By Chuck Gallagher on
3/23/2008 5:44 PM
It doesn't seem that White Collar Crime takes a holiday - even if it is Saint Patrick's Day and Holy Week combined. Wonder if that confounds Irishmen around the world? Sorry, I digressed - back to the week in review.
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida: Seven were indicted on a credit-car ...
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By Chuck Gallagher on
3/23/2008 5:42 PM
The target - people drowning in debt, their nose barely above water, needing help. The solution (so they thought) was the Dorean Group. The outcome - a big fat scam. There is no such thing as a free ride.
Kurt F. Johnson, age 45, and Dale Scott Heineman, age 48, were sentenced last week for their roles in creating this national debt elimination scheme. Johnson will spend 25 years in federal prison (that's 55% of his life thus far) - exiting prison after his 65th birthday. Heineman was sentenced to 21 years - likewise, exiting after his 65th birthday.
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By Chuck Gallagher on
3/23/2008 5:41 PM
Facing 20 years in federal prison, R. Gregory Gibbs plead guilty to mail fraud in an investigation that uncovered a massive Ponzi scheme. Facts, as they appear in the US Attorney's news release appear below:
Gibbs admitted that he engaged in a scheme to defraud numerous individuals who had invested in Golden Summit, ...
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By Chuck Gallagher on
3/23/2008 5:40 PM
Seven plus years in federal prison is no fun! Yet, for her fraudulent activities that is exactly what Carol Estep, age 54, of Hurley, Virginia got. “This defendant made one false statement after another, all in the name of greed,” U.S. Attorney John Brownlee said today. “In order to line her own pockets, Ms. Estep stole money from disabled individuals who were truly in need of financial assistance.”
As a white collar crime speaker, I often state that Every choice has a consequence. In the case of Estep her choices have significant consequences not only to herself but others she was associated with. Not only was a fraud committed by Estep - her son, Timothy Carl Ling, age 30, a ...
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By Chuck Gallagher on
3/23/2008 5:39 PM
The other day I received a wonderful e-mail from an unexpected source - Jada Carlsons mother - Faith.
As a reminder and for a little background, many months back there was a story about a young girl in Garland, Texas who (with the help of her month) created a fictious story to win Hannah Montana tickets. When uncovered it took the news media by storm. As a teen ethics speaker through the Choices Foundation, I wrote a blog about the lesson that this young girls mother taught and the consequences that followed.
Soon after ...
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By Chuck Gallagher on
3/23/2008 5:38 PM
So many times today we hear about identity theft and how to take precautions to avoid it. The reality is - every choice has a consequence. In the first conviction in the Country - peer to peer file sharing produced a conviction for identity theft. GREGORY KOPILOFF, 35, of Seattle, Washington, was sentenced to 51 months in prison and three years of supervised release for Mail Fraud, Accessing a Protected Computer without Authorization to Further Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft.
KOPILOFF pleaded guilty in November 2007, admitting he used file sharing programs to invade the computers of victims across the United States to get access to their personal information in tax returns, credit reports, bank statements and student financial aid applications. KOPILOFF used the personal information of more than 50 people to commit his fraud ...
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By Chuck Gallagher on
3/23/2008 5:37 PM
You do reap what you sow. Lloyd McGriff, a Dallas, Texas area physician is currently serving a 16 month sentence for Medicare health care fraud. Now it looks like he'll be joined by his co-conspirators - Udo Johnny, owner of Metropolitan Home Medical Equipment and Emmanuel "Bob" Edet owner of Medicare Supplies.
Johnny pled guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and pay illegal remunerations. In October, his co-defendant Edet pled guilty to the same offense. As part of their guilty pleas, Johnny and Edet admitted to conspiring with others to pay illegal kickbacks to Lloyd McGriff, M.D., a phy ...
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By Chuck Gallagher on
3/22/2008 9:10 PM
Some things in life are obvious - one such thing is don't bribe elected officials. Apparently Mr. Telles was absent from class in law school the day that was taught. On March 14, 2008 Raymond Telles, age 51, former city representative and unsuccessful mayoral candidate plead guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and deprivation of honest services - all of the above is basically - bribery.
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By Chuck Gallagher on
3/22/2008 9:08 PM
Most people might look at the title and assume the Sherriff's Deputy was the one who saved the day. WRONG! He was the one guilty. As I've said before, Child Pornographers come from all walks of life.
MICHAEL PAUL KENNEDY, 32, pleaded guilty to transporting or shipping child pornography, receipt of child pornography, and possessi ...
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By Chuck Gallagher on
3/22/2008 9:05 PM
To some it is easy to cheat the government. Years ago I taught courses on proper coding of medicare and medicaid billing. The courses were successful, but often, I would get people following the course to tell me an "inside" tip about how to circumvent the system in order to maximize the return - fraudulent coding in effect. My response - You'll go to jail for that.
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