A Birdsboro landscaping contractor is accused of failing to finish a patio project after being paid nearly $13,000 in advance by a West Lawn homeowner.
Video: Prior unrelated coverage of Beavercreek. BEAVERCREEK, Ohio (WDTN) -- A Greene County grand jury has indicted a Beavercreek woman on 36 counts ranging from fraud to theft. The charges against Beverly Kirk include: The charges are felonies of the second, third and fourth degree. The incident has been investigated by the Ohio Department of []
DoJ Charges 'Bitcoin Jesus' With Tax Fraud Authored by Turner Wright via CoinTelegraph.com, The early crypto investor, often called ‘Bitcoin Jesus,’ faces extradition to the U.S. after being charged with evading nearly $50 million in taxes. Officials with the United States Department of Justice announced charges against early Bitcoin investor Roger Ver, known by many as ‘Bitcoin Jesus.’ In an April 30 notice, the Justice Department said authorities in Spain had arrested Ver...
EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — The Office of State Inspector General (OSIG) stated in March that 87 individuals have been charged with public assistance fraud. OSIG says the restitution owned to the Commonwealth totals $345,405 and the 87 defendants will be temporarily disqualified from receiving public benefits in the programs they allegedly defrauding. "These charges highlight the Commonwealth`s []
State authorities have accused a Womelsdorf woman of fraudulently receiving more than $8,000 in government food benefits over a 10-month period by failing to report income of a member of her household.
John Wellford III, 73, pleaded guilty Wednesday to falsification of bankruptcy records.
CORNING, N.Y. (WETM) — A Corning man was arrested in April after police said he was collecting funds illegally from the social services department for nearly a year. According to the Steuben County Sheriff's Office, 60-year-old Richard W. Stuby was arrested on Thursday, April 25, after claiming he stole around $6,500 in funds he wasn't []
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A former account pleads guilty to allegedly stealing $1.5 million from his employer. On Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Gerard M. Karam announced that 39-year-old Lawrence Malachefski from Wilkes-Barre pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Malachy E. Mannion to wire fraud. According to U.S. Attorney Karam, from March 2023 and June 2023, []
Police arrested a South Carolina woman after she fraudulently acquired over $17,000 in food stamps.
The looming specter of wire fraud has spurred lawmakers to press big banks for better defenses against bad actors — and a detailing of the impact the scams have had on consumers. On Thursday (April 18), in a letter to the CEOs of JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Citi, Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and […]
PAINTED POST, N.Y. (WETM) – A Painted Post man has been arrested on multiple charges in connection to an incident of welfare fraud in Steuben County. According to the Steuben County Sheriff's Office, Tyler C. Hollister, 24, was arrested on April 24, by investigators of the Steuben County Sheriff's Office after he allegedly provided false []
The average annual service charge on London flats has risen close to 10 per cent over the last 12 months, piling further pressure on cash strapped city dwellers.