A 39-year-old former investment manager in Georgia was already facing federal charges that he robbed hundreds of retirees of their savings through a Ponzi scheme when the rapid spread of COVID-19 presented an opportunity. Christopher A. Parris started pitching himself ...

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Where in a dispute regarding an unpaid loan in which the district court entered judgment in favor of the estate of the woman who made the loan, the court correctly instructed the jury on the elements of fraudulent concealment under ...

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Defendant appealed from the district court’s sentence imposed after defendant pleaded guilty to fraud offenses pursuant to a plea agreement that contained an appeal waiver. On appeal, defendant challenged the substantive reasonableness of her sentence. Where the appeal waiver in ...

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Plaintiff, a commercial-printing company, purchased a commercial-grade printing press from defendant. Four years after the purchase, plaintiff filed suit, asserting a claim of fraud against defendant. Plaintiff alleged that the printing press had neither the speed nor the durability defendant ...

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A federal judge in Kansas City awarded $22.75 million in damages to a Missouri state court judge and a professional golfer who were defrauded by a longtime acquaintance. In her Nov. 22 judgment, Chief U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips found ...

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Federal agents took down an alleged Medicare fraud scheme Friday that exploited seniors’ curiosity about genetic medicine by enticing them to get their cheeks swabbed for unneeded DNA tests. Medicare was billed about $2 billion. Dubbed “Operation Double Helix,” the ...

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Federal agents took down an alleged Medicare fraud scheme Friday that exploited seniors’ curiosity about genetic medicine by enticing them to get their cheeks swabbed for unneeded DNA tests. Medicare was billed about $2 billion. Dubbed “Operation Double Helix,” the ...

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Equifax 2017 . Marriott 2018 . Capital One 2019 . Data breaches through hacking attacks are distressingly common these days, and personal details about you can lead to identity theft, such as credit cards and loans in your name. But ...

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Equifax 2017 . Marriott 2018 . Capital One 2019 . Data breaches through hacking attacks are distressingly common these days, and personal details about you can lead to identity theft, such as credit cards and loans in your name. But ...

Tagged with: Capital One credit data breaches Equifax fraud ID theft Identity Theft Resource Center Mariott

Plaintiffs filed a diversity action against defendants, asserting claims of fraud and breach of fiduciary duty. Plaintiffs alleged that defendants had misrepresented and failed to disclose trust assets to them which resulted in shares of stock not being distributed to ...

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Where a wife challenged a trial court’s dismissal of her motion to set aside a judgment of dissolution on the grounds of alleged fraud, arguing that the court erred by granting the husband’s motion for judgment on the pleadings because ...

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