Category: White Collar Crime
David Scofield, Embezzlement of Labor Union Assets, Missouri 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A shocking case of embezzlement has come to light in the heart of Missouri. David Scofield, a 65-year-old former financial secretary of the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen, Local Lodge 21, has been sentenced to prison for federal charges in the Western District of Missouri. According to information presented in court, for…
Matthew Kawa, Unapproved Drugs, Illinois 2026
⏱ 2 min read Matthew Kawa, 48, of Grant Park, Illinois, and his sister Jennifer Stechkober, 32, of Michigan City, Indiana, were sentenced to prison for selling unapproved drugs in interstate commerce. The siblings pleaded guilty to introducing unapproved new drugs into interstate commerce with the intent to defraud and mislead. Kawa also pleaded guilty…
Bryce Cleveland, Mail Fraud, Virginia 2026
⏱ 2 min read Bryce Cleveland, the 42-year-old CEO of Scalpa, Inc., has pleaded guilty to faking medical devices and drugs, including skincare products, in a scheme that put public health at risk in Virginia. Between 2018 and 2020, Cleveland sold unapproved devices like ScalpaJECT Hyaluronic Acid and Hyaluron Pen, as well as the unapproved…
Yanci Lissbeth Amaya Aguiluz, Clam Smuggling, Arkansas 2026
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Zhi Ge, Insider Trading, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read Zhi Ge, a Singapore resident, is accused of running an insider trading scheme that raked in millions. From 2016 to 2024, Ge allegedly conspired with others to obtain confidential information about publicly traded companies, using it to trade securities and reap massive profits. The scheme, which played out in Boston, has…
Michael Stewart, Health Care Fraud, Texas 2018
⏱ 2 min read A Texas laboratory, its former CEO, and a Florida businessman are at the center of a massive health care fraud scheme that involved paying kickbacks and billing Medicare and Medicaid for medically unnecessary genetic testing. Access DX Laboratory, based in Houston, Texas, along with former CEO Michael Stewart and Florida businessman…
Amanda Tucker, Theft of Mail by a Postal Employee, Kansas 2025
⏱ 2 min read Amanda Tucker, a 48-year-old former mail carrier from Scott City, Kansas, has admitted to stealing letters and parcels meant for delivery to residents along her route. The thefts occurred while Tucker was working at the Scott City Post Office, with law enforcement finding evidence of the stolen mail during a search…
Sangsoo Kim, Bank Fraud, California 2026
Oakland, California – In a shocking turn of events, Sangsoo Kim, 56, a national of South Korea, pleaded guilty to a string of serious financial crimes in federal court yesterday. The charges against Kim include Illegal Re-Entry, False Use of a Passport, Fraudulent Use of One or More Counterfeit Access Devices, and Bank Fraud. According…
Ascend Elements, False Claims, Kentucky 2023
⏱ 2 min read Ascend Elements, a Massachusetts-based lithium-ion battery materials manufacturer, scammed the US Department of Energy out of millions in a Kentucky project. Between September 18, 2023, and February 18, 2025, the company submitted inflated reimbursement claims for work on its Apex-1 battery materials project in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. The claims included excessive labor…
Mason Jones, Controlled Substances Act Violation, Texas 2023
⏱ 2 min read Dr. Mason Jones and his clinic, Total Men’s Primary Care, have agreed to pay up to $600,000 in civil penalties for violating the Controlled Substances Act in Austin, Texas. The alleged violations occurred between 2023 and 2024, when the clinic and Dr. Jones failed to comply with recordkeeping requirements and electronically…
