Category: Fraud
Miran Kostic, Attempted Naturalization Fraud, Idaho 2026
BODY: A Bosnian national with a dark past has been brought to justice in the United States. Miran Kostic, 66, of Boise, Idaho, was indicted last week for attempting to obtain U.S. citizenship by lying about his role in the abuse of prisoners during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to court documents, Kostic…
Lynette Hogue, Tax Return Preparation and Filing Fraud, Tennessee 2026
Memphis, TN – In a shocking case of tax return deception, 35-year-old Lynette Hogue has been slapped with 33 federal charges for allegedly preparing and filing false tax returns for clients of her tax preparation business. According to the indictment, Hogue worked at a local tax preparation business in Memphis between 2021 and 2024, where…
Zhuoying Chen, Money Laundering, New York 2026
Brooklyn, NY – In a brazen scheme, Zhuoying Chen, 27, and Haojie Zhang, 38, have been charged with laundering a staggering $43 million in investment fraud proceeds. The duo, allegedly at the helm of a Chinese money laundering network, managed a network of over a dozen individuals based in Queens and Brooklyn. According to the…
Camille T. Jones, Bribery and Procurement Fraud Conspiracy, Maryland 2026
Upper Marlboro, MD – In a shocking case of corruption, a former supervisory official with the U.S. Census Bureau has been sentenced to two years in prison for her role in a bribery and procurement fraud scheme. Camille T. Jones, 47, was handed down the sentence on July 16, 2026, after pleading guilty to conspiracy…
Michael Brian Cotter, Bank Fraud Conspiracy, Rhode Island 2016
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…
Neil Suresh Chandran, Investment Scheme, Nevada 2026
In a shocking case of financial deceit, a Nevada man and a Canadian and British national were brought to justice for their roles in a massive investment scheme that left thousands of victims in the dust. Neil Suresh Chandran, 54, a foreign national with ties to Nevada and California, was sentenced to 36 months in…
Rossen G. Iossifov, Theft of Forfeited Cryptocurrency, Kentucky 2026
Bulgarian National Caught Laundering $290,000 in Cryptocurrency from Seized Account In a shocking turn of events, Rossen G. Iossifov, a 53-year-old Bulgarian national, made a court appearance in the Eastern District of Kentucky on Thursday, July 9, 2026, facing charges of destruction or removal of property to prevent seizure, aiding and abetting, and conspiracy to…
Mingran Wang, Securities Fraud Spoofing, California 2026
Fremont, CA – In a brazen scheme that spanned over three years, 52-year-old Mingran Wang of Fremont, California, pleaded guilty to engaging in thousands of instances of manipulative trading and spoofing. According to court documents, Wang orchestrated the scheme from 2021 through 2024, using his company Greenroots Capital Management as a front to defraud market…
LaShonda Moore, $30M Pyramid Scheme, Texas 2026
A Texas couple’s get-rich-quick scheme has finally come to an end, but not before they swindled struggling Americans out of a staggering $30 million. LaShonda and Marlon Moore were sentenced to 40 years each in prison for running a fraudulent chain-referral pyramid scheme, following their convictions by a jury in January 2026. The Moores launched…
Irakli Nakashidze, International Money Laundering Conspiracy, Florida 2026
Miami, FL – In a brazen scheme that bilked Medicare out of nearly $180 million, a Georgian citizen has been sentenced to three years in prison for laundering over $1.1 million in illicit proceeds to his co-conspirators abroad. Irakli Nakashidze, 35, a resident of Miami, Florida, was handed down a 37-month prison sentence for his…
