A Ponzi scheme is an investment scam that pays early investors with money taken from later investors to create an illusion of ...

Federal investigators say Minnesota has become a testing ground for "industrial-scale" fraud that siphoned public money away from children, low income families, and people with disabilities. What ...

Outdated systems make childcare fraud harder to detect, and states need modernized platforms to spot suspicious billing and ...

The “centerpiece” of the HCF Unit’s 2025 efforts was the annual Health Care Fraud Takedown (Takedown), which targeted hundreds of defendants and involved billions of dollars in intended losses. Our ...

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson speaks during a news conference addressing fraud in Minnesota at the United States Courthouse in Minneapolis on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (Carlos ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced the arrest of Alexander McKinnie and Kara Morrison this week for allegedly defrauding tens ...

Federal investigators are pouring resources into Minnesota as they confront what they describe as one of the largest suspected public-assistance fraud waves in state history. Early federal estimates ...

A federal judge sentenced a Kingston man to six years behind bars for his involvement in several fraud schemes tied to sober homes, the Mass Save Program, and COVID-19 business loans. Daniel Cleggett, ...