Dad, Daughter To Repay Millions For Health Care Fraud
HOUSTON (AP) — A father and daughter from Houston have been sentenced to prison and must each repay $8.6 million over government health care fraud. A federal judge in Houston on Tuesday sentenced...
View ArticleTexas Woman Pleads Guilty Of Stolen Identity And Defrauding Sallie Mae For...
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — A Texas woman accused in North Dakota of stealing the identity of another person and using it to obtain student loans has pleaded guilty. Ngwisang Anyangwe is charged in...
View ArticleWoman Goes To Prison For Wheelchair Scheme In Texas
BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — A Texas woman has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for falsifying Medicare and Medicaid claims for wheelchairs. Lula Thurman of Humble received the 46-month...
View ArticleSouth Texas Man Sentenced Over Hotel Credit Card Fraud
CORPUS CHRISTI,Texas (AP) — A South Texas man has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison over hundreds of credit card documents stolen from a hotel. Prosecutors on Wednesday announced the...
View ArticleDwight Howard Proves He’s A Fraud
On Wednesday, a report surfaced about Magic center Dwight Howard allegedly asking management to fire head coach Stan Van Gundy. When asked about the report, Van Gundy admitted that management informed...
View ArticleMan Pleads Guilty To Hacking School District Computers
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A man from Mississippi has pleaded guilty to hacking the computers of a West Texas school district. A federal judge in El Paso on Wednesday accepted the fraud pleas from...
View ArticleHouston Hospital Head Accused Of Medicare Fraud
HOUSTON (AP) — The president of Riverside General Hospital in Houston and his son are among several people in Texas accused by federal authorities of taking part in a Medicare fraud scheme. Officials...
View ArticleLance Armstrong Case Could Hinge On USPS Benefit
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lance Armstrong is facing the federal government in a legal fight with tens of millions of dollars at stake, and a loss could bankrupt the cyclist who until last year ranked among...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood Settles Fraud Case In Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas attorney general’s office has settled a Medicaid fraud case with Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast. In a statement issued Wednesday, the attorney general’s office said the...
View ArticleUNC’s Fedora: Okla. State Allegations ‘Shocking’
(Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina coach Larry Fedora says he never saw signs of alleged rules violations reported by Sports Illustrated while an assistant...
View ArticleBanker Sentenced To Prison For Auto Loan Scam
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — A former West Texas credit union officer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and must repay $4.1 million in an auto loan scam. A federal judge in Midland on Monday sentenced...
View ArticleRomanian Man Gets 8 Years In Prison For U.S. Fraud
VICTORIA, Texas (AP) — A man from Romania has been sentenced to eight years in prison for an online scam claiming someone in the U.S. military needed to sell items before deploying. A federal judge in...
View Article2 Nabbed At Texas Border In Credit Card Fraud Case
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Account information stolen during the Target security breach is now being divided up and sold off regionally, a South Texas police chief said Monday following the arrest of two...
View ArticleMan Who Portrayed Self As Pastor Gets Prison
HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston man who portrayed himself as a pastor running a religious-themed investment program has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for fraud. A federal judge in Houston on...
View ArticleHouston Area Sisters Charged In Fraud Scheme
HOUSTON (AP) — Two suburban Houston sisters are being accused of taking part in a scheme to defraud home decor retailer Garden Ridge Pottery of more than $2 million. Sandra Johnson has been charged...
View ArticleProsecutors: Ray Nagin Deserves Harsh Sentence
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal prosecutors say former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has shown no remorse for his crimes and lied to investigators and U.S. District Judge Ginger Berrigan should sentence him...
View ArticleMan Deliberately Ruined His $1M Car To Collect Insurance Money
BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — Federal authorities say an East Texas man has admitted to deliberately driving his $1 million car into Gulf waters so that he could collect insurance on the vehicle. Authorities...
View ArticleOffice Manager Sentenced For Stealing $1.6 Million Dollars
HOUSTON (AP) — The former manager of a Houston-area plastics company has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for stealing nearly $1.6 million from the business. Carol Mack of Humble...
View ArticleMan Gets 5 Years For Computer Fraud
HOUSTON (AP) — A British citizen must serve five years in a U.S. prison and repay more than $13 million for discount fraud targeting computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. Mark Allan James of Stockport,...
View ArticleNearly $900K Returned To Beaumont Schools After Finance Scam
BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — Nearly $900,00 stolen from a Southeast Texas school district by two finance employees has been returned as part of their punishment. The Beaumont Independent School District...
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