Bridgeport, CT - The United States of America charged Steven C. Gold with fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud.

STEVEN C. GOLD, 47, of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to fraud and conspiracy offenses stemming from his participation in two separate scheme that defrauded his Illinois-based company of more than $9 million.

According to c... More...   $0 (02-22-2020 - )

Milwaukee, WI - The United States of America charged Mark F. Spindler with conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud.

Mark F. Spindler of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, was found guilty of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud. Spindler is a certified public accountant (“CPA”) in the firm Komisar & Spindler, s.c. From the late 1990s to 2017, Spindler provided accounting services to Brian... More...   $0 (01-28-2020 - WI)

Pittsburgh, PA - The United States of America charged Terra Dean and Larita Walls with Medicaid and Health car fraud.

Two residents of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy to defraud the Pennsylvania Medicaid program and health care fraud.

Terra Dean, 46, and Larita Walls, 57, pleaded guilty in separate hearings before United States District Ju... More...   $0 (01-23-2020 - PA)

Bernd Schaefers appeals an order denying his motion to:
(1) vacate entry of a $3.825 million Kansas judgment, and (2) post
a $5,737,500 undertaking to stay enforcement of the sister-state
judgment (Code Civ. Proc., § 1710.50, subd. (c)(1)).1 We affirm.
Facts and Procedural History
In 2017, a Kansas jury awarded Blizzard Energy, Inc.
(Blizzard), a Kansas corporation, $3.825 ... More...   $0 (01-14-2020 - CA)

Savannah, GA - The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia enjoined Andrea Nadel and her business, EZ Accounting & Tax Service LLC (EZ Accounting), along with Estelle Nadel, from preparing federal tax returns for others.

According to the United States’ complaint, Andrea Nadel, EZ Accounting, and Estelle Nadel prepared federal income tax returns that reported false Schedul... More...   $0 (01-07-2020 - GA)

This is another in a series of cases in which former
managers of Safeway supermarket stores sought unpaid
overtime wages, claiming they had been misclassified as
exempt executives under regulations applicable to the
mercantile industry. Following trial, a jury found
respondent Safeway, Inc. had proven that appellant William
Cunningham had been an exempt employee (and thus w... More...   $0 (01-05-2020 - CA)

Indianapolis, IN - The United States of America charged Annie Fields with wire fraud.

Annie Fields, 54, Lebanon, Indiana, was sentenced in federal court, by U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt, to 21 months in federal prison, after being charged by information and pleading guilty to charges of wire fraud.

"Fields abused her position with M&M, took advantage of her elderly emp... More...   $0 (12-07-2019 - IN)

San Diego, CA - The United States of America charged United States Congressman Duncan D. Hunter with stealing campaign funds.

U.S. Representative Duncan D. Hunter pleaded guilty in federal court today to the major count in his indictment, admitting that he knowingly and willfully stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds that he and his wife used to maintain their lifestyle... More...   $0 (12-04-2019 - CA)

This appeal raises an important issue concerning the investigative authority
of two committees of the United States House of Representatives and the
protection of privacy due the President of the United States suing in his individual,
not official, capacity with respect to financial records. The specific issue is the
lawfulness of three subpoenas issued by the House Committee on Fi... More...   $0 (12-04-2019 - NY)

Scott M. Jordan ("Senior"), his
health failing, executed a Power of Attorney (POA) authorizing his
son, Scott M. Jordan, Jr. ("Jordan"), to take control and dispose
of Senior's property in any way Senior might do were he able.
Unhappy with Jordan's subsequent decisions concerning his
property, Senior revoked the POA and complained to the Waldoboro
Police Department. Waldobo... More...   $0 (12-02-2019 - ME)

Ralph Placencia died, leaving behind, among other things, a will, a trust,
and a joint bank account with an express right of survivorship in favor of one of his
daughters, appellant Lisa Strazicich. Prior to his death in 2009, Ralph left clear
statements in his will that he did not want Lisa to have the right of survivorship; he
wanted the proceeds of the account to go to his trust... More...   $0 (11-27-2019 - CA)

This case arises out of the 2008 financial crisis. This appeal—appellants’
second—asks us to decide whether the False Claims Act (the “Act” or the
“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq., applies to persons who defraud the emergency
lending facilities of the Federal Reserve System (the “Fed”).
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Paul Bishop and Robert Kraus (“relators”) allege that Wells Fargo &
Company and Wells ... More...   $0 (11-22-2019 - NY)

Because California participates in the federal Medicaid
program, California must pay federally qualified health centers
for their services to Medicaid beneficiaries. (42 U.S.C. §
1396a(bb)(4).) The question is how much California must pay the
counties and their clinics for providing this care. The answer is
“100 percent” of the cost of a defined list of services. (42 U.S.C. §More...   $0 (10-17-2019 - CA)