Recent Posts in Fraud Category
Posted on Sep 21, 2011 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
The last thing you want to find out when you purchase an expensive piece of art work is that it is a forgery. Unfortunately, this was the case for many clients in Los Angeles who were duped by an art ...
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Posted on Jul 13, 2011 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
While most PTA moms have a stellar reputation, three moms in Florida have just been arrested for their involvement in a year's long Ponzi scheme. According to police reports, the three suspects ...
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Posted on Jun 29, 2011 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
After officials were able to gather enough evidence against her, Carla Ann Brennan was arrested for stealing nearly $262,000 in student loans. Brennan, 63, devised a scheme wherein she claimed to help ...
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Posted on May 18, 2011 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
Even after a six-count grand jury indictment against him was unsealed, a Los Angeles Unified school police officer pleaded not guilty this week. Jeffrey Stenroos, 30, has been charged with not only ...
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Posted on Oct 13, 2010 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
This week, new sources have said that a vast network of Armenian gangsters and their associates were placed under arrest for Medicare fraud . Allegedly, the organized crime group was able to defraud ...
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Posted on Aug 4, 2010 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
In Los Angeles, a councilman said that the charges that accuse him of living outside of his San Fernando Valley district are inaccurate. At this time, Richard Alarcon is facing 18 counts of perjury, ...
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Posted on Jun 25, 2010 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
Last week, rumors circulated that federal agencies and state law enforcement would work together to conduct a large-scale mortgage fraud bust across the United States. This week, dozens of alleged ...
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Posted on Jun 11, 2010 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
In Los Angeles, a social services worker who used to work for Los Angeles County was charged with tax fraud . The worker, Trang Van Dinh, was charged after police learned that he filed bogus tax ...
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Posted on May 28, 2010 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
This week, the last defendant involved in a major Medicare fraud scheme was sentenced. For six years, legal proceedings were carried out by federal authorities who initially discovered the $15 million ...
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Posted on May 21, 2010 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
Several news outlets are reporting that two former officials with the California Public Employees' Retirement System have been charged with the criminal act of fraud . According to reports, the two ...
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Posted on Apr 2, 2010 By Law Offices of Gregory H. Comings
A San Bernardino County woman is behind bars for intentionally setting her car on fire so she no longer had to pay for it. Police have charged Ashley Richardson, 23, with multiple counts, including ...
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