Fraud and Scams

5+ hour, 54+ min ago   (527+ words) WASHINGTON — Duncan Connelly, a 54-year-old former attorney, was sentenced to two years in prison for wire fraud after stealing more than $1.5 million from an estate he was hired to probate. In July 2020, the executor of the estate of a Port…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1159+ words) It’s getting harder to know your customer. The AI era has been seismic for traditional KYC processes, which have proven themselves unable to stand up to the force. Automation and agentic activity have run harder into some industries than others,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1120+ words) Inside the business of AI and digital money. AI agents can buy crypto, trade and access credit. NVIDIA’s new safety platform addresses the controls needed as autonomous software starts handling money. AI agents can buy crypto, borrow against assets, place…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (104+ words) Oct 6, 2026, 10:18 PM The former Sag Harbor Parent Teacher Association vice president has been sentenced to probation and restitution after admitting to stealing from the organization. Hope Livingston was sentenced to 5 years of probation on Tuesday and ordered to pay back…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (125+ words) Montana's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has uncovered nearly 2.4 million dollars in fraudulent Medicaid claims, the largest scheme in the unit's history. BOZEMAN, Mont. — A judge ordered a former Bozeman mental health provider to pay more than $2.3 million after Montana officials…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (765+ words) McLeod billed Medicaid about $477,872 and received about $453,323, prosecutors said. The case shows how a clinician's public identification number can be used to bill for care that patients never received. Medicaid fraud affects more than budgets. Money paid for fake therapy…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (45+ words) KWCH Woman collected incarcerated husband's benefits Evening update | Former news anchor sentenced to prison, Gatorade recall, National Banned Books week Pawnee County man pleads no contest for aggravated sexual battery Therapy dogs celebrated in ceremony at Via Christi St. Francis...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (263+ words) KSAL News Prisoner’s Wife Illegally Collects Benefits A Kansas woman was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay $316,570 in restitution for defrauding the Social Security Administration (SSA) by not reporting that her husband was in prison and…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (274+ words) TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A Kansas woman has been sentenced to two years of probation after illegally collecting her husband’s retirement benefits while he was in prison. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office - District of Kansas, Carolyn Phillips, 79, of Lyons, pleaded…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (254+ words) Eleven Philadelphia business owners were charged in connection with a fraud scheme involving Pennsylvania's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), according to Attorney General Dave Sunday. On Thursday, the attorney general announced felony charges against 11 owners…...