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A man from California who ran a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme where he claimed to turn cow manure into green energy has been sentenced to over six years in prison, the US attorney’s office for the Eastern District of California announced this week. Ray Brewer, 66, stole over $8.7 million from investors, court records from between […]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—A federal grand jury in Puerto Rico has indicted six people in an alleged fraudulent scheme involving $9 million in government pandemic funds, officials said Wednesday. The suspects, including a banker, face charges including wire fraud and money laundering, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. “This case demonstrates the brazenness with which the […]

DETROIT—A Detroit-area doctor was sentenced Monday to nearly 17 years in prison and ordered to pay $30 million for leading a scheme to bill Medicare and private insurers for unnecessary painkiller injections and write prescriptions for millions of opioids. Frank Patino’s fraud lasted years and was one of the most egregious health care schemes in […]

This film is only available in the United States and Canada because of territorial licensing. Lorenzo Adams is in trouble. While working at a bill collection agency in Norfolk, VA an old debt of his own suddenly comes due when Frankie Gutierrez, an L.A. loan shark, shows up at his door. With less than three […]

Leaders of the Group of 20 (G-20) have issued a joint declaration promoting a global standard on proof of vaccination for international travel and calling for the establishment of “global digital health networks” that build on existing digital COVID-19 vaccine passport schemes. The joint statement followed the conclusion of the G-20 summit held in Bali, […]

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DES MOINES, Iowa—A former lottery computer technician convicted in a scheme to rig computers to win jackpots for himself, friends and family has been paroled after serving more than five years in an Iowa prison. Eddie Tipton, 59, was released from prison Friday, according to online prisoner records. Axios Des Moines first reported that Tipton […]

The Supreme Court agreed to review the corruption convictions of Joe Percoco, formerly a longtime aide to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a case that may call into question the legality of honest-services fraud prosecutions. Over the opposition of the Biden administration, the high court decided June 30 to hear Percoco v. United […]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday it’s expanding a wastewater surveillance program to enhance efforts to track COVID-19 infections across the United States. “Go on, get the sewer jokes out of your system,” the CDC said in a note in October 2020, shortly after it first launched the scheme, called the National […]

The FBI is revealing new details about a $31.8 million counterfeit coupon scheme that landed a Virginia Beach couple in prison for nearly 20 years, combined. In a press release last week, the agency said that investigators found fake coupons in “every crevice” of the house belonging to Lori Ann Talens and her husband, Pacifico […]

In a letter to Chancellor Rishi Sunak, the airline industry trade body, Airlines UK, is asking the government for further economic support. The pandemic hit to their industry has resulted in billions of pounds of pre-tax losses and more than 30,000 job cuts.

A new government scheme is guaranteeing mortgages for first-time buyers. UK high street mortgage lenders are now offering mortgages with a deposit of just 5 percent.

NEW YORK—Bernard Madoff, who was convicted for running the largest known Ponzi scheme in history, died on Wednesday in prison where he was serving a 150-year sentence, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said. He was 82. Madoff for decades presented himself as a successful and trusted Wall Street kingpin while secretly engaging in investment fraud, […]

The government has launched a post-Brexit exchange program called the Turing Scheme for students to study abroad. The program will fund 35,000 exchanges for study, school exchange, and work placements.

After several weeks of investigating, we have uncovered a cash-for-votes scheme that was being played out across multiple states.

A New Jersey city councilman and three others were charged in a mail-in voter fraud scheme that ended with 19 percent of ballots rejected, officials said.

Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband have agreed to plead guilty to their involvement in a college bribery scheme, according to court papers.