Retired Massachusetts State Police Sergeant Sentenced for PPP Fraud
BOSTON – A retired Sergeant for the Massachusetts State Police was sentenced on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, for fraudulently obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program…
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Most Wanted COVID-19 Fraud Fugitive Returned from Jamaica to Face Charges in $32 Million Scheme
A fugitive on the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters List was returned Saturday to the Southern District of Florida to face federal charges for her…
Continue ReadingMost Wanted COVID-19 Fraud Fugitive Returned from Jamaica to Face Charges in $32 Million Scheme
A fugitive on the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters List has been returned to the Southern District of Florida to face federal charges for her…
Continue ReadingFormer executive director of Hinesville Housing Authority indicted for defrauding housing agency
The former executive director of the Hinesville Housing Authority (HHA) and another individual have been indicted on multiple counts of Wire Fraud and Conspiracy…
Continue ReadingFormer Pinckneyville Correctional Center employee pleads guilty to falsifying husband’s timesheets causing $124,000 loss to the State of Illinois
A former account technician at Pinckneyville Correctional Center, which is a part of the Illinois Department of Corrections, appeared in district court to plead…
Continue ReadingFederal Judge Sentences Man to Four Years in Prison for $2 Million COVID-Relief Fraud
JAMES TOWNSEND schemed to fraudulently obtain more than $2 million in small business loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).…
Continue ReadingFormer Boston Housing Secretary Sentenced for Falsifying Overtime Forms
BOSTON – A former executive secretary at the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) was sentenced on July 1, 2026 in federal court in Boston for…
Continue ReadingPlacer County Man Sentenced for Stealing Nearly $1.5 million in COVID-Relief Loans to Fund Lavish Lifestyle
Jedrek Upton, 45, of Lincoln, was sentenced today to one year in prison to be followed by 36 months supervised release, of which 12…
Continue ReadingIllegal Alien from Honduras Sentenced for $89 Million Off-the-Books Payroll Tax Fraud Scheme Employing Illegal Aliens
An illegal alien from Honduras was sentenced yesterday to 96 months in prison for his role in operating a years-long off-the-books cash payroll scheme…
Continue ReadingTexas Man Sentenced for Pandemic Fraud Conspiracy
Currin Caridine, 39, was sentenced to 41 months in prison to be followed by three years supervised release Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingFormer CFO Charged in Embezzlement Scheme and Immigration Fraud
Baltimore, Maryland – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced, today, that a former Maryland-based chief financial officer (CFO), who worked…
Continue ReadingColumbia, Missouri Woman Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
Lakeysha Day, 45, of Columbia, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today for her involvement in a fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. Source:…
Continue ReadingNew York Educational Technology Company Agrees to Settle Federal Grant Fraud Claims for $274,634
Joseph Nocella, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announced today a settlement agreement with New York Educational Technology Company,…
Continue ReadingIllegal Alien Sentenced in Multi-State Racketeering Conspiracy Involving the Forced Labor of Mexican Workers
An illegal alien was sentenced today to 70 months in prison and three years of supervised release for his role in a federal racketeering…
Continue ReadingIllegal Alien Sentenced in Multi-State Racketeering Conspiracy Involving the Forced Labor of Mexican Workers
Tampa, FL — An illegal alien was sentenced today to 70 months in prison and three years of supervised release for his role in…
Continue ReadingOrlando Man Sentenced to Prison for Construction Payroll Scheme that Defrauded the IRS and Workers’ Compensation Insurers
Jacksonville, Florida – Santiago Humberto Erazo-Zelaya (32, Orlando) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard to one year and two months in…
Continue ReadingGovernment Contractor and Executives to Pay $21.3M to Resolve Fraud Scheme Involving Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Contracts
Broadway Electric Inc. (Broadway), Cornerstone Contracting Inc. (Cornerstone), Chief Executive Officer John Oehler, and President Christian Blake agreed to pay $21.3 million to resolve…
Continue ReadingOrlando Resident Charged with Mortgage and COVID Relief Fraud
Tampa, Florida — Yan Daniel Inclan Hernandez, 32, of Orlando, has been indicted on one count of making a false statement to a financial…
Continue ReadingLowell Father and Daughter Arrested for Tax Fraud
BOSTON – A Lowell man and woman who allegedly operated temporary employment agencies without collecting and paying over employment taxes have been arrested on…
Continue ReadingKanawha County Woman Pleads Guilty to $83,332 COVID-19 Fraud Scheme
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – McCayla Myers, 27, of Cabin Creek, pleaded guilty today to aiding and abetting theft of government money. Myers admitted to a…
Continue ReadingFather and Son Contractors Admit Tax Evasion, Payroll Tax Fraud, and Fraudulently Obtaining a Loan Meant to Help Small Businesses During COVID-19 Pandemic and Related Offenses
An Elmer, New Jersey, businessman yesterday admitted to income tax evasion, failing to pay payroll taxes to the IRS, and fraudulently obtaining a Paycheck…
Continue ReadingSussex County Man Convicted for $2.1 Million COVID-19 Fraud Scheme
A New Jersey man was found guilty by a jury for fraudulently obtaining more than $2.1 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds and…
Continue ReadingFederal Jury Convicts Two Out-of-State Residents in Pandemic Relief Fraud Scheme
WILMINGTON, Del. – On May 21, 2026, a federal jury convicted a South Carolina man and an Oregon woman for their roles in a…
Continue ReadingRegions Bank to Pay $4. 9 Million to Resolve Civil Liability in Connection with Ineligible Paycheck Protection Program Loan
Regions Bank, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, has agreed to pay the United States $4,919,631 to resolve allegations that Regions received payments it should not have…
Continue ReadingBozeman woman sentenced to prison for bank fraud and money laundering
MISSOULA – A Bozeman woman who obtained federal COVID relief funds through fraud was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in prison to be followed…
Continue ReadingRhode Island Bookkeeper Charged with Failure to Report Employment Taxes
PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island woman who served as the bookkeeper and administrator for a family-owned landscaping business has been charged in federal court…
Continue ReadingKansas City Man Sentenced to 36 Months for Covid-19 Fraud
Jarrell Curne, 37, of Kansas City, Mo., was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a wire fraud case that resulted in…
Continue ReadingApopka Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for COVID-19 Fraud
Orlando, FL – Emmet Bowens (57, Apopka) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dalton to 63 months in federal prison for wire fraud and money laundering. As part…
Continue ReadingArcadia Professional Tax Preparer Indicted for Filing False Tax Forms
Fort Myers, Florida – Janie Martinez Castillo has been charged by federal indictment with 20 counts of willfully failing to account for and pay employment…
Continue ReadingNew Orleans Businessman Guilty of Covid-19 Relief Fraud totaling approximately $712,212.84 in loses
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle announced that ARTHUR ALLEN (“ALLEN”), age 53, of New Orleans, pleaded guilty on April 22, 2026, before U.S.…
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