maintained city-owned lots pleaded guilty in a scheme that prosecutors say defrauded the city of nearly $85,000. Karl...
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Virus unleashes wave of fraud in US amid fear and scarcity
WASHINGTON (AP) — A 39-year-old former investment manager in Georgia was already facing federal federal charges that he robbed hundreds of retirees of their savings through a Ponzi scheme when the...
View ArticleArkansas woman charged in nearly $2 million COVID-19 relief fraud
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – An Arkansas woman is accused of siphoning almost $2 million from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), money she allegedly used to fund a lavish shopping spree and pay off a...
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