Archive for the ‘Fraud’ Category

Return to Stupid

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

It’s amazing we still have mail in this day and age of rampant technology and lightning fast communication. It’s still a necessary and vital part of all societies. For instance, it helps weed out the […]

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Return to Stupid

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

It’s amazing we still have mail in this day and age of rampant technology and lightning fast communication. It’s still a necessary and vital part of all societies. For instance, it helps weed out the […]

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Mortgage Fraud Defendants Pleading Guilty, Avoiding Jury Trials

Monday, May 4th, 2009

It was going to be the fraud trial of the summer in Maryland, the tale of an ex-stripper who got rich off the desperation of homeowners she and her husband promised to save from foreclosure.


Via: Wash Post Crime

Noteworthless

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Post-It Notes are a great invention, aren’t they? They allow you to leave helpful reminders anywhere you work. They provide a quick place to jot down a phone number or some notes. They provide police […]

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Woman Pleads Guilty in Greenbelt to Money Laundering in Mortgage Fraud Scam

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

One of the five people accused this week of participating in a $70 million mortgage fraud Ponzi scheme pleaded guilty yesterday, admitting in documents filed in federal court that the company did not provide the service it advertised.


Via: Wash Post Crime

Five Charged in Federal Mortgage Fraud Probe

Monday, April 27th, 2009

It was a mortgage fraud and a Ponzi scheme, and it was, prosecutors say, a moneymaker.


Via: Wash Post Crime

Unchecked

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

If you’re going to commit check fraud, don’t. That’s probably the most sound advice I have ever given to humanity.
A woman in Cincinnati was arrested for trying to pass some bad checks at a […]

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Md. Woman Pleads Guilty in Mortgage Fraud Scheme

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

A former stripper accused of orchestrating a massive mortgage fraud scheme pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Greenbelt, admitting that she played a central role in swindling desperate homeowners out of millions of dollars.

Via: Wash Post Crime

D.C. Tax Scam Defendant Receives Longest Sentence So Far in $50 Million Fraud.

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Jayrece Turnbull, who helped her aunt embezzle tens of millions of dollars from the D.C. treasury, was sentenced yesterday to nine years behind bars.

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District Woman Charged With $200K of Fraud, Theft

Friday, February 6th, 2009

A 54-year-old District woman has been charged with embezzling $200,000 from a company that helps the mentally ill and another that develops computer software.

Via: washingtonpost.com - Washington D.C. Area Crime News