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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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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Former Jackson County Circuit Court Administrator Teresa York was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $140,000 in restitution for a fraud scheme involving the circuit court.

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Jillian Nichols, a St. Louis paralegal, pleaded guilty Tuesday to trying to defraud a law firm client by lying and telling the client a prosecutor on his case had solicited a bribe.

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Most business owners think effective fraud prevention is only for the big Fortune 500 companies, but there are some simple steps that you can take right now to help prevent fraud.

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The U.S. claims Bank of America and Countrywide, which it acquired in 2008, sold thousands of defective loans from 2007 to 2009 to the home-mortgage finance companies.

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In every industry – not just those thought of as high-hazard – there are certain risks in the workplace. And an injury that renders a worker unable to do his or her job presents a serious financial strain on Missouri ...

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The state of Texas declined to join a fraud lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson by a fired sales representative whose separate whistleblower complaint is the subject of a jury trial pending in Trenton, N.J. Lynn Powell, who was fired in ...

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A St. Louis woman says her home is making her and her dogs sick. About five years ago, Richard and Shirley Sanders paid $204,000 for a new home built on 17th Street without knowing that the land used to be an auto wrecking yard in the 1970s, they say in a lawsuit against the developer, Choate Construction & Development Inc. of Maryland Heights. Within a year of buying the property, the couple began to find auto parts in the soil. Within three years, Shirley Sanders, who landscaped the yard, developed tumors on her legs.

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Missouri gets $22M, breaking fraud recovery record

The state of Missouri will receive $22 million from Pfizer Inc. as part of a $2.3 billion nationwide Medicaid fraud settlement. The $22 million award marks a record-breaking year for the state in Medicaid fraud recovery. The Attorney General's Office said so far in 2009 it has collected more than $75 million in Medicaid fraud recovery.

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