Fraud
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Medicare looking to recoup fraudulent payments
CommentWilliams interview January 29, 2013
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'Salt and Pepper Bandits' case reminds seniors to stay vigilant
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For two and a half years Tamara Claiborne and John Washington preyed on countless seniors, always over 70, throughout the D.C. area.
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Nancy Preston, former Clyde's controller, sentenced for mail fraud
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Nancy Preston pleaded guilty to mail fraud in September. According to a statement of offense, Preston, who worked at Clyde's for nearly 30 years, diverted Clyde's money to her personal credit card to buy goods for her use.
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Kwame Brown sentencing set in bank fraud case
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Former D.C. Council chair Kwame Brown will be sentenced Tuesday on a federal bank fraud charge.
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Va. GOP cuts ties with firm after voter fraud allegations
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More than 100 suspect forms submitted by the company in several Florida counties have been turned over to local prosecutors.
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Karen Strayer pleads guilty to government fraud
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Forty-eight-year-old Karen Strayer of Lovettsville, Va. entered the plea Tuesday. She faces a maximum term of one year in prison at sentencing on Dec. 6.
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Cintia Pedone and Dawnetta Underwood arrested: D.C., Atlanta firefighters, cops targeted in insurance scam
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Two Maryland women are in jail in Atlanta accused of trying to steal law enforcement officers' identities. And the alleged plot might stretch all the way back to D.C. and Arlington.
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David Cephas, former MPD officer, pleads guilty in photo radar fraud case
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A 22-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department has pleaded guilty to falsifying logs that tracked photo radar fines in the District of Columbia.
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Alexandria check cashing fraud suspect sought by police
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Alexandria Police are trying to identify a man who is accused of twice walking into local banks to cash counterfeit checks.
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Woodbridge health care facility owners indicted on Medicaid fraud charges
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The owners of a Woodbridge health care facility have been indicted on allegations that they swindled the government of more than $600,000 in Medicaid funding for services not provided.
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Howard R. Shmuckler, Va. man pleads to fraud in mortgage rescues
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A Virginia Beach man has admitted to running a scheme in which he took thousands of dollars from homeowners and promised to modify their mortgages, but pocketed the money instead.
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Harry Thomas Jr. to plead guilty to theft, fraud
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Hours after announcing his resignation, former D.C. Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. is expected to plead guilty Friday morning to stealing more than $350,000 from the District of Columbia and filing false tax returns.
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Daniel Mudd, Richard Syron charged with fraud in Fannie/Freddie case
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The Securities and Exchange Commission brought civil fraud charges against six former executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, including former Fannie CEO Daniel Mudd and former Freddie CEO Richard Syron.
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Leslie Randolph Holmes arrested, charged with fraud
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Police say the suspect took more than $200,000 from a 53-year-old disabled veteran he met in 2002 at a church-related event.
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Robert Graves, Sara Graves, indicted on fraud charges
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A former FBI agent and his wife are accused of taking part in an alleged $1.3 million investment fraud scheme.
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Former tax office worker charged with $400K fraud
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Prosecutors allege Mary Ayers-Zander faked tax returns for residents, then sent the checks to her own bank account.
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Charles Coughlin convicted of lying to, stealing from 9/11 victim's fund
CommentCharles E. Coughlin of Severna Park, Md., was convicted by a jury of filing a false claim and theft of government property because he tried to get compensation from the victim's fund for injuries he had before the 9/11 attacks.
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Casey Anthony reports for probation in Florida
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Casey Anthony, who has stayed out of sight since a jury acquitted her of killing her daughter, reported Wednesday to Florida authorities to begin serving a one-year probation on an unrelated check fraud conviction, officials said.
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