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PHILADELPHIA, PA — Four Delaware County residents face federal charges in an alleged scheme to exploit women with intellectual disabilities, using sexual abuse, coercion and threats to gain control of …
Four Charged in Alleged Abuse and Fraud Scheme Targeting Women Read More
PHILADELPHIA, PA — An Allentown tax preparer pleaded guilty Tuesday, October 27, to federal charges stemming from approximately $1 million in fraudulent pandemic relief loans and a separate scheme involving …
Allentown Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty in $1 Million Loan Fraud Read More
PHILADELPHIA, PA — A former organizer of a multistate college basketball point-shaving operation pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Philadelphia to bribery and fraud charges stemming from a scheme …
NCAA Point-Shaving Organizer Pleads Guilty in $3 Million Scheme Read More PHILADELPHIA, PA — A North Carolina man who helped orchestrate a college basketball point-shaving operation involving more than $3 million in fraudulent wagers was sentenced Tuesday to six years in …
Jalen Smith Gets Six Years in $3 Million NCAA Betting Scheme Read More
PHILADELPHIA, PA — A Philadelphia tax preparer faces dozens of federal charges in an alleged COVID-19 relief and tax fraud scheme that prosecutors say generated at least $17 million in …
Philadelphia Tax Preparer Accused in $17 Million Fraud Scheme Read More PHILADELPHIA, PA — Brian Pittman, a Delaware-based pastor and volunteer police chaplain, was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining $544,764 in pandemic relief funds and …
Pastor Gets 18 Months for $544,764 Pandemic Relief Fraud Read More
PHILADELPHIA, PA — A Montgomery County man faces federal securities and wire fraud charges after prosecutors accused him of defrauding dozens of investors in a cannabis-related company out of more …
Investors Lost $8.8 Million in Cannabis Company Scheme, Feds Say Read More PHILADELPHIA, PA — A Hummelstown man was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $3.17 million in restitution after pleading guilty to charges …
Pennsylvania Man Gets 10 Years in $2.9M Pandemic Fraud Scheme Read More PHILADELPHIA, PA — A former campaign treasurer pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal wire fraud after admitting she stole more than $1 million from political campaigns and business clients between 2022 …
Former Campaign Treasurer Pleads Guilty to $1 Million Fraud Read More
PHILADELPHIA, PA — A former executive director and treasurer of a Philadelphia religious nonprofit was sentenced Wednesday to 10 months in federal prison and ordered to repay more than $1.6 …
Nonprofit Treasurer Gets Prison for $1.6 Million Fraud Read More