fraud

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Gina Champion-Cain’s real estate company, American National Investments, released a statement Friday.

The ex-operator of The Patio Group, Gina Champion-Cain, was accused of scamming investors out of about $400 million, reports NBC 7’s Artie Ojeda.

A Los Angeles man was arrested Thursday and charged with fraudulently seeking more than $8.5 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans. Andrew Marnell, 40, was charged in Los Angeles federal court by criminal complaint, unsealed upon his arrest, with one count of bank fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The complaint alleges that Marnell obtained $8.5 million in PPP…

A Southern California man who authorities say tried to sell $6 million worth of phony paintings he claimed were created by Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and other modern masters was sentenced Wednesday to five years in federal prison. Philip Righter, 43, of West Hollywood was sentenced in a federal court in Miami after pleading guilty to wire fraud, aggravated identity…

A Manhattan resident has been charged for a fraudulent scheme to obtain over $20 million in government-guaranteed loans designed to provide relief to small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Muge Ma, 36 and from Manhattan, is charged with one count each of bank fraud, wire fraud, and making false statements to a bank — each of…

Federal officials say the COVID-19 outbreak has unleashed a wave of fraud

Two men lied about their businesses in loan applications under the new Paycheck Protection Program, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday, saying they are the first to be charged with fraud in connection with the multibillion-dollar loan initiative in the United States. The two men were been charged in Rhode Island with filing fraudulent bank loan applications seeking $438,000 from the Small…

The attorney for a San Diego physician arrested for allegedly selling what he described as a miracle cure for coronavirus argues his client is being unfairly charged.

A San Diego physician is due in federal court on Friday following his arrest for allegedly selling what he described as a “miracle cure” that could render people immune from COVID-19 for at least six weeks.

A Carmel Valley doctor is due to appear in federal court after he allegedly sold people fake coronavirus miracle cures.

Scam artists are up to their old tricks, but with a new twist: exploiting confusion around the government’s stimulus check program to defraud people to give up banking and personal information.

A warehouse of merchandise and coffee from San Diego’s Swell Coffee Co. is up for auction amid a $300 million fraud case against the now-closed shop’s owner and operator, renowned San Diego business executive Gina Champion-Cain.

Hundreds of items from Swell Coffee are being auctioned off amid a fraud case against the owner.

A San Diego-based real estate investor is accused of defrauding dozens of victims out of $300 million through a liquor license loan funding program. NBC 7’s Jackie Crea reports.

The captain of a capsized catamaran talks exclusively to NBC 7 about his daring Coast Guard rescue. NBC 7’s Bridget Naso has more.

A Massachusetts mayor who was first elected at age 23 was arrested Thursday and charged with defrauding investors in a company he formed out of more than $230,000 and using the funds to enhance his political career and pay for a lavish lifestyle, federal prosecutors said. Jasiel Correia faces nine counts of wire fraud and four counts of filing false...

New York State Tax officials are investigating allegations detailed in an exhaustive New York Times investigation into Donald Trump and his family’s business dealings. The Times reported on Tuesday that Trump and his family committed “instances of outright fraud” in order to transfer millions of dollars from the real estate empire of the president’s father, Fred Trump, to his children...

A former reality television show star is facing charges of fraud and identity theft after allegedly stealing and using a debit card from a man she allegedly visited for a prostitution date, authorities say.