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Clay Harris (left) and Derick Gramling (right)

A Boxer Got a $30,000 Check That Bounced. Now the Event Organizers Face Fraud and Larceny Charges

Two organizers of an anti-violence boxing event in Rochester are facing criminal charges months after fighters, event workers and vendors said checks they received after … Read More

Fernando Jauregui Ochoa

He Took Nearly $1 Million From Immigrants Who Wanted Food Trucks. Now He Is Set for 20 Years in Prison

Fernando Jauregui Ochoa is facing 20 years in prison after customers paid his California company for food trucks and trailers that prosecutors say, in many … Read More

Ada William Obayuwana

Prosecutors Say He Had More Than $6.1 Million in Stolen Checks in His Car. Now the Rapper Is Charged in an $8.1 Million Scheme

An aspiring Southern California rapper has been arrested in a federal check fraud case after prosecutors say he and two other defendants possessed more than … Read More

Andrew Taylor Brown

A Fraudulent Card Bought a $2,500 Charizard, Police Say. Investigators Later Found the Suspect in Alabama

A man accused of using a fraudulent credit card to walk out of a Tennessee game store with a $2,500 Pokémon card has been identified … Read More

Chandra Snapp

She Promised Big Short-Term Profits on Gift Cards and a Sewing Business, Authorities Say. Investors Put In More Than $400,000

An Ohio woman is facing 50 criminal charges after authorities accused her of soliciting more than $400,000 from at least nine people who believed they … Read More

Rishi Kapoor

He Raised Nearly $89 Million for Real Estate Projects, Then Used Investor Money for a Yacht and Luxury Home. Now He Has 11 Years in Prison

A once-prominent Miami real estate developer has been sentenced to 11 years and four months in federal prison after admitting to conduct tied to a … Read More

Juliet Ramos, 37; Johana Perez Tapia, 31; Delma Alonso, 53; Cynthea Louise Waltz and Michael Irizarry

They Won Elderly Condo Boards’ Trust, Then Fake Invoices Helped Drain $5.8 Million, Deputies Say

“The board members of these associations apparently had no idea what was really happening,” Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said. She was talking about five condominium … Read More

Waldys Javier Portes-Andujar

Police Say He Recruited a Man Into a $5,400 Counterfeit Check Scheme. After Being Named Publicly, He Turned Himself In

A Pennsylvania man accused of recruiting another person into a counterfeit check scheme involving a local business has turned himself in after police publicly announced … Read More

Jessica Demetric Purvis, 51-year-old Tameka L. Rogers, 24-year-old Imani Kadijah Rogers, 25-year-old Yaysher Damion Grice and 33-year-old Jaquanna Miesha Davis.

They Manipulated QVC Refunds for Items That Were Never Returned, Deputies Say. The Loss Topped $58,000

Five former QVC employees have been arrested after investigators accused them of manipulating the retailer’s refund system to generate more than $58,000 in credits for … Read More

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He Was Appointed to Protect Four Children’s Settlement Money. Feds Say Fake Court Orders Helped Him Take More Than $400,000

Cesar Campos-Reyes

The Restaurant Owner Received $866,500 in Pandemic Relief and Put $262,145 Into Real Estate. He Pleaded Guilty

Bryan David Sheriff

A Bank Fraud Alert Led Police to More Than $33,000 in Withdrawals. One Suspect Was Arrested, Another Is Still Wanted

Antonio Chavez

Police Officer and His Wife Are Accused of Defrauding Stores and Credit Card Companies. A Judge Released Them on GPS Monitoring

Bethanne Kee and Susanne Kee

They Stole Children’s Identities, Invented Mental Health Diagnoses and Billed Medicaid. Mother and Daughter Get 4½ Years

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