In May 2024, Rashawn Russell, a former investment banker from Brooklyn, was sentenced to 41 months in prison and was ordered to pay $1.5 million in restitution after pleading guilty to operating a crypto fraud scheme in which he promised investors gu…
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Insurance fraud occurs when a person makes false claims to an insurance company to obtain money or something else of value they are not entitled to. Like other fraud crimes, there is no single form of insurance fraud, and insurance fraud charges appl…
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Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) are part of the United States government’s ongoing efforts to target money laundering, fraud, and other financial crimes. Under the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970, financial institutions are required to report suspiciou…
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Michael Hild, the founder and former CEO of Live Well Financial, Inc., was sentenced in January to 44 months in prison for his role in orchestrating a $200 million bond fraud scheme. Live Well was a Virginia-based company that handled government-guar…
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Sam Bankman-Fried, the 30-year-old co-founder of crypto-exchange FTX, was charged in December with multiple counts of securities fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy, money laundering, and violating campaign finance regulations. Federal prosecutors claim th…
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In October 2022, a New York federal judge sentenced former Chicago Bulls forward Eddie Robinson to time served for submitting fake claims to the NBA’s health plan. One of his co-defendants, a former guard for the Boston Celtics, Terrence Williams,…
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Individuals and companies can both face criminal fraud charges. While companies charged with fraud face substantial fines, individuals accused of fraud could serve a lengthy prison sentence and face additional collateral consequences, including loss…
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Congress passed the CARES Act in March of 2020, providing billions of dollars in economic relief to help American businesses cope with hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the CARES Act, the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Progr…
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Filing a False Tax Return in Violation of 26 U.S.C. §7206 Under 26 U.S.C. §7206, it is a felony to willfully make false statements on a tax return or willfully aid or assist someone in filing a false tax return. The penalty for violating the statut…
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