Category: White Collar Crime
Foreigner Show Shame: Firm Pays for Wheelchair Ban
⏱ 3 min read A Sioux Falls girl was denied a once-in-a-lifetime chance to sing on stage with the Sioux Falls Children’s Choir at last August’s Foreigner concert. The reason? Counter Productions Inc., the show’s production company, flatly refused to accommodate her wheelchair. Now, they’re paying the price – a $23,500 settlement to the family…
Incline Heist: Lawyer Pilfers $1.3M
⏱ 3 min read Pittsburgh attorney Christopher Furman, 53, stands accused of a cold-blooded betrayal of the historic Duquesne Incline. Between October 2024 and September 2025, the man tasked with *protecting* the iconic incline’s finances allegedly siphoned off over $1.3 million for a personal crypto scheme. Furman, who served as President of the Board of…
Fake Robbery, Real Theft: Credit Union Worker Jailed
⏱ 3 min read Swoyersville, PA – A desperate attempt to cover up a simple theft landed Nicole Hilstolsky, 48, eight months in federal prison. Back in October 2018, Hilstolsky, an employee of the now-defunct WOD Federal Credit Union, swiped $16,247 and then tried to pass it off as an armed robbery. Instead of owning…
Tax Collector’s Sticky Fingers
⏱ 3 min read A trusted public official turned thief. Karen McGinnis, 46, of Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison on March 17, 2026, after admitting she siphoned off over $400,000 from Fairview Township, Luzerne County, and the Crestwood School District between March 2023 and January 2025. McGinnis, the township’s…
Badge & Bucks: Cop Family Scammed Covid Funds
⏱ 3 min read A Robeson County Sheriff’s deputy and three of his family members – his wife and two sons – ran a brazen scheme to steal over half a million dollars in Covid relief money, federal prosecutors revealed this week. Ricky McMillian, 50, wife Erica, 46, and sons Dwayne, 29, and Derian, 27,…
Rikers Guard Milked $370K in Fake Injury Claims
⏱ 3 min read Todd Faustin, 43, a disgraced ex-correction officer at Rikers Island, admitted today to faking injuries during encounters with inmates to bleed the New York State Workers’ Compensation system for at least $370,336.79. The scheme spanned years and was exposed in federal court, where Faustin pled guilty to one count of making…
Lawyer Hired Thug to Shake Down Client
⏱ 3 min read Brooklyn fed prosecutors slammed New York attorney Joshua Nass, 50, with charges yesterday, alleging he didn’t just file lawsuits – he ordered one. Nass is accused of hiring a heavy to strong-arm a former client, “John Doe 1,” and his son, “John Doe 2,” into ponying up a fabricated $500,000 debt.…
Timeshare Salesman Faces 23 Months for Tax Dodge
⏱ 3 min read Michael Jett, 60, is headed to the federal slammer for 23 months. The Independence, Missouri, timeshare salesman spent six years stiffing the IRS, cooking the books to avoid paying what he owed between 2017 and 2022. Jett didn’t just forget to file; he actively lied, claiming bogus exemptions and convincing his…
Hospital Worker Swapped Pain Pills for Allergy Meds
⏱ 3 min read RELATED: Reservation Knife Fight Ends in Death RELATED: Jailhouse Fentanyl: 15 Years for Kentucky Dealer Shelbi Wolken, 35, a former case management coordinator at Intermountain Health in Denver, admitted today to a shocking betrayal of patient trust. From December 2023 to July 2024, Wolken systematically stole opioid painkillers prescribed to 127…
