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September 30, 2021 — The owner of several Inland Empire-based trucking companies has pleaded guilty to five felony charges, admitting he engaged in an array of criminal conduct, including:

Group allegedly created fake companies to obtain federal COVID-19 relief loans

Raphael Jarrel Smiley, 32, and Beth Ann Kierczak, 37, are facing a slew of charges in connection with creating fake COVID vaccination cards and selling them to the public in two separate cases.

Telehealth has evolved from an infrequent method of providing health care services that was often abused into a vital tool used by providers to connect with patients. Government agency uses of claims analysis and data analytics in telehealth fraud investigations.

Turns out there is a wrong way to fundraise.

Tribune Staff View Comments BILLINGS – Two Montana men were arraigned July 27 on charges in connection with a scheme to defraud a bank of approximately $1 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and to use those funds for their personal benefit, including buying property and vehicles. Trevor Gene Lanius-McLeod, also known as Trevor Gene McLeod, 48, of Laurel, and Kasey Jones Wilson, 29, of Helena, each pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging them with bank fraud and with engag...

BILLINGS – Two Montana men were arraigned on charges in connection with a scheme to defraud a bank of approximately $1 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and to use those funds for their personal benefit, including buying property and vehicles, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said Tuesday. Trevor Gene Lanius-McLeod, also known as Trevor Gene McLeod, 48, of Laurel, and Kasey Jones Wilson, 29, of Helena, each pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging them with bank fr...

Maple Grove Man Pleads Guilty to PPP Fraud Scheme According to court documents, 47-year-old Aditya Sharma, was the founder, CEO, and president of Crosscode Inc., a cloud-based software development company originally headquartered in Maple Grove. In November 2019, Sharma was removed as an officer and terminated from the company by Crosscode’s board of directors. Between May 2020 and July 2020, Sharma created three separate technology companies, Kloudgaze Inc., Neoforma LLC, and Mokume LLC. Fr...

Houston man pleads guilty in $317M N95 mask scam July 27, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Dr. LouAnn Woodward, vice chancellor for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical School, displays N95 face masks on Friday, July 16, 2021, during a news conference in Jackson, Miss.Rogelio V. Solis /Associated Press HOUSTON — A 56-year-old Houston resident has pleaded guilty to a scheme to fraudulently sell 50 million non-existent N95 facemasks to the Australi...

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