Former MO History Museum staffer gets prison for postage scam
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS – A former mailroom employee of the Missouri History Museum was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison Friday for stealing $182,000 in postage. Christopher Bunting, 51, pleaded guilty to a mail fraud charge in August. Prosecutor...
Boca Raton man pleads guilty in Ponzi scheme
South Florida Business Journal
William Kirschner, 63, pleaded guilty to mail fraud in August . He operated out of his home under the name Brini Trading Group . Kirschner told investors that they would make between 3 percent and 7 percent a month as a return on their inve...
Web site accused of selling worthless diplomas
Detroit Free Press
District Court in Detroit, Googasian attorneys accuse Belford High School of engaging "in a pattern of racketeering activity that included mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering." One of the plaintiffs, Carrie McCluskey of Flint, said ...
Authorities say con man fleeced retired teachers
Philadelphia Daily News
District Court and pleaded not guilty to mail fraud and other charges. Dressed in an oversize green prison jumpsuit, he sat next to a defendant charged with bank robbery. Sturman was arrested on federal charges in July and has been held wit...
Petters' pal says he lost $26 million, best friend
Minneapolis Star Tribune
White has pleaded guilty to mail fraud and money laundering charges. But he said Petters ran the operation. "There is no question he was in charge," White said. "He was involved in every aspect of everything." When the FBI knocked on his Pe...
Telemarketer admits role in big Internet scam
Denver Post
pleaded guilty Friday to mail fraud and tax-evasion charges. His company, GoInternet, defrauded up to 400,000 small businesses and individuals out of as much as $75 million from 2001 to 2004, prosecutors said. They tricked customers into re...
La. woman gets prison in daycare fraud case
KLFY.com
Gorden pleaded guilty to a mail fraud charge in June. Her 37-month prison sentence was imposed Thursday by U.S. District Judge Dee Drell. Gorden has owned and operated a daycare center in Ferriday since 1990.
Internet Fraud warning
Holmes County Times Advertiser
The victim was reportedly contacted by e-mail stating that the funds had been deposited, but instead an undetermined amount of money was removed from the victim’s bank account. Social security numbers can often be used by criminals to steal...
Former Hanover Corp. execs face fraud charges
Nashville Tennessean
Terry Kretz of Gallatin, Hanover's chief executive officer, and Rober Haley of Lebanon, the chief financial officer, face charges of conspiracy, securities fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering. Kretz was charged additionally w...