COLUMBIA, SC July 20 2017 The State Grand Jury has indicted a University of South Carolina employee on charges that he used his office for financial gain. Officials have charged Blake A. Langland, 48, with one count of use of official position or office for financial gain, three counts of receiving anything of value to […]
East Baton Rouge Parish,LA July 12 2017 Five people, including a Jeanerette Police officer and an Iberia Parish Sheriff’s deputy, were arrested on Monday and accused of Medicaid fraud, with investigators alleging the women claimed they were giving care to mentally and physically disabled people when in fact they were working other, full-time jobs. On […]
WEST PALM BEACH FL June 26 2017 A former Bak Middle School of the Arts treasurer suspected in the disappearance of more than $66,000 in school money was arrested Friday on check-forgery charges related to the case, nine months after authorities had ruled out criminal charges against her. Cathleen Spring, 53, was booked into the […]
FULTON COUNTY, Ga.June 24 2017 – Roswell Police say an Allied Universal hospital security guard stole from a patient, who was undergoing treatment at the hospital. Tony Jones is charged with ID theft and credit card fraud. Channel 2’s Mike Petchenik met with the victim, who asked to remain anonymous. He says hospital staff told […]
BIENVILLE PARISH, LA May 23 2017 A Minden woman has been arrested for reportedly stealing approximately $391,000 from residents of a retirement home in Arcadia, reports the Attorney General’s Department of Justice. With the assistance of the Minden Police Department and the Bienville Parish Sheriff’s Office, Stephanie Sanders Hays, 49, was arrested on the following […]
Crestwood IL May 16 2017 A Crestwood parolee was arrested after he allegedly opened a line of credit online at a local retailer using a fake driver’s license. The man is also wanted on an active warrant, prosecutors said. Hurtis Bibbs, 35, appeared before Cook County Judge Donald Havis on possession of a fraudulent driver’s […]
BAY CITY, MI May 13 2017 — A Bay County man who initially faced a felony after he allegedly stole nearly $26,000 in electricity to help grow medical marijuana has pleaded down to a lesser count. Bryan P. Lauria, 49, on Wednesday, May 10, appeared before Bay County District Judge Mark E. Janer and pleaded […]
SHREVEPORT, La. May 12 2017 – A Mississippi woman was sentenced Monday to 94 months in prison for being part of a scheme to file fraudulent income tax returns using stolen identities and causing the refunds to be mailed to post office boxes in Louisiana. Shannon A. Brumfield, 50, of Byram, was sentenced to more […]
NORWALK CT May 12 2017 — A Norwalk Transit District employee turned himself in to police Monday morning on allegations he embezzled more than $24,000 in fraudulent payroll checks over a six-month period. Otis Weeks, 39, of Carlin Street was arrested on a warrant and charged with first-degree larceny, and 25 counts each of third-degree […]
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. May 8 2017— Forty-three people were indicted following a yearlong crackdown on illegal cigarette trafficking in Henrico County, Police Chief Colonel Humberto I. Cardounel Jr. announced at a news conference Friday morning. The suspects used fraudulent documents to create nearly 30 fake businesses in the Richmond area, investigators said. Those bogus businesses […]