One sham marriage can lead to a jackpot of fraud. Abioli Femi Quadri was a Nigerian citizen who acquired permanent residency in the United States through what he himself described as a “fake wedding” in messages to a woman who was not his wife. Turns out Quadri had no aspirations to be a doting husband, […]
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David Lam was an operations supervisor and claims specialist for the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) office, responsible for helping individuals establish their entitlement to U.S. Social Security benefits, including retirement, disability, and survivor benefits. It is a position that has access to millions of U.S. citizens personal identifying information (PII). Sensitive records that Lam […]
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A compound pharmacy owner, three marketers, a referring physician and two clinic office staff got together. Sounds like a networking night but really was a multi-million dollar healthcare fraud operation bust. Rodriguez was the owner of Pharr Family Pharmacy (PFP). Beginning as early as May 2014 through September 2016, PFP billed various federal healthcare programs […]
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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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