Tiawana Brown, a former Charlotte city council member, pleaded guilty on Monday to federal charges related to a COVID-19 fund fraud scheme, involving her two daughters, between April 2020 and ...

URBANA — Federal charges of wire fraud have been filed against a former employee charged with stealing more than $900,000 from a dental office in Mattoon.

A former Boston Housing Authority employee allegedly engaged in an overtime scam that netted her $72,000 from the agency often called “the landlord of last resort” for low-income residents, ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A Richmond woman was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in prison for wire fraud after the Department of Justice (DOJ) said she stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in ...

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...

A Dallas man was sentenced this month to over six years in prison after he admitted to defrauding investors of over $1 million in a phony concert-promoter scheme, federal prosecutors said. Carlos ...

The former attorney is accused of defrauding at least $1.5 million from his clients and the firm where he worked. The U.S. Department of Justice has charged a former Lowcountry attorney with wire ...

CHARLESTON , S.C. (WCIV) — A personal injury lawyer from a Mount Pleasant law firm pleaded guilty Monday to federal wire fraud and money laundering charges. 42-year-old William Christopher Swett faces ...

Housing affordability can worsen when fraud increases transaction risk and downstream legal costs. Reported 2024 losses neared $175m, and claims often exceed $143,000, with refinance fraud averaging ...

The former CEO of Saint Francis Ministries pleaded guilty to taking money from the foster care nonprofit. On Feb. 19, Robert Nelson "Father Bobby" Smith pleaded guilty to a single charge of wire fraud ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The former leader of a Kansas nonprofit that has provided foster care services in several states pleaded guilty on Thursday to one count of wire fraud. In a federal court filing ...

A San Antonio real estate investor could face jail time for what federal prosecutors say was a $69.5M Ponzi scheme. Devin Ward Elder, who at one point owned a combined 2,500 apartment units, flex ...