Fraud

Scams targeting Baltimore-area home owners

2013-05-24 12:05:00

Several unscrupulous companies are circulating materials in the Baltimore area that are aimed at taking advantage of homeowners, according to St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center, a Baltimore charity that counsels home buyers and people facing foreclosure....

Baltimore man, 81, loses his home following lottery fraud

2013-03-06 15:58:00

The first caller told Norman Breidenbaugh he had won $2.5 million in a foreign sweepstakes, but there was a catch: Breidenbaugh needed to send $2,000 in fees before collecting his earnings. Other calls followed, promising Breidenbaugh millions more...

Bel Air payroll firm sued for allegedly keeping clients' tax payments

2013-03-01 17:12:34

A Bel Air company that handled payrolls for many employers in the area is being sued by clients for allegedly stealing years of tax payments rather than sending them on to the tax collectors as required — leaving the companies on the hook....

Pennsylvania man wanted in federal 'Ponzi' scheme found in Harford

2013-03-01 06:30:00

A Pennsylvania man, under indictment on federal charges for allegedly running a major "Ponzi" scheme, was recently arrested in Harford County on unrelated theft charges and then quickly whisked away by federal marshals. Istvan A. Merchenthaler, 42, is...

Bel Air payroll company accused in lawsuits of stealing from clients

2013-02-28 14:46:00

Accu-pay, a Bel Air payroll company, shut its doors Wednesday after a local business filed suit, claiming the company didn't pay withheld taxes to the IRS, and a judge quickly issued an order telling its owners refrain from destroying any documents or...

Howard auditor 'hot line' takes reports of fraud, abuse

2013-01-10 17:57:00

Michael Mershon can get pretty stirred up about lighting. He's been working in the business for more than 30 years, most of that time in Maryland, and said he's seen local governments waste millions of dollars on lighting jobs through contract practices...

Part four: Bankruptcy Inc.

2013-01-16 03:49:00

Somewhere in the third year of Tribune Co.'s marathon Chapter 11 proceeding, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Carey looked out at a Delaware courtroom packed with high-priced attorneys and conceded the case had broken down into what he called a...

Former Oriole Doug DeCinces indicted on insider trading charges

2012-11-28 20:00:00

Former Orioles third baseman Doug DeCinces was indicted Wednesday, along with three friends, by a federal grand jury in California on securities fraud charges, for allegedly cashing in on inside information about the acquisition of an Orange County...

Morgan State professor indicted in fraud scheme

2012-11-14 17:48:07

A full-time engineering professor at Morgan State University was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday in an alleged scheme to defraud the National Science Foundation of hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant funding. Manoj Kumar Jha, 45, who...

Corzine looks to be getting off easy

2012-10-25 12:00:00

I was saddened to see the small article inside the Maryland Business section of The Sun sounding the death knell for the investor lawsuit related to the implosion of MF Global and implying the futility of any further pursuit of Jon Corzine, the company'...

Ex-Wings to Go CEO pleads guilty to embezzlement charges

2012-07-23 15:17:52

The former CEO of Severna Park-based Wings to Go pleaded guilty Monday to wire fraud for embezzling more than $885,000 from the franchise company to pay for prostitutes and phone sex, the U.S. attorney's office in Baltimore announced. Mark Chandler...

Will Wall Street prevail?

2012-10-08 03:00:00

Corporate-sponsored groups have launched a campaign of litigation in the lower federal courts challenging the legality of the second major piece of President Barack Obama's legislative program, one that received a lot of attention in last week's first...

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2012-11-29 15:14:00

Gallagher is charged with wire fraud by depriving citizens of her honest services, extortion under color of official right and bribery in connection with a program receiving more than $10,000 in federal money; Gallagher is accused of receiving $12,500.

2012-10-18 08:35:00

Gallagher is charged with wire fraud by depriving citizens of her honest services, extortion under color of official right and bribery in connection with a program receiving more than $10,000 in federal money; Gallagher is accused of receiving $12,500.

2012-10-18 08:35:00