WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 200 people have been charged in a sweeping nationwide crackdown on health care fraud schemes with false claims topping $2.7 billion, the Justice Department said on Thursday. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the charges against doctors, nurse practitioners and others across the U.S. accused of a variety of scams, including a […]
May 21—SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A federal judge sentenced a Joplin man Tuesday to five years and three months in prison for defrauding a federal government loan program and conducting a separate form of bank fraud known as “transaction reversal.” The U.S. attorney’s office in Springfield said in a news release announcing the sentencing of Deaviyon […]
Wall Street is generally convinced the economic health of the U.S. consumer is remarkably better than expected after COVID, but one analyst has pointed out there’s a gaping hole in the picture. He calls it “phantom debt”—spending on “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) platforms, which often goes unrecorded by credit agencies. Big bank CEOs have […]
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Indian government said it was rescuing its citizens who were lured into employment in Cambodia and were being forced to participate in cyber fraud schemes. The Indian embassy in Cambodia is working with Cambodian authorities and has rescued and repatriated about 250 Indians, including 75 in the last three months, […]
Corncrakes on the Aran Islands and sand martins in the Irish midlands are at the centre of projects set to benefit from biodiversity grants. A partnership between philanthropy and Government is supporting 78 schemes which aim to protect endangered species and habitats. The grants are the latest in a joint biodiversity fund, an initiative of […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A Brooklyn woman who pleaded guilty to fraud in connection with various pandemic-era relief schemes was sentenced Thursday to three years of probation and $650,000 in penalties. Prosecutors said Chanette Lewis, 32, carried out some of the schemes by leveraging her job at a call center, part of a New York […]
It’s been nearly four years since COVID 19 changed just about everything in our lives. We’re still feeling the effects, especially when it comes to your money. The Feds are cracking down on Millions of dollars in COVID fraud schemes. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] “Now the focus is more […]