Pennsylvania’s state government is reeling from a scandal involving the exchange of sexually explicit images and other offensive material among judges, prosecutors and other top state officials.
“Porngate” has already resulted in the early retirement of one state Supreme Court justice, the suspension of another, and ongoing attempts to impeach embattled state Attorney General Kathleen Kane, who exposed the misbehavior.
An Elizabeth couple, described by authorities as low-level but essential players in a fraud scheme, avoided prison time for their roles in a plan to bill Medicaid millions for home health care services that were never done or performed by unlicensed aides.
Nelson and Sonia Mesa were sentenced to three years probation, with Sonia Mesa receiving four months of home detention Thursday by U.S. District Judge Katherine Hayden. Federal prosecutors had sought prison sentences for both, or at least a minimum of six months of home confinement.
ORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A former Broward Teachers Union president has pleaded guilty to defrauding and stealing thousands of dollars from the school board and union.
More than 40 prison guards and officers in Georgia have been indicted on charges of accepting bribes and drug trafficking.
The arrests Thursday are the latest in a federal effort to crack down on contraband and criminal activity in Georgia prisons. About 130 people – including prison employees, inmates, former inmates and others accused of helping them – have been indicted since September.
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Fourteen people – including 7 current or ex-law enforcement officers — have been convicted in a massive drug sting operation that focused on areas of Eastern North Carolina, officials say.
On April 13, 2015, federal prosecutors announced the arrest of 15 people in “Operation Rockfish,” which the government said involved drug corruption among then-active law enforcement agents in the I-95 corridor of NC.
A former IRS employee, who helped taxpayers experiencing problems resulting from identity theft, has pleaded guilty to stealing identities and orchestrating a tax-fraud scheme involving up to $1.5 million in bogus income tax returns, federal authorities announced.
Nakeisha Hall, 39, on Monday entered her guilty pleas during a hearing before U.S. District Judge Karon O. Bowdre to theft of government funds, aggravated identity theft, unauthorized access to a protected computer and conspiracy to commit bank fraud and mail fraud affecting a financial institution.
The former bookkeeper of a Franklin retirement community once got an employee fired for using a company credit card to buy minutes for a personal cellphone.
But according to court documents, there was a much larger thief working at The Village at Woods Edge: the bookkeeper herself.
Marian Lewis, 49, was sentenced Tuesday to two years and four months in federal prison on charges she stole more than $176,000 worth of cash and goods
A 60-year-old Linwood woman pleaded guilty Monday to money laundering for her involvement in a scheme with her sister and an attorney to steal millions of dollars from elderly clients of an in-home senior care company in Atlantic County.
According to Acting Attorney General John Hoffman, charges against Sondra Steen came following an investigation by New Jersey State Police and the Division of Criminal Justice. Authority said Steen was indicted on March 16, 2015 along with her sister Jan Van Holt, 59, of Linwood. Van Holt is the owner of A Better Choice, a company that offered elderly clients in-home care and legal financial planning.
Also indicted were Susan Hamlett, 56, of Egg Harbor Township, who worked as an aide for company clients as well as William Price, 57, of Linwood, “who has since pleaded guilty to taking part in the scheme and stealing $125,000 from an elderly couple he met as a caseworker for Atlantic County Adult Protective Services,” Hoffman said.
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This isn’t the first time legal complaints have been filed against for-profit colleges and universities. That’s becoming fairly common place. But when the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York singles out individuals, that represents a new phase in for-profit litigation.
Three executives were sentenced last week for their role in student visa and financial aid fraud at the New Yor-area for-profit schools Micropower Career Institute and Institute for Health Education. Suresh Hiranandaney is the president of Micropower Career Institute, Anita Chabria is the MCI vice president and site director for one of five MCI campuses, and Lalit Chabria is chief executive officer at MCI as well as president of Institute of Health Education.
According to the press release announcing their sentencing, the three were charged for “their roles in a student financial aid fraud scheme in which they defrauded the United States Department of Education of $1,000,000 in education grant funds, and in a student visa fraud scheme that generated $7,440,000 in illegal revenues.”
International students enrolled at MCI and IHE and were allowed to stay in the United States on student visas. Hiranandaney and others collected student tuition money and certified that the schools were legitimate learning institutions. In reality, however, they were just providing a way for students to get to the U.S. — many students were not even attending courses. Immigration services were never informed of delinquencies in attendance.
Chaka Fattah Jr., the son of Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA), was sentenced today to five years in prison for fraud and tax charges. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Court Judge Harvey Bartle III ordered Fattah Jr. to pay $1,172,157 in restitution.