A Willoughby man has been charged by a federal grand jury in Cleveland on a 13-count indictment along with a Medina man for their alleged roles in a scheme to fraudulently obtain approximately $4.2 million in COVID-19 relief funds According to a Department of Justice news release, 61-year-old Edward Oluwasanmi of Willoughby and 61-year-old Joseph […]
A Puerto Rico grand jury returned a multicount indictment charging a Maryland man with identity theft and mail and wire fraud in connection with an alleged scheme that fraudulently sought to obtain $1.8 million in unclaimed funds from more than two dozen bankruptcy courts.
(The Center Square) - A Nevada man with a long criminal record received a federal prison sentence this week for stealing more than $163,000 in coronavirus relief program funds while on supervised release for two different state criminal convictions. Justin David Goulet, a 36-year-old from Las Vegas, Nevada, received a 27-month federal prison sentence plus three years’ supervised release. He must also pay $163,100 in restitution to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA),...
The COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force released its 2024 report Tuesday.
A couple who owned a Colorado funeral home where authorities last year discovered 190 decaying bodies were indicted on federal charges that they misspent nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds on
Jon and Carie Hallford accused of fraudulently obtaining nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds from US governmentThe couple who owned a Colorado funeral home – where 190 decaying bodies were discovered last year – have been indicted on federal charges for fraudulently obtaining nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds from the US government, according to court documents unsealed on Monday.The new federal charges against Jon and Carie Hallford add to charges in Colorado state court for abusing...
Federal authorities have indicted the owners of a Colorado funeral home on criminal charges for fraudulently obtaining pandemic relief funds from the U.S. government
CINCINNATI – Kelli Prather, a 52-year-old Cincinnati resident, received an 84-month prison sentence today in U.S. District Court after being convicted last summer on multiple counts of fraud, announced authorities. Prather was found guilty on all 14 charges in July 2023 following a trial presided over by U.S. District Judge Matthew W. McFarland. The convictions […]
DENVER (AP) — A couple who owned a Colorado funeral home where authorities last year discovered 190 decaying bodies were indicted on federal charges that they misspent nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds on vacations, cosmetic surgery, jewelry and other personal expenses, according to court documents unsealed Monday. The indictment reaffirms accusations from state prosecutors []
Federal authorities have indicted the owners of a Colorado funeral home on criminal charges for fraudulently obtaining pandemic relief funds from the U.S. government. The husband and wife already face state charges of corpse abuse after 190 decaying bodies were discovered in their funeral home’s storage building last year. The new charges Monday against Jon and Carie Hallford underscore their alleged lies, money laundering, forgery and manipulation over the past four years that devastated...
The couple also collected more than $130,000 from families for cremations and burial services they never provided, the indictment said.
Richard Globensky has been accused of stealing merch from Augusta National. Documents claim he stole millions of dollars worth of merch from 2009 to 2022. Augusta National is the home of the legendary Masters golf tournament