A Florida electrical contractor and his wife have been convicted of several federal charges involving kickbacks for Hurricane Wilma-related repairs. Jeffrey and Angela Aunspaugh each face a maximum of 30 years in prison when they are sentenced in June. The …
A famous portrait of Abraham Lincoln’s wife that hung in the Illinois governor’s mansion in Springfield for more than three decades – along with the presidential folklore that followed it – is a fake, officials said. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library …
A former dentist in the U.S. has pleaded guilty to fraud for using paper clips instead of stainless steel posts in root canals. Michael Clair will be sentenced next Monday after pleading guilty last week in a Massachusetts court to …
Legislation designed to crack down on the fraud that leads to more expensive personal injury protection insurance required of all Florida drivers was filed by state Sen. Joe Negron on Monday. Negron’s bill (SB 1860) targets fraud issues that have …
The government wants to garnish a life insurance policy of former Ball, La., Mayor Roy Hebron to insure payment of court-ordered restitution for FEMA theft. The Town Talk reports that Hebron owes $123,518 of the $130,666 in restitution and a …
A southern Illinois grain elevator operator has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges. The Belleville News-Democrat reports 47-year-old John Kniepmann of Breese in Clinton County pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud Monday in U.S. District Court in East …
New York State Department of Financial Services announced last week that 18 people in 13 New York counties have been arrested on workers’ comp fraud charges. These arrests were the result of joint investigations led by the Department of Financial …
Four people will spend five years on probation after being convicted of pocketing money from Gulf oil spill claims. The Press-Register reports that U.S. District Judge William Steele also ordered the four to pay back money they received from the …
A Los Angeles jury has awarded nearly $33 million to a couple who claimed that the Pentel corporation stole their marketing plan for a $2 gel pen. City News Service says jurors made the award Thursday in a fraud and …
Scores of Connecticut residents, including some state workers, might have requested and received federal emergency money to replace spoiled food and cover other expenses after Hurricane Irene even though their incomes clearly disqualified them, state officials said Sunday. Gov. Dannel …
