Category: Fraud

BODY:A New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to a 13-year scheme that brought foreign nationals to the US through fraudulently obtained visas. Hyung Ki Kim, 60, of New Jersey, was the Director of the International Leadership Training Program (ILTP), an organization he claimed was a leadership training and character development program. However, court documents reveal…

A Georgia man and a Nigerian national have been charged in a massive tax refund scheme that bilked the IRS out of over $100 million. Akinade Adedeji Raheem, 43, of Atlanta, Georgia, and Abayomi Quadri Eletu, 42, of the United Kingdom and Nigeria, were indicted in the Northern District of Georgia and the Western District…

BODY:In a shocking case of tax evasion and exploitation, two Honduran nationals have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a years-long off-the-books payroll scheme that caused a staggering loss of over $38 million to the United States. Iris Villafranca and Osman Donaldo Zapata, both Honduran nationals, were handed down prison sentences of 204…

BODY:A ruthless scam artist has been brought to justice, but not before raking in a staggering $11.4 million from unsuspecting Medicare beneficiaries. Christian “Chris” Cruz, a 45-year-old nursing assistant from Pompano Beach, Florida, was sentenced to nine years in prison and two years of supervised release for his role in a massive health care fraud…

The dark web of cryptocurrency scams has claimed another victim – this time, the unsuspecting investors of OneCoin Ltd. The Department of Justice has announced the beginning of the remission compensation process to provide recovery for victims of the international investment scheme involving OneCoin Ltd. Between 2014 and 2019, co-founders Ruja Ignatova and Karl Sebastian…

Las Vegas, NV – In a shocking display of greed, Candies Goode-McCoy, a 40-year-old business owner, was sentenced to 54 months in prison and three years of supervised release for her role in a massive COVID-19 tax credit scheme. The scheme, which lasted from June 2022 to September 2023, saw Goode-McCoy and her co-conspirators file…

A South Florida-based insurance brokerage company has pleaded guilty to its role in a massive Affordable Care Act (ACA) enrollment fraud scheme. AP of South Florida, LLC (APSF) targeted thousands of vulnerable consumers, including those experiencing homelessness, unemployment, and mental health issues, and induced them to enroll in fully subsidized ACA plans with cash and…

BODY:A West Virginia woman has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for lying to obtain U.S. citizenship after committing war crimes in Bosnia. Nada Radovan Tomanić, 53, was a naturalized U.S. citizen from Bosnia and Herzegovina who served with the Zulfikar Special Unit of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s. During…

Greenville, RI – In a brazen scheme to deceive banks, a 64-year-old Rhode Island man has been sentenced to 28 months in prison for artificially inflating his company’s sales numbers to avoid scrutiny over excessive consumer chargebacks. Michael Brian Cotter, CEO of a tech support company operating out of a call center in India, orchestrated…

Florida CPA Ronald St. Clair, 62, has pleaded guilty to evading payment of over $2.2 million in income tax liabilities. The scheme, which spanned from 2011 to 2017, involved St. Clair attempting to hide his assets from the IRS after accumulating tax debts. According to court documents, St. Clair sold real property he owned in…