Green Bay mayor charged with violating election law
Green Bay's mayor is facing criminal charges of violating state election law.
Ex-MillerCoors official pleads guilty in $8 million fraud
A former vice president at MillerCoors has pleaded guilty to defrauding the beer-maker of more than $8 million.
Businessman who landed state loans indicted
A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted a Wisconsin businessman on charges that he conspired to fraudulently obtain bank loans.
Lawyer gets 4 years in prison for estate planning fraud
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 Buck Tate George back in court for fraud sentencing
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 considering tougher penalties for benefits fraud
Lawmakers on Thursday will consider a proposal that would place steeper criminal penalties on those who defraud the state's unemployment-benefits system.
DOJ unemployment fraud referrals rise in 2015
Wisconsin labor officials referred 36 unemployment fraud cases to the state Department of Justice during the past year, up from six cases in 2014.
Lab settles Medicare fraud allegations
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.
Guilty pleas in Kohl’s customer reward fraud
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.
DOJ secures $1.8m in restitution in travel case
The state Department of Justice has agreed to a $2.3 million settlement to resolve two travel scam cases.
Beaver Dam farmer accused of crop insurance fraud
A farmer in Beaver Dam is being accused of defrauding a crop insurance company.
Panel plans stiffer penalties for unemployment fraud
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.
Legal News
- Evers signs bills addressing threats against judges
- Illegal immigrant charged with Fond du Lac domestic violence stabbing
- Milwaukee creates requirements for private security guards after Isaiah Allen’s shooting death
- Milwaukee Police asking for public’s assistance after shooting of 6-year-old
- Man shot at Miami Hilton
- Wisconsin Supreme Court lets ruling stand that declared Amazon drivers to be employees
- Steven Avery prosecutor’s leaked diary reveals Ken Kratz’s confession
- Trevor Casper, killed in the line of duty, remembered 9 years later
- DOJ vs. Apple (chart)
- Milwaukee officers shoot, critically wound man when he fires at them during pursuit, police say
- Appellate courts do away with paper briefs
- Man dies from becoming trapped in municipal Wisconsin water tank
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