BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors have filed a health care fraud charge against a Massachusetts doctor accused of faking research for a dozen years in published studies that suggested after-surgery benefits from painkillers. (more)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge in Ohio has ordered two years’ probation for an immigration lawyer who illegally married to gain permanent U.S. residence. (more)
CHICAGO (AP) — Scammers emerge as predictably as earthquake aftershocks following natural disasters, making it imperative for consumers to be wary of unsolicited appeals to aid victims in Haiti. (more)
NEW YORK (AP) — A Chicago lawyer has been sentenced to seven years in prison by a federal judge who said his excessive loyalty to Refco Inc. led him to help the company carry out a $2.4 billion fraud. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday will tell a panel investigating the financial crisis that the Justice Department is using “every tool at its disposal” to fight the financial crimes that contributed to the meltdown and could cause another. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Securities and Exchange Commission named six people on Wednesday to lead new investigative units as the agency reorganizes its enforcement efforts. (more)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida lawyer charged in a $1.2 billion fraud apparently heeded the American Express slogan “Don’t leave home without it.” (more)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former CEO and chairman of Homestore Inc. is scheduled to plead guilty Tuesday to conspiring to commit securities fraud in a scheme to inflate the company’s revenue to win over Wall Street analysts. (more)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The founder and manager of two Beverly Hills hedge funds has been sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison for cheating investors out of more than $25 million. (more)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former Federal Emergency Management Agency employee and her cousin are being accused of stealing more than $721,000 in Hurricane Katrina relief money. (more)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A West Hollywood antiques dealer has been charged with selling a phony Picasso for $2 million. (more)
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A panel of three judges from the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a motion from a former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse manager to be released on bail while he awaits sentencing. (more)
PHOENIX (AP) — A suburban Phoenix concert promoter has been accused of running a Ponzi scheme that bilked approximately 140 investors out of $25 million, federal authorities said Thursday. (more)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former CEO and chairman of Homestore.com has agreed to plead guilty in a scheme to inflate the company’s revenue to impress Wall Street analysts. (more)
FRANKLIN, Ind. (AP) — An Indianapolis woman has been sentenced to four years in prison after she was convicted of defrauding investors in an Internet business venture. (more)
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian police have issued an arrest warrant for a Canadian man who dubbed himself a “Chinese Warren Buffett” and is accused of masterminding a Ponzi scheme that has left millions of dollars unaccounted for. (more)
CHICAGO (AP) — A suburban Chicago man has pleaded guilty to swindling at least 250 people out of more than $1 million through the online sale of counterfeit prints advertised as the work of Pablo Picasso and other major contemporary artists. (more)
MIAMI (AP) — Disbarred South Florida lawyer Scott Rothstein is negotiating a guilty plea with federal prosecutors on charges of orchestrating a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme using faked legal settlements, his attorney said Tuesday. (more)
MIAMI (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Miami say a suspect in a $55 million Medicare fraud scheme spent big money on exotic cars, horses and jewelry. (more)
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