A major shift in how millions of Americans receive their Social Security benefits is underway. By September 30, the Social Security Administration (SSA) will cease issuing paper checks for benefit ...

Jaime Ornelas’s mother and co-defendant Misty Ornelas, 48, of Turlock, was sentenced to 18 months in prison. According to court documents, beginning in June 2020, Jaime Ornelas and Misty Ornelas ...

Herman Brunis of Cincinnati sentenced to over a year in prison for COVID-19 relief fraud, must pay $300,000 restitution.

A massive fraud scheme targeting federal nutrition funding during the pandemic resulted in 38 guilty pleas, with conspirators using $250 million meant for hungry kids.

A Modesto man and his Turlock mother were sentenced to federal prison for a scheme that used inmate identities to steal over $150,000 in pandemic unemployment benefits.

Prosecutors said he claimed his business employed eight people and had an annual payroll of more than $583,000. In reality, ...

Court documents revealed that the scheme began in June 2020. Jaime Ornelas, incarcerated at High Desert State Prison in Lassen County, provided his mother, Misty Ornelas, with the personal information ...

Some scammers will place stickers over legitimate QR codes in public spaces, like on parking meters and posters. As a safe ...

COVID-19 relief fraud has cost Americans billions of dollars, and new cases continue to emerge as the total amount of fraud ...

A St. Louis tax preparer is accused of fraudulently obtaining hundreds thousands of dollars in COVID-19 pandemic relief funds and using the money on personal expenses.

From the largest National Health Care Fraud Takedown operation in the Justice Department’s history to another suspect charged in a case involving a Chicago hospital, here are 10 healthcare billing ...

Rossi founded Reditus Laboratories in 2019. The lab played a significant role in providing COVID tests throughout Central ...