State prosecutors filed criminal charges against a Kewaunee farmer, agronomist and hauler who allegedly illegally dumped nearly 3 million gallons of excess manure that washed into tributaries of Lake Michigan.

A Grafton dentist has been convicted of health care fraud for breaking patients' teeth and then claiming they needed crowns in an insurance scam.

If drywall and flooring could talk, it'd probably have a dark story to tell about Wisconsin's ongoing construction boom.

Prosecutors have charged a former Democratic state Assembly candidate with a felony for allegedly forging signatures on her nomination papers.

A De Pere businessman charged with defrauding the state's economic development agency and other investors out of more than $9 million plans to plead guilty to one count of wire fraud.

A New Jersey attorney has admitted running a large-scale mortgage fraud scheme that caused millions of dollars in losses.

The owner of a Wisconsin auto salvage yard is accused of bilking a Fond du Lac recycler out of $14 million.

A former lottery computer administrator from Iowa and a friend from Texas were charged Thursday in Wisconsin with racketeering and theft by fraud for allegedly rigging a 2007 Megabucks game which paid them more than $780,000.

A jury has cleared a Shawano businessman of fraud allegations in a lawsuit brought by Green Bay Packers fans upset that he sold their season tickets to Lambeau Field.

Green Bay's mayor is facing criminal charges of violating state election law.

A former vice president at MillerCoors has pleaded guilty to defrauding the beer-maker of more than $8 million.

A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted a Wisconsin businessman on charges that he conspired to fraudulently obtain bank loans.

A federal judge has sentenced a Greenfield-based lawyer to four years in federal prison and five years of supervised release for stealing millions from clients.

Former NBA player and University of Connecticut star Tate George is in federal court in New Jersey for a sentencing hearing on fraud charges connected to an alleged Ponzi scheme.

Lawmakers on Thursday will consider a proposal that would place steeper criminal penalties on those who defraud the state's unemployment-benefits system.

Wisconsin labor officials referred 36 unemployment fraud cases to the state Department of Justice during the past year, up from six cases in 2014.

A laboratory company in western Wisconsin and its owners have agreed to pay the federal government $8.5 million to settle claims it submitted false billing information to Medicare.

A New Jersey couple accused of defrauding a Kohl's department store customer rewards program of $600,000 has pleaded guilty to federal charges in Milwaukee.

The state Department of Justice has agreed to a $2.3 million settlement to resolve two travel scam cases.

A farmer in Beaver Dam is being accused of defrauding a crop insurance company.

Republicans who control the Legislature's budget committee plan to impose stiffer civil penalties for unemployment fraud but scrap plans to create harsher criminal penalties.

A Milwaukee lawyer has been sentenced to house arrest for helping a client collect $325,000 in an arson fraud.

A Wisconsin appeals court on Tuesday upheld a 10-year prison sentence for a Milwaukee woman accused of defrauding the state's food stamp program.

A federal grand jury has indicted a Florida sports betting consultant on fraud, racketeering, extortion and gun charges after he allegedly threatened a customer into giving him more than $25 million.

A former West Allis mortgage loan modification officer has been charged with 11 felony counts of fraud.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld the broad application of a federal anti-bank fraud law.

A contractor accused of bilking Milwaukee County out of tens of thousands of dollars in federal grant money was no more than a victim of an incompetent bureaucrat, his attorney said Tuesday.

Jury selection began Monday for the trial of contractor Homer Key, who is accused of colluding with a former Milwaukee County employee to steal federal grants intended to help disadvantaged business enterprises.

The U.S. Supreme Court has clarified how restitution must be computed in mortgage fraud cases.

A Greenfield attorney and investment advisor, who is under federal investigation for potential wire and mail fraud, may lose her law license in Wisconsin.