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Italian tax police said they are seizing assets worth $1.5 billion from a Luxembourg-based holding company’s shares in spirits maker Campari Group as part of a fraud investigation.

A youth baseball company run by the Major League Baseball Players’ Association (MLBPA) is under investigation by the feds for spending nearly $4 million on only “a few events.”

An illegal alien in the sanctuary state of Oregon has been sentenced for stealing over $2.4 million in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for more than a year, federal prosecutors revealed Friday. 

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that it had made two arrests of people accused of defrauding California’s homelessness program, Project Homekey, by using funds for their own purposes.

A task force of over 80 leaders from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors is pushing for a coordinated, government-wide approach to fight the growing scourge of scams, which cost Americans over $158 billion last year. The recommendations include applying pressure to foreign countries that look the other way while their citizens steal Americans’ hard-earned savings.

The U.S. attorney in Minnesota announced charges against eight Somali migrants connected to $8.4 million in Medicaid billing fraud.

A Florida woman is accused of performing dental work without a license after promoting her teeth services on social media.

A Mexican politician is out on bond as he faces federal fraud charges in Texas for allegations that he used COVID-era loans to buy cryptocurrency. The politician, his wife, and various other South Texas business owners are accused of obtaining fraudulent loans during the COVID-19 pandemic, which were intended to support failing businesses, but were instead used for personal gain.

More than 200,000 illegal aliens have been removed from the social security system, President Donald Trump announced on Thursday.

A staggering $520 million in “suspected fraudulent” pandemic-era unemployment insurance payments have been returned to the state of Maryland with the help of “President Trump’s leadership” over the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), officials said.

Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) is the subject of a criminal investigation into possible mortgage fraud, according to a Trump administration source who spoke with Fox News. The investigation is reportedly being conducted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland following a criminal referral from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).

Miami authorities charged a pastor of a Spanish-speaking church and an accomplice in what appears to be a fraudulent immigration service scheme after they allegedly defrauded over a dozen victims.

Cleveland Cavaliers forward Marcus Morris is being accuse of ripping off two Las Vegas casinos for $265,000, prosecutors say.

The owner of a Florida telecommunications company will spend the next five years in prison and his firm must pay a hefty fine regarding an “Obama phone” scam.

Former New York Rep. George Santos reported to federal prison on Friday to begin his 87-month prison sentence after he plead guilty to felony fraud charges in August 2024 and was expelled from Congress in December 2023.

Seventy people in Minnesota are accused in a coronavirus pandemic fraud scheme involving federal money and food for children, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel has revealed.

About 85 autism clinics in Minnesota are under investigation for tens of millions in Medicaid billing fraud.

President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) may have committed mortgage fraud.

Members of a transnational crime syndicate have been sentenced to federal prison for defrauding elderly Americans. 

Jared Isaacman, the billionaire astronaut who had his nomination to lead NASA revoked by President Donald Trump over his donations to far-left Democrats, was arrested on fraud charges and sued by Trump’s New Jersey casino in 2010 for allegedly writing $1 million in bad checks, conservatives have pointed out.

A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) worker and five other individuals are accused in a massive SNAP (food stamp) fraud scheme.

A Harvard University professor known for researching honesty and ethical behavior has lost her tenure after being accused of fraud.

The FBI arrested two Pakistani immigration lawyers in Texas, exposing a smuggling network that imported Pakistani migrants via several forms of white-collar fraud.

The Department of Justice is expanding a whistleblower program to reward corporate insiders who expose hidden white-collar immigration crimes.

Prosecutors on Monday alleged that a California police officer was caught partying at a music festival and running races while collecting $600,000 in workers’ compensation for a head injury claim.

Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of Silicon Valley darling Theranos who was exposed as a total fraud, has lost her bid to have an appeal of her 2022 fraud conviction reheard by the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.

New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) claimed that President Donald Trump has ordered people to watch her house, the New York Post reported on Saturday.

The FBI has reportedly opened a criminal investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) regarding alleged mortgage fraud.

Chinese police have reportedly detained dozens of small investors who were scammed out of their money by a state-linked investment group, accusing the victims of acting on behalf of “overseas anti-China forces” by airing their grievances in public.

The Trump administration is doing a massive sweep of Social Security Numbers to mark as “deceased” those who are 120 years old and above — a move it says is part of its greater mission to root out waste, fraud, and abuse from the federal government.

Welfare fraud under $25,000 in California could be decriminalized due to Senate Bill 560, which was introduced by State Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D) in February.

Former New York Rep. George Santos has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison after pleading guilty to felony fraud charges in August 2024 and getting expelled from Congress in December 2023.

Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison is trying to explain his support for a Muslim children’s organization that is being prosecuted for fraud.

Tech billionaire Peter Thiel revealed the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has found some left-wing NGOs that are allegedly fronts disguising “borderline criminal activity.”

The Donald Trump administration on Tuesday referred New York Attorney General Letitia James, who had targeted Trump, for potential prosecution over alleged mortgage fraud.

An Irish national illegally present in the United States is now in federal custody after being initially arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The 28-year-old man has been ordered detained on criminal wire fraud and conspiracy charges related to an alleged scheme to defraud homeowners in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.