Tag: white collar crime
Wheeling Doc Gets 41 Months for $2.5M Tax Rip-Off
⏱ 3 min read Nitesh Ratnakar, 50, a gastroenterologist and medical equipment manufacturer from Elkins, West Virginia, is trading his stethoscope for stripes. Ratnakar was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison today in Clarksburg after admitting to cheating the IRS out of $2.5 million between 2020 and 2022. He ran a scheme where he…
San Antonio Advisor Ran $3M Scam
⏱ 2 min read San Antonio financial advisor Brooklynn Chandler Willy, 46, admitted in federal court Thursday to running a brazen Ponzi scheme that bilked investors out of at least $3 million. For years, Willy operated Queen B Advisors LLC, also known as Texas Financial Advisory (TFA), and Chandler Capital Holdings, promising wealth management while…
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…
Vet Funds to Casinos: Dayton Commander Jailed
⏱ 3 min read Danny Dale Gordon, 49, is trading the high life for a federal cell after admitting to a brazen two-year theft from the AMVETS Post #24 in Dayton, Ohio. Gordon, the post’s former commander, systematically siphoned over $620,000—money meant for veterans—and blew it on casino trips, travel, and even a local gentlemen’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…
Edison Execs Cooked $10M PPE Orders
⏱ 3 min read Two men are facing hard time after a brazen scheme to inflate the value of Edison Nation, a publicly traded consumer goods company. CEO Christopher Ferguson and consultant Brian McFadden both admitted in federal court to falsifying records and misleading investors with bogus purchase orders totaling over $10 million. The hustle…
