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Big Game Hunter Tries to Bring Endangered Species Trophy Home to California

Jason Keith Bruce, a 51-year-old man from Galt, Calif., pleaded guilty after trying to smuggle an endangered Ladakh urial trophy into the United States, according to a recent plea agreement obtained by The Daily Muck.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Feb 21, 2025

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Medical Fraud

Largest COVID Scam Ever: Scammers Allegedly Filed for 600 Million of Fake Benefits

Tiffany Williams, Janine Davis, Keith Williams, James Hames Jr., Morais Dicks, Ewendra Mathurin and Jamari Lewis, all from New York, have been charged in an indictment unsealed on Jan. 22 for tax fraud related to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a DOJ press release.

Report Jessika Saunders | Feb 21, 2025

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Tax Evasion

Colorado Business Woman Withheld Taxes from Employees, Never Paid IRS

Shandel Arkadie, from Agate, Colo., pleaded guilty on Jan. 22 to failing to pay employment taxes, according to a DOJ press release. Arkadie admitted to not paying at least $1.5 million worth of taxes.

Report Jessika Saunders | Feb 21, 2025

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Racketeering

Booz Allen Hamilton to Pay $15.8 Million for Leaking Confidential Bid Information

Booz Allen Hamilton, a prominent defense contractor, has agreed to pay $15,875,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting fraudulent claims.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Feb 20, 2025

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Tax Evasion

Feds Going After Gig Workers for Taxes

Federal authorities based in California authorized the IRS to serve a “John Doe” summons to JustAnswer.com to obtain information about U.S. taxpayers who worked for the platform from 2017 to 2020.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Feb 20, 2025

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Elder Fraud

Nursing Home and its CEO Plead Guilty to Fraud and Tax Conspiracy

Kevin Breslin, 58, from Hoboken, N.J., Chief Executive Officer and Managing Member of KBWB Operations LLC, as well as one of six owners of a nursing home company, pleaded guilty on Dec. 17 to health care fraud and tax conspiracy, according to a DOJ press release. KBWB Operations LLC also pleaded guilty on Jan. 21. […]

Report Jessika Saunders | Feb 20, 2025

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Elder Fraud

Feds: New Jersey Man Promised to Invest Money; Instead He Drained Elderly Victim’s Accounts

Antonio Petrosino, 59, from Union City, N.J., was charged on Jan. 24 with wire fraud and money laundering charges, according to a DOJ press release. Petrosino is accused of scamming an elderly investor out of over $888,000. He also uses the name Anthony Petrosino.

Report Jessika Saunders | Feb 19, 2025

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Embezzlement

Warehouse Supervisor Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison for Stealing Millions of Dollars’ Worth of Fitbits

On Jan. 17, a federal jury sentenced a Texas man to over a year in federal prison after he stole $2 million worth of Fitbit devices while working as a warehouse supervisor. Forty-year-old Dwight Oliver, of Grand Prairie, Texas, was handed a 15-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to mail fraud, according to a Justice […]

Report Nik Mebane | Feb 19, 2025

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Corrections Officer

Ohio Corrections Officer Indicted for Sexually Abusing Inmate

Damon K. Perry, a 52-year-old man from Youngstown, Ohio, has been charged by a federal grand jury for the alleged sexual abuse of a person in police custody. Perry sexually abused a female inmate at the Mahoning County Jail on two separate occasions in November 2023, according to a Justice Department press release.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Feb 19, 2025

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Medical Fraud

Texas Pharmacist Pleads Guilty in Wide-Ranging Compound Drugs Kickback Scheme

John Ageudo Rodriguez, 55, from McAllen, Texas, pleaded guilty on Jan. 16 to conspiracy charges involved with paying kickbacks for prescription referrals, according to a DOJ press release.

Report Jessika Saunders | Feb 18, 2025

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Financial Gains

CEO of Crypto Firm Pleads Guilty to Investment Fraud

Travis Ford, 35, from Glenpool, Okla., the CEO and co-founder of the cryptocurrency investment firm Wolf Capital Crypto Trading LLC, pleaded guilty on Jan. 10 to crimes related to investment fraud, according to a DOJ press release.

Report Jessika Saunders | Feb 18, 2025

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Money Laundering

Russian Cryptomixers Charged with Money Laundering

Three Russian nationals were charged in an indictment returned on Jan. 7 with crimes related to operating two cryptocurrency mixing services, Sinbad.io and Blender.io, according to a DOJ press release. Alexander Evgenievich Oleynik, 44, and Roman Vitalyevich Ostapenko, 55, were arrested on Dec. 1, 2024, but Anton Vyachlavovich Tarasov, 32, has not yet been apprehended […]

Report Jessika Saunders | Feb 18, 2025

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Big Game Hunter Tries to Bring Endangered Species Trophy Home to California

Largest COVID Scam Ever: Scammers Allegedly Filed for 600 Million of Fake Benefits

Colorado Business Woman Withheld Taxes from Employees, Never Paid IRS

Booz Allen Hamilton to Pay $15.8 Million for Leaking Confidential Bid Information

Feds Going After Gig Workers for Taxes

Nursing Home and its CEO Plead Guilty to Fraud and Tax Conspiracy

Feds: New Jersey Man Promised to Invest Money; Instead He Drained Elderly Victim’s Accounts

Warehouse Supervisor Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison for Stealing Millions of Dollars’ Worth of Fitbits

Ohio Corrections Officer Indicted for Sexually Abusing Inmate

Texas Pharmacist Pleads Guilty in Wide-Ranging Compound Drugs Kickback Scheme

CEO of Crypto Firm Pleads Guilty to Investment Fraud

Russian Cryptomixers Charged with Money Laundering

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