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A Greenfield attorney who allegedly defrauded four clients out of $2.2 million was indicted Tuesday on 33 criminal charges.
Tagged with: bank fraud Mail fraud OLR Sarah Laux Wire Fraud
Read More »Wisconsin residents convicted in timeshare scheme
Three Wisconsin residents have been convicted in a timeshare resale scheme that prosecutors say swindled several thousand people out of more than $2 million from 2007 to 2011.
Tagged with: James Santelle Mail fraud Wire Fraud
Read More »Former Milwaukee Buck to argue for conviction reversal
A former NBA player convicted in a real estate Ponzi scheme is due in court to argue for a new trial.
Tagged with: Mail fraud Ponzi scheme Tate George
Read More »Construction company owner indicted on mail fraud charges (UPDATE)
A Janesville construction company owner who allegedly lied about benefits he gave to his employees on compliance forms was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday.
Tagged with: Mail fraud
Read More »Bail denied for convicted former NBA player George
A former NBA player convicted in a real estate Ponzi scheme has been denied bail by a federal judge in New Jersey.
Tagged with: Mail fraud Ponzi scheme Tate George
Read More »Prison worker sentenced for fraud
A federal judge has sentenced a former Wisconsin prison worker to more than a year behind bars for claiming travel expenses he never incurred.
Tagged with: J.P. Stadtmueller Mail fraud theft
Read More »Menomonee Falls woman gets 30 months for tax, mail fraud
A Milwaukee-area woman has been sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to tax, mail and food stamp fraud.
Tagged with: IRS Mail fraud tax fraud
Read More »Appeals court upholds man’s conviction on 50 counts of mail fraud
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the convictions of a Wisconsin man who filed fraudulent small claims lawsuits against residents in multiple counties.
Tagged with: 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Barbara Crabb Diane Wood Mail fraud Stephen Meyer
Read More »Man pleads guilty to lottery scam
A Jamaican national pleaded guilty this week in Wisconsin to a federal charge that he swindled at least $35,000 from more than 50 people in a rip-off known as the Jamaican lottery scam.
Tagged with: FTC Mail fraud Wire Fraud
Read More »Former Minn. man pleads to investment scheme
A former Minnesota man accused of defrauding investors out of more than $2 million has pleaded guilty to mail fraud.
Tagged with: Mail fraud
Read More »10-2140, 10-2181 & 10-2182 U.S. v. Joshua
Mail fraud Sufficiency of the evidence
Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Criminal Digest Mail fraud Sufficiency of the evidence
Read More »09-1960 U.S. v. Boone
Evidence Mail fraud; relevance In a fraud prosecution, evidence of crimes not involving the defendant were relevant to demonstrate the scope of the fraud. “[E]vidence of the blatant and open nature of the requests for payments, and of the large ...
Tagged with: Evidence Digest Mail fraud Relevance
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