Category: US News
Curtis John Shupe, Social Security Benefits Theft, Pennsylvania 2021
⏱ 2 min read Curtis John Shupe, a 61-year-old Indiana County man, has been indicted for stealing over $1,000 in Social Security benefits from someone else in Pennsylvania. The theft occurred between September 2021 and July 2025, while Shupe was acting as the representative payee for the benefits. The indictment was handed down by a…
Edward Joseph Sieja, Concealing Assets in Bankruptcy Filings, Louisiana 2021
⏱ 2 min read Edward Joseph Sieja, a 47-year-old from Alexandria, Louisiana, has been indicted for concealing assets and making false statements in a bankruptcy case. On August 24, 2021, Sieja filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition, seeking to discharge over $3.5 million in debt. However, it’s alleged that he didn’t play by the rules,…
Heidi L. Beirich, Wire Fraud and Money Laundering, Alabama 2026
⏱ 4 min read Heidi L. Beirich, 59, and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) have been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering in a federal court in Montgomery, Alabama. The charges stem from an alleged scheme to funnel over $4 million in donated funds to individuals associated with violent extremist…
Demetrios Pseudoikonomou, Aiding Filing False Tax Returns, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read Demetrios Pseudoikonomou, a 55-year-old Belmont businessman, has been charged with aiding the filing of false tax returns, allegedly avoiding over $520,000 in federal income taxes. Pseudoikonomou, who operates a restaurant and apartment building in Boston, deliberately failed to report more than $1.6 million in gross receipts and rental income between 2018…
Patrick Dallas, Mail and Wire Fraud, Rhode Island 2023
⏱ 2 min read A 38-year-old Georgia man, Patrick Dallas, has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for his role in a wide-ranging lottery and sweepstakes scam that defrauded senior citizens in Rhode Island and multiple other states out of at least $1 million. The scam, which involved bogus claims of winning large…
Amy Cheng, Marriage Fraud, New York 2023
⏱ 2 min read A massive marriage fraud scheme spanning over a decade has been dismantled in New York, with 11 defendants charged for orchestrating over 1,000 sham marriages for foreign nationals, primarily citizens of the People’s Republic of China. The scheme, which operated nationwide and internationally, involved defendants Amy Cheng, Xiao Mei Chan, Christine…
Teresa Palmer, Bank Fraud, Indiana 2022
⏱ 2 min read Teresa Palmer, a 55-year-old former Credit Union 1 branch manager in Columbus, Indiana, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for ripping off elderly and incapacitated customers. Between 2014 and 2022, Palmer used her position to access customer accounts, forging signatures and withdrawing funds without permission. She targeted accounts…
Tania Rosa Rodriguez, Naturalization by Deceit, Florida 2018
⏱ 2 min read Tania Rosa Rodriguez, a 57-year-old Cuban national, was convicted of obtaining US citizenship by deceit in Miami. Rodriguez had applied for naturalization in 2017 and was granted citizenship in 2018, but she had concealed her involvement in a multi-million dollar healthcare fraud conspiracy during the naturalization process. The conspiracy, which lasted…
Ceyon Calvert, Fraud, Pennsylvania 2026
⏱ 2 min read Ceyon Calvert, 43, and Christal Calvert, 38, of Pembroke Pines, Florida, were arrested on June 28, 2026, for orchestrating a wide-scale Publishers Clearing House scam targeting elderly victims in Pennsylvania. The couple allegedly told victims they won multi-million-dollar prizes and instructed them to provide tens of thousands of dollars as upfront…
Malak Faltawws, Wire Fraud, New Jersey 2026
⏱ 2 min read Malak Faltawws, a 49-year-old man from Rutherford, New Jersey, orchestrated a scheme to defraud COVID-19 relief programs of approximately $670,292. The scam, which took place from March 2020 through November 2021, involved submitting false applications to obtain loans and cash advances meant for distressed small businesses under the EIDL and PPP…
