ALEXANDRIA, Va. Feb 9 2020– Two Alexandria men pleaded guilty today and agreed to forfeit approximately $3.9 million for unlawfully employing unauthorized immigrants over several years and defrauding Goodwill of Greater Washington. According to court documents, Alaa Nimr Garada, 57, and Rafik Moheyeldin, 65, operated a business known as WTC2, Inc. This business specialized in […]
Houston TX Jan 30 2020 HHDP Security, a Houston-based security company, has been convicted of premium fraud and ordered by a Travis County District Court judge to pay $51,131 in restitution, the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation reported. Regulators say that between May 28, 2005, and April 1, 2013, HHDP Security made misrepresentations […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. January 11 2020 A Memphis security guard has allegedly admitted to credit card fraud after buying electronics from a Best Buy on Germantown Parkway with a woman’s debit card. On Oct. 29, 44-year-old Mamadou Sacko was working as a security guard at the Orion Federal Credit Union when a woman turned a debit card […]
Miami Beach FL December 17 2019 A Miami Beach parking enforcement officer was arrested after police said he extorted a valet company for cash payments in exchange for not enforcing parking violations. The owner of APS Parking LLC told police that Dante Zirio, a 57-year-old city employee, demanded $1,000 a month in exchange for not […]
BENTONVILLE AR November 11 2019 — An arrest in Rogers this week of a Chinese man unveiled details of a multimillion-dollar, national scam using Walmart gift cards, according to court records. Investigators with Walmart Global Investigations and the U.S. Secret Service asked for help from area police after watching Songhua Liu complete more than $16,000 in […]
Long Island NY November 9 2019 Federal agents raided a Long Island tech firm early Thursday and arrested its top executives amid concerns the company was selling Chinese-made equipment to the U.S. military while claiming it had been manufactured in the United States. According to federal prosecutors, Aventura Technologies of Commack has been running the […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. October 2 2019 – A young Memphis pastor is accused of swindling more than a dozen people into believing he was running a new church with big name backing. Greater Victory Church of Memphis started and shut down in a matter of weeks and former staff members told FOX13 the church seemed legitimate at […]
As retail fraud rises, so do the average losses. According to the 10th annual True Cost of Fraud report for the retail sector from LexisNexis Risk Solutions, overall retail fraud attempts have doubled year-over-year and tripled since 2017. The study also found merchants pay $3.13 per lost dollar on average, up 6.5% from $2.94 in […]
Charlotte NC July 21 2019 A woman who administered the payroll at The Salvation Army’s divisional administrative office in Charlotte embezzled at least $200,000 through a pre-paid debit card scheme, according to a federal bill of indictment. A grand jury on Friday indicted 41-year-old Susan Watson of Gastonia on a wire fraud charge, according to […]
NEWTON COUNTY, Ga. May 22 2019 Deputies said a former Kroger worker at a Newton County store stole more than 100 identities of customers, and now investigators want to find her accomplices and all her victims. Deputies are concerned they have only scratched the surface of how many victims could be involved and much money was […]