The COVID-19 unemployment benefits provided from the federal programs, like the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), were not directly cut onto Electronic Transfer Fund (EFT) cards. Instead, these federal benefits were distributed through state unemployment agencies, and some recipients may have received these funds via prepaid debit cards issued by banks like U.S. Bank and […]
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Reina Isom gave 50 people a class tutorial in the hard knocks school on how to use stolen identities to commit fraud. For nearly a decade, Isom devised and carried out an elaborate scheme to defraud the Department of Education out of nearly one million dollars in federal financial aid, using 50 stolen identities. To […]
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Hard to deny that infomercials know how to sell using a variety of techniques that create a sense of urgency and appeal to emotions that capture viewer attention. They encourage them to buy what was earlier not necessarily wanted. A perfect tactic for a fraudster scheming to sell thousands of orthotic braces on the taxpayers […]
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On June 28, 2025, Jon M. Hallford of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison and ordered to pay $1,070,413.74 in restitution for a conspiracy to commit wire fraud. This has been described as no ordinary fraud case—and with good reason—as Hallford still awaits sentencing on state charges related to abuse […]
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