By Melinda Waldrop [email protected] Twelve defendants from seven construction-related companies have been sentenced for employment tax fraud felonies and crimes related to hiring unauthorized workers in a scheme that saw at least $15 million in bogus checks cashed. The convictions ...
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Read More »Q: Please resolve a dispute I have with my real estate agent. He says I need to post a money deposit in order to have a binding real estate contract, and I don’t agree. He also said the oral promise ...
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Read More »ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — Virginia State Police have opened a criminal investigation into a Chinese company’s failed Appomattox factory project that received $1.4 million in taxpayer funds. An investigation by The Roanoke Times discovered lax vetting of Lindenburg Industry LLC, ...
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Read More »DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas man accused of posing as his slain neighbor to sell the dead man’s home has been charged with money laundering and other counts. Dallas Police Maj. Max Geron tells KXAS-TV that 43-year-old Christopher Brian Colbert ...
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Read More »SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The owner of a Sacramento construction company has pleaded guilty to tax evasion and insurance fraud. The Sacramento Bee reports that 47-year-old William Alan Huffman on Thursday entered his plea after being arrested in January. The ...
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Read More »MAYS LANDING, N.J. (AP) — Two people are headed to prison for their roles in a timeshare mortgage fraud scheme. Federal prosecutors say 56-year-old Francis Santore, of Northfield, and 36-year-old Alfred Giordano, of Belmar, worked for The Vacation Ownership Group ...
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Read More »The co-founder of a Charlotte property investment firm who last year announced plans to open a bar and restaurant near BB&T Ballpark has pleaded guilty to securities fraud and wire fraud. Frank Enrique Lleras, 30, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge ...
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Read More »A former Charlotte resident has been sentenced to two years in prison and two years of supervised release after pleading guilty in April to charges of conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud. Michael Francis Egan III, 33, has also ...
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CHARLOTTE – Two more former high-level executives at Charlotte-based cleaning company Swisher Hygiene have been charged in connection with an accounting fraud case. Former Chief Financial Officer Michael Kipp, 61, of Charlotte and former External Reporting Director Joanne Viard, 36, ...
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Read More »A suburban Washington, D.C. woman posing as a real estate agent has pled guilty to Maryland authorities to renting out a home she neither owned nor managed. The D.C. crime blog reports that Prince George’s County prosecutors are also investigating ...
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