Tag: Colorado
Anita Weiscamp, Medicare Fraud, Colorado 2023
⏱ 2 min read A nearly decade-long scheme to submit fraudulent claims to federal health insurance programs has landed three Colorado healthcare companies and two individuals in hot water. Front Range Urgent Care, Comfort Care Family Practice, and QwikCareMD, along with Anita Weiscamp and the late Dr. Steven Wenrich, are accused of inflating claims for…
Heath Posey, Investment Fraud, Colorado 2026
⏱ 2 min read Heath Posey, 39, a former Denver man, was involved in a complex investment fraud scheme that duped investors out of millions. As the Chief Financial Officer of the ROI Cash Flow Fund, Posey helped orchestrate a multi-million dollar scam from December 2022 to May 2024. The fund, founded by Timothy McPhee…
Richard Modou Bah, Bank Fraud, Arizona 2023
⏱ 3 min read A 22-year-old Bronx man, Richard Modou Bah, was at the center of a complex bank fraud and identity theft scheme that spanned multiple states, including Arizona, Colorado, and California. The scheme, which involved co-conspirators using stolen identities to open phony business accounts and drain victims’ funds, was unearthed by the FBI…
Mohamed Elias Omer, Medicaid Fraud, Colorado 2026
⏱ 2 min read Mohamed Elias Omer, a 35-year-old man from Colorado, has been accused of running a Medicaid fraud scheme connected to an adult daycare center in Arapahoe County. Omer allegedly offered kickbacks to individuals who referred Medicaid beneficiaries to the Nadina Adult Daycare Center, LLC. The scheme involved offering three $500 kickback payments…
Aleksei L. Sharp, Cocaine Trafficking, Colorado 2026
⏱ 2 min read Aleksei L. Sharp, a 35-year-old from Arvada, Colorado, has been indicted for his role in a digital-age drug trafficking operation that peddled cocaine, ketamine, and MDMA (also known as ecstasy) to buyers across the United States. The operation, which was dismantled by the Homeland Security Task Force, involved the use of…
Rodrigo Alarcon Palomares, Money Laundering, Colorado 2023
⏱ 2 min read Rodrigo Alarcon Palomares, a Mexican national and associate of the notorious Sinaloa Cartel, has been indicted in Colorado for laundering drug proceeds through cryptocurrency. The indictment, handed down by a federal grand jury, alleges that Alarcon Palomares knowingly conducted financial transactions involving the conversion of drug proceeds into cryptocurrency, specifically in…
Emily Katherine Merrill, Wire Fraud, Colorado 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Texas woman, Emily Katherine Merrill, 41, has been accused of orchestrating a large-scale scam targeting two Colorado-based companies, resulting in the theft of over $3 million. Merrill allegedly worked as an accounting manager and controller for a Lafayette, Colorado company from July 2021 to November 2024, and as a financial…
Gregory L. Gramalegui, Futures Fraud, Colorado 2018
Gregory L. Gramalegui of Vail, Colorado, has been ordered to pay over $1.9 million in penalties and disgorgement for defrauding customers, making false statements, and violating a prior CFTC order, a Colorado federal court ruled on October 3, 2018. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) brought the federal enforcement action against Gramalegui, who operated under…
Dillon Michael Dean, Bitcoin Fraud, Colorado 2018
Central Islip, NY – On July 23, 2018, Dillon Michael Dean of Longmont, Colorado, was ordered by a New York federal court to pay over $1.9 million in penalties and restitution for a fraudulent scheme involving Bitcoin. The judgment, filed on July 9, 2018, also applies to Dean’s UK-registered company, The Entrepreneurs Headquarters Limited (TEH).…
Manuel Rocha, Filing a False Tax Return, Colorado 2026
BODY: Aurora, Colorado, resident Manuel Rocha is facing the music for his alleged role in cooking the books on his tax returns. The 40-year-old business owner pleaded guilty to filing a false personal tax return with the IRS, according to court documents. Rocha, who operated two businesses in Denver – Rocha’s Drain, a drain installation…
