Category: US News
Sefton Stewart, Nationwide Fraud, Michigan 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Jamaican national, Sefton Stewart, 40, has pleaded guilty in a Michigan court for his role in a nationwide fraud scheme that swindled at least $3.4 million from over 25 victims across the United States. The scheme, which took place between October 2019 and September 2024, involved Stewart and his co-conspirators,…
Charles D. Katz, Loan Fraud, Massachusetts 2025
⏱ 3 min read Charles D. Katz, a 64-year-old CPA from Sudbury, paid an executive $1.6 million in under-the-table compensation and fringe benefits, while also making a fraudulent application for $179,000 in pandemic relief. This scheme, which took place over several years, allowed Katz to avoid paying taxes and enabled the executive, Stephen Hochberg, to…
Latasha L. Frison, Tax Fraud, Missouri 2020
⏱ 2 min read Latasha L. Frison, a 39-year-old former tax preparer from Cahokia, has been convicted of filing false tax returns for her clients in St. Louis, Missouri. Between 2020 and 2023, Frison falsified information on over a dozen tax returns, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in refunds that her clients were…
Mason Hart, Bank Robbery, Ohio 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 66-year-old man from Euclid, Ohio, Mason Hart, has pleaded guilty to a brazen bank robbery that took place on February 17. Hart walked into the Fifth Third Bank on Lakeshore Boulevard, Euclid, around 1 p.m., and handed a demand note to a teller, claiming he had a bomb in a…
Mouhamad Bazzi, Medicare Fraud, Maryland 2023
⏱ 2 min read A Maryland oncology practice, Progressive Oncology & Hematology, and its owner, Mouhamad Bazzi, MD, have agreed to pay $1.45 million to settle allegations of fraudulent billing for chemotherapy services in Frederick, MD. The practice allegedly submitted claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and the US Department of Veterans Affairs for reimbursement for chemotherapy…
Victor Madera, Food Stamp Fraud, New Jersey 2026
⏱ 2 min read Victor Madera, a 67-year-old businessman from New Brunswick, New Jersey, has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for running a massive food stamp fraud scheme out of his East Orange grocery store. Between May 2017 and November 2024, Madera’s employees exchanged SNAP benefits for cash, cheating the system out of…
Saad Aziz and Zabed Chowdhury, Health Care Fraud, New York 2023
⏱ 2 min read Saad Aziz and Zabed Chowdhury, also known as ‘Jared’, have been charged with running a multi-million dollar health care fraud scheme in New York. The duo allegedly offered and paid health care kickbacks and submitted fraudulent claims to Medicaid for ambulette services to medical appointments that were not performed, or the…
Armando Martinez, Appraisal Fraud, Florida 2023
⏱ 2 min read Armando Martinez, a 51-year-old former Florida resident now living in Texas, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for orchestrating a massive appraisal fraud scheme in Florida. Martinez, who had his Florida Appraiser’s license revoked, used the identity and license number of a legitimate appraiser to conduct fake onsite…
Tera Marie Campbell, Healthcare Fraud, Wyoming 2025
⏱ 2 min read A Florida mother-daughter duo, Tera Marie Campbell and Tayler Ann Krauss, orchestrated a multi-year healthcare fraud scheme in Wyoming, using Campbell’s behavioral health clinic, The Olive Branch, LLC, to submit fraudulent Medicaid claims for uncertified care and services that did not occur. The clinic, which operated in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Minot,…
Jenni Yoon Jeong Lee, Investment Scheme, Washington 2026
⏱ 2 min read Jenni Yoon Jeong Lee, a 53-year-old woman from Federal Way, Washington, pleaded guilty to running a phony financial advisor scheme that targeted members of the Korean community. On an unspecified date, Lee held herself out as an investment advisor, promising safe returns and guaranteed principal, but instead used the money for…
