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Funeral-goers describe Texas swindler as loving

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:38:14 -0400

GRANBURY, Texas - Billie Sol Estes may have been infamous as a swindler who spent time in prison for Texas-sized schemes, but his family and friends say he was a loving, generous man who once gave his Cadillac to a stranger who needed a ride.

Man accused of embezzling $255K to change plea

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:05:13 -0400

CORTEZ, Colorado - Prosecutors say a 42-year-old man accused of embezzling $255,000 from an office supply company in Cortez is expected to change his plea.

Store owner's insurance fraud trial goes to jury

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:59:06 -0400

DARLINGTON, South Carolina - A jury is getting ready to decide the fate of a Hartsville store owner accused of faking an assault and setting fire to her own store to get insurance money.

21 NE Ind. residents charged in welfare fraud scam

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:53:06 -0400

FORT WAYNE, Indiana - Northeastern Indiana authorities have charged 21 people in a welfare fraud scam alleging that they illegally exploited welfare benefits to stock a Fort Wayne restaurant's pantry shelves.

Man pleads guilty in international fraud case

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:43:46 -0400

WASHINGTON - A man who told people in Washington he was a former British spy has pleaded guilty to defrauding former business associates of $2.1 million.

NW Ind. surveyor indicted on federal fraud charges

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:52:06 -0400

HAMMOND, Indiana - A county surveyor from northwestern Indiana has been indicted on federal charges alleging he used public employees and resources to run his re-election campaign.

Vt. AG urges Congress to combat elder fraud

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:46:13 -0400

MONTPELIER, Vermont - Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell wants Congress to do more to combat what he calls "elder fraud."

14-year term for Calif. doc promising cancer cure

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:19:18 -0400

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles doctor was sentenced Friday to 14 years in federal prison for bilking patients out of more than $1 million by promising them that an herbal supplement she hawked could cure late-stage cancer and other diseases.

Cancer, rape fraud case bowls over Mich. community

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:58:54 -0400

LEXINGTON, Michigan - Carol Connell remembers well the gift she gave Sara Ylen, a friend seemingly forced to bear too much misery. Ylen, a Michigan mother of two young boys, said she was battling cancer just a few years after a man was convicted of her rape.

Conn. court: Lawyers can't be sued for fraud

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:51:23 -0400

HARTFORD, Connecticut - The state Supreme Court has ruled in an ex-NFL player's case that Connecticut lawyers can't be sued for fraud for their conduct in court cases because of a centuries-old legal doctrine.

Agent for deceased Saints player faces wire fraud

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:48:22 -0400

NEW ORLEANS - The sports agent of late New Orleans Saints defensive lineman Frank Warren has been charged with one-count bill of information with wire fraud.

Wis. surgeon indicted on health care fraud counts

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:17:14 -0400

MADISON, Wisconsin - A federal grand jury has indicted a Milwaukee spinal surgeon on 13 counts of federal health care fraud.

Convicted SD optometrist publicly apologizes

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:11:04 -0400

PIERRE, South Dakota - A former South Dakota optometrist has publicly apologized for committing Medicaid fraud over a period of more than three years.

Former insurance agent gets 5 years in fraud case

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:26:57 -0400

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana - A 35-year-old Denham Springs man has been sentenced in Baton Rouge federal court to nearly five years in prison and ordered to pay two life insurance companies more than $1.4 million for frauds he committed against them.

Briton convicted of fraud in stadium dirt case

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:28:07 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut - A British citizen living in Westport has been convicted in a fraud case that involved plans to sell dirt from the old Yankee Stadium in New York.

State to recover $376K in Medicaid case

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:04:32 -0400

JUNEAU, Alaska - The state of Alaska is expected to share in a $500-million settlement over state and federal allegations that an India-based pharmaceutical manufacturer distributed adulterated drugs.

33 more charged in Fla. staged auto accident probe

Fri, 17 May 2013 03:05:05 -0400

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida - Authorities in South Florida say 33 more people have been charged in a three-year crackdown on staged auto accidents used to defraud insurance companies out of millions of dollars.

Nev. couple sentenced in Ore. welfare fraud case

Fri, 17 May 2013 01:48:07 -0400

OREGON CITY, Oregon - An Oregon judge has sentenced a Nevada couple who received $229,000 in unjustified payments from state and county agencies and an insurance company.

Former West Texas mayor admits stealing $100K

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:29:05 -0400

MIDLAND, Texas - The former mayor of a tiny West Texas town has pleaded guilty to stealing about $100,000 from the town treasury.

Jamaica woman accused of conning elderly Canadian

Thu, 16 May 2013 21:52:42 -0400

KINGSTON, Jamaica - A Jamaican woman has been charged with fraud after allegedly swindling an elderly Canadian man in a lottery scam.

Mo. bill to curb welfare fraud sent to Nixon

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:44:17 -0400

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - Missouri welfare recipients could not spend their cash benefits at casinos, liquor stores or adult-entertainment establishments under legislation sent to Gov. Jay Nixon on Thursday.

Edwards reactivates law license, speaking at event

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:27:32 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - Former presidential contender John Edwards has reactivated his license to practice law and is setting out on the speaking circuit.

Ga. Rep. Brooks of Atlanta indicted for wire fraud

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:56:33 -0400

ATLANTA - Georgia state Rep. Tyrone Brooks has been charged in a 30-count federal grand jury indictment with mail fraud, wire fraud and filing false tax returns, U.S. District Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said Thursday.

Koster seeks closer monitoring of ex-Mamtek CEO

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:23:11 -0400

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - Missouri prosecutors want a judge to let them keep closer tabs on the former head of a failed artificial sweetener plant in Moberly.

Schuette: Michigan to get $2.3M from drug case

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:17:00 -0400

LANSING, Michigan - Michigan is expected to receive a $2.3 million share of a $500 million settlement of claims that an India-based pharmaceutical manufacturer distributed adulterated drugs.