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Scammers have been applying for aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the recent California wildfires, filling in addresses within the burn zone before the actual residents can claim their relief.

The View co-host Sunny Hostin’s husband has been named alongside 200 co-defendants in an expansive, $459 million New York insurance fraud lawsuit.

Attorney General Merrick Garland finds himself in the congressional crosshairs as Republicans on Capitol Hill intensify investigations into his Department of Justice’s alleged coverup of a solar energy scandal centered around a plant based in Nevada called Crescent Dunes.

A widespread social media scam involving fraudsters impersonating actor Johnny Depp has defrauded elderly Americans of millions of dollars, according to FTC complaints obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.

Brian Thompson, the slain CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was gunned down on Wednesday while top executives at his company have reportedly been under investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for alleged insider trading and a monopoly.

A Wisconsin judge has approved for the first time a subpoena to the leftist fundraising platform, ActBlue, after a Republican strategist claimed his email identity was stolen to make liberal donations.

A former Arizona ABC newscaster and her husband have been accused of committing Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan fraud during the coronavirus pandemic, prosecutors say.

Sam Trabucco, the former Alameda Research co-CEO, will forfeit a 53-foot yacht and forgo $70 million worth of claims in a proposed settlement with the FTX bankruptcy estate.

On Friday, CNN said that 2024 Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) “has been a hands-off leader when it comes to seeking accountability for episodes of fraud and mismanagement on his watch”, his office acknowledges state agencies

The Democratic National Committee’s donor platform, ActBlue, is facing an investigation by Republicans on the House Oversight Committee regarding “potential fraud” linked to donations made to candidates’ campaigns.

A New York-based lawyer has pled guilty to charges of partaking in an immigration fraud scheme by trying to illegally quicken asylum statuses.

Federal prosecutors have charged a North Carolina musician with wire fraud and money laundering for allegedly using bot accounts and hundreds of thousands of AI-generated songs to fraudulently earn over $10 million in royalties from streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music.

The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce has issued a subpoena for Democrat vice-presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN).

A Maryland pastor was recently slapped with an 18-month prison sentence for fraudulently obtaining more than $3.5 million in COVID-19 relief funds.

A supposed “glitch” in Chase bank’s ATMs that allowed customers to withdraw large sums of money after depositing fake checks has led to a flurry of TikTok users posting videos online bragging about their ill-gotten gains. However, experts warn that this is not a harmless trick, but rather a clear case of check fraud that could result in serious legal consequences.

The United Nations World Food Program is investigating two of its top officials in hunger-plagued Sudan for fraud.

Republicans have filed a lawsuit to block President Joe Biden’s “Parole in Place” amnesty for at least 500,000 illegal migrants.

Former New York Republican Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty to committing wire fraud and aggravated identity theft on Monday.

Former New York Republican Rep. George Santos will plead guilty to multiple charges in the ongoing fraud case against him, sources said. 

A Missouri woman was arrested and charged in connection to a plot to defraud Elvis Presley’s family out “of millions,” and attempting to “steal the family’s ownership interest,” according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). 

An Illinois police officer and associate of the so-called “worst mayor in America” has been indicted on bankruptcy and fraud charges.

Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee are demanding answers from President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over “large amounts of fraud” found in the administration’s parole pipeline for migrants. 

Organized and blatant fraud has forced President Joe Biden’s border chief to temporarily close his supposedly legal “parole pipelines” for 360,000 job-seeking migrants per year from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.

Virginia AG Jason Miyares wrote to ActBlue about “suspicious” donations made in “volumes that are facially implausible” through the platform.

The U.S.-Russian deal that traded eight Russian criminals, spies, and assassins for hostages Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, and others on Thursday was the first known prisoner exchange to include international cybercriminals.

Chinese businessman Guo Wengui – also known as Miles Guo and several other names – was convicted on nine out of 12 counts for a billion-dollar fraud scheme by a New York jury on Wednesday.

A federal grand jury has reportedly indicted Hoau-Yan Wang, a 67-year-old medical professor at the City University of New York, for allegedly falsifying data to fraudulently obtain $16 million in federal research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the development of a controversial Alzheimer’s drug and diagnostic test.

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled a person accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission of civil fraud has a right to a trial by jury before a federal judge, rejecting the agency’s authority to bring enforcement actions and assess fines through internal tribunals.

The Internal Revenue Service has reviewed some one million claims for coronavirus pandemic-era Employee Retention Credit (ERC) tax breaks representing $86 billion and declared the “vast majority” are at risk of being improper.

Georgia Trump prosecutor Fani Willis received a campaign donation from a former Atlanta city attorney who was just sentenced to seven years in prison for a massive $15 million pandemic loan fraud scheme.

A network of Bulgarian fraudsters were “living like barons” after stealing at least tens of millions in UK Universal Credit welfare benefits.

Convicted fraudster and former Baltimore District Attorney Marilyn Mosby will avoid jail time for perjury and mortgage fraud after facing up to 40 years in prison.

Michigan Democrats are reportedly demanding an investigation into three Republican U.S. Senate candidates regarding alleged forgery.

Former Utica Mayor Louis LaPolla admitted to committing mail fraud and stealing donations meant for a scholarship that he had established.

A court in Ho Chi Minh City rushed on Thursday to sentence real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, one of the richest women in the world, to death for her part in a $12.5 billion fraud case.