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  • 21 Mar 2024 11:19 PM | Anonymous

    Complaint charges Women’s Cancer Fund  and its operator with Raising more than $18 Million from Donors, with only 1% going to financial support for cancer patients. Source: Maryland Attorney General’s office

  • 14 Mar 2024 11:27 PM | Anonymous

    A federal judge on Thursday ordered that probation for former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, convicted of fraud charges for her “Healthy Holly” book scheme, be terminated early. Source: Baltimore Sun via msn.com

  • 11 Mar 2024 11:59 PM | Anonymous

    Small businesses and nonprofits can receive free internal control risk assessments from Justice for Fraud Victims (JFV) at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business.

    The group launched in 2023 as a collaboration of UMD Smith and the Prince George's County Financial Crimes Unit and State's Attorney's Office. The program engages students in investigating financial fraud – including against members of vulnerable populations — with local law enforcement officers.

    The program further involves forensic accounting in investigating real-life cases of fraud and analyzing evidence from grand jury-subpoenaed documents. The students also receive assistance from UMD faculty and oversight of Certified Fraud Examiners, as well as other professionals. Source:PR Newswire via  Morningstar.com

  • 07 Mar 2024 4:55 PM | Anonymous

    The Attorney General joined a bipartisan coalition of 41 Attorneys General in sending a letter to Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) addressing the recent increase in Facebook and Instagram platform account takeovers by scammers. Source Maryland Attorney General. Source: Maryland Attorney General


  • 03 Mar 2024 11:42 PM | Anonymous

    A Maryland firm that oversees the nation's largest independent network of primary care medical practices is facing a whistleblower lawsuit alleging it cheated Medicare out of millions of dollars using billing software "rigged" to make patients appear sicker than they were... Aledade's senior vice president for communications, denied the allegations. Source: msn.com

     
  • 01 Mar 2024 11:32 AM | Anonymous

    The hustler worked for the U.S. Army at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, as a financial program manager and allegedly created a shell company…She had amassed a portfolio of homes in Texas, Maryland, Colorado, Washington, and New Mexico -  which, the prosecutors claim, she bought with the fraudulent cash...One of the sprawling mansions that drew attention was an eight-bedroom, sixteen-bathroom home in Preston, Maryland - as the IRS began to question how she afforded such lavish purchases on a $130,000 salary.  Source: Daily Mail via MSN.com

  • 27 Feb 2024 11:08 PM | Anonymous
    There’s a new scam circulating that’s costing Marylanders millions of dollars. It’s multi-layered with significant losses and the FBI is seeing it more often. Source: WMAR-2, Matter for Mallory.


  • 17 Feb 2024 11:08 PM | Anonymous
    Marylanders made 43,433 fraud reports in 2023, according to data released by the Federal Trade Commission. Most of the reports — 14,968 — were for imposter scams, Source: Baltimore Banner


  • 16 Feb 2024 11:35 PM | Anonymous
    The Defendant and His Co-Defendant Used Fraudulent Debt Elimination Classes to Defraud Victims and Obtain Their Personal Identifying Information. Source: US Attorney’s Office, District of Maryland


  • 12 Feb 2024 11:43 PM | Anonymous

    A judge sentenced the Riverdale, Maryland, man to five years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud and for conspiracy to make false statements relating to health care matters in connection with a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicaid.  The defendant’s conviction stems from a scheme involving services purportedly provided by Holy Health Care Services, LLC (“Holy Health”), a mental health services provider with locations in Washington, D.C. The judge also ordered the man to pay restitution in the full amount of the loss, $4,450,588.66.  Source: US Attorney, District of Maryland

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