Fraud Of The Day

Stealing an identity is not so hard when states provide all a fraudster needs on a death certificate. It has been standard practice in Massachusetts for decades to include Social Security numbers on death certificates. Why? It is a state law. But many would say it is unnecessary information. Afterall, there really isn’t anything you The post Unnecessary Information appeared first on Fraud Of The Day.

Stanislav Bril, also known as “Stan Bril” and “Slava Bril,” by the judge who sentenced him to more than eleven years in in federal prison, will be known by Fraud of The Day as “Grossly Exaggerated.” Because, for all the schemes that he concocted over a thirteen-year span, court documents consistently claimed that Bril grossly The post Grossly Exaggerated appeared first on Fraud Of The Day.

Summer Matteson and Terrence Ewing were co -managers of Laynie Foundation. A part time mental health counseling provider for the youth and full-time cloak for fraud. Matteson and Ewing, along with foundation employee Richard Grundy fraudulently billed Illinois Medicaid for more mental health counseling services than the foundation actually provided. Not only that, Matteson, Ewing The post Billable Hours appeared first on Fraud Of The Day.

When it came to the COVID-19 pandemic relief CARES Act, there were no parts, large or small, that were ignored by fraudsters. To support communities and local governments that were struggling due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government distributed emergency funding to local governments to maintain vital local services. A small part in comparison The post A Small Part appeared first on Fraud Of The Day.

For all intents and purposes, California did everything right to ensure that the unemployment benefits were getting to real people during the pandemic shut down. But there was no manual provided to the states when the U.S Congress approved the CARES Act with orders for each state to get the money to the U.S. citizens, The post For The Next Pandemic appeared first on Fraud Of The Day.

Fraud never happens at a good time. And it certainly doesn’t hold off during celebrations! Two years ago, one victim found her life profoundly changed while at a wedding in Boston, Massachusetts. Shortly after the wedding, a teller at a Bank of America in Saratoga Springs, New York, handed over 5,000 to a fraudster using The post Circle Of Hell appeared first on Fraud Of The Day.

Reginald Fullwood was the owner of Jackson Medical Supply. A multi-million dollar business successfully based on fraud. Why build a business on hard work and solid a market plan when you can ship millions of dollars in fraudulent durable medical equipment orders? All on the U.S. taxpayer’s dollar. In May of 2016, Fullwood asked the The post Redirecting Fraud appeared first on Fraud Of The Day.

There is one thing you can say about David Constantin. He didn’t leave anyone out. The more the merrier for him. Especially when it came to stealing from the U.S. taxpayer. Constantin was said to be the mastermind behind a scheme leading (using?) two hundred and thirteen people to fraudulently obtain more than $5 million The post The More The Merrier appeared first on Fraud Of The Day.

Hangry is a real thing folks. The term “hangry” is a combination of the words “hunger” and “anger” is more than a phenomenon with research showing a clear connection between hunger and increased feelings of irritability and anger. And for SNAP benefit recipients, it must be constant. Austin Metzler had his leg amputated nine years The post Hangry Victims appeared first on Fraud Of The Day.

Social Scientist and Harvard business School professor, Arthur Brooks says that people are wired for dissatisfaction and that satisfaction is fleeting. “It’s why, when you achieve conventional, acquisitive success you can never get enough.” Which could explain Roy Layne’s need to commit not one, but two consecutive government fraud schemes. Because once he achieved success The post Wired For Dissatisfaction appeared first on Fraud Of The Day.