Tag: Fraud

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Trump says he’s pardoning Scott Jenkins, a sheriff convicted of taking $75,000 in bribes

President Trump said Monday he is pardoning Scott Jenkins, a former Virginia sheriff who was convicted of making several businessmen sworn law enforcement officers in exchange for cash bribes. Former Culpeper County Sheriff Jenkins, 53, was found guilty on fraud and bribery charges and sentenced to 10 years in prison in March. But on Monday, Mr. […]

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DoJ Boosts Awards for Whistleblowers in White-Collar Migration Crimes

The Department of Justice is expanding a whistleblower program to reward corporate insiders who expose hidden white-collar migration crimes. “Today, we have added the following priority areas for tips: procurement and federal program fraud; trade, tariff, and customs fraud; violations of federal immigration law,” said a department official, Matthew Galeotti, chief of the department’s Criminal Division.  The […]

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Police officer partied at music festival and ran 5K races while she collected $600,000 for fake injury, California DA says

A Southern California police officer was caught partying at the Stagecoach Music Festival while collecting more than $600,000 in workers’ compensation for a head injury that prosecutors allege was faked. Westminster officer Nicole Brown, 39, was charged Monday with 15 felonies of workers’ compensation and insurance fraud, the Orange County District Attorney’s office said in […]

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