Mississippi man uses wife’s SSN to scam disability money
Bobby Earl Thweatt, 53, of Morton, pled guilty today before United States District Judge Tom S. Lee, to theft of government...
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AG indicts unlicensed plastic surgeon for fraud a second time
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the arrest on a 21-count indictment of unlicensed plastic surgeon Brad Jacobs, 56, of...
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Iowan allegedly bills for med firm whose address is empty lot
A Le Mars man has pleaded not guilty to attempting to defraud an insurance company of nearly $29,000. Scott Leininger, 39,...
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Los Angeles teacher forges payroll employee signature
A Lake Elsinore woman, who worked as a teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District, has been ordered to pay...
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Fugitive Kentucky lawyer in $550M plot nabbed in Honduras
A Kentucky lawyer who disappeared after his conviction in a massive social security fraud case is in a Honduran jail. Eric...
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Iowan allegedly claims damaged disability equipment
Authorities have charged a northwest Iowa man with forgery and insurance fraud totaling nearly $29,000. Court records say 39-year-old Scott Leininger...
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California woman gets 10 years for leading $4M disability con
A Redlands resident was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Monday, Oct. 16, for leading a scheme in which fraudulent...
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Postal worker in Colorado sentenced for faking cancer
The tale that Caroline Boyle started spinning in 2015 was grim. She told colleagues that cancer attacked her white blood cells...
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Man in Illinois indicted for stealing $157K in disability payments
A Lakewood man was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury on fraud charges. Valentino Valeriu Agignoae, 50, was charged with...
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Virginian steals disability while working in another state
A Spotsylvania jury has recommended a 28-month prison for a county man who defrauded an insurance company out of nearly $200,000...
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