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A 24-year-old man with ties to Wolcott, Connecticut, is facing federal charges after prosecutors say he ran a crypto investment scam and funneled nearly $1 million of victims’ Bitcoin into online bets on the offshore gambling site Stake.com. A grand jury in New Haven returned the 21-count indictment on January 20, and authorities unsealed it […]
Federal prosecutors say a 31-year-old Jamaican citizen is now facing serious charges in Connecticut over what they describe as a yearslong sweepstakes scam that drained millions of dollars from older Americans. Court documents unsealed in New Haven lay out allegations that Richard Murray and several others operated the scheme beginning as early as 2018. Investigators […]
The fifth man in an illegal sports betting ring has been named by the FBI. LaVonte Holmes, 24, was found to have been involved with the ring between 2022 and 2024. It’s reported that the scheme would involve abusing stolen identities to conduct bets on vulnerable platforms. Birth dates, Social Security numbers, and more were […]
The U.S. District Judge Virginia Covington has sentenced a man in Tampa, Florida, to seven years and six months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aiding and assisting in the filing of false and fraudulent tax returns tied to fabricated gambling winnings and losses. Along with the sentencing, the court has […]
A federal judge has ordered CVS Health’s pharmacy benefit manager, Caremark, to pay nearly $290 million after a whistleblower accused the business of overcharging Medicare on prescription drugs more than a decade ago. Sarah Behnke, a former Aetna actuary, alleged Caremark defrauded Medicare Part D by causing false drug cost reports to be submitted in […]
