Fraud

The art dealers and suspected fraudsters allegedly used the identities of deceased collectors to create the fake histories for antiquities they sold

A federal lawsuit accuses New York City and thousands of other school districts of defrauding special needs students by depriving them of hands-on therapies during the pandemic. According to the lawsuit, school districts across the nation have been improperly collecting federal education subsidies meant to fund things like physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy. Traditionally, those services are provided...

Parents across the country say that school districts are taking COVID-19 precautions too far when it comes to students with special needs. Chris Glorioso reports.

An attorney in New Jersey has been indicted with multiple counts of bank fraud and other crimes for allegedly obtaining, fraudulently, nearly $9 million in federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), according to prosecutors. Jae H. Choi, 48 and of Cliffside Park, was indicted Tuesday with four counts of bank fraud, four counts of false statements on a loan application, one…

Bridgeport’s mayor said Saturday he had nothing to do with what federal prosecutors describe as a corrupt process that led to the appointment of Armando Perez as the police chief of Connecticut’s largest city. Perez, who served on the force for nearly four decades, and David Dunn, the city’s acting personnel director, both resigned after being charged Thursday with...

The police chief of Connecticut’s largest city was arrested Thursday on federal corruption-related charges. Bridgeport Police Chief AJ Perez is accused of rigging a police exam to help ensure he would get picked for the top job, federal prosecutors said. Perez turned himself in to FBI agents on the federal fraud, conspiracy and false statement counts. Investigators said Perez...

Along with Bridgeport’s personnel director, he’s accused of rigging the process that got him the job. News 4 Chief Investigative Reporter Jonathan Dienst reports.

Four men, including two from New York, were charged Tuesday in a scheme to defraud elderly victims out of tens of millions of dollars, according to federal prosecutors. Sean Novis, 50, and Gary Denkberg, 57, of Long Island and two Canadian nationals are accused of mailing hundreds of thousands of notices that said the receivers are eligible for a cash…

A total of 89 individuals, some as young as 18, were arrested in two New Jersey counties in an organized scheme that used prepaid debit cards to steal from Santander Bank ATMs across multiple states, prosecutors said. The large-scale fraud apparently took place at Santander Bank ATM locations, not only in multiple New Jersey towns, but across the tri-state, according…

The man who helped President Trump win the White House pleaded not guilty after he was one of four people in a scheme based off building a border wall. NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports.

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has been accused of fraud. Chris Glorioso and Adam Harding report.

An apparent large-scale fraud is taking place at Santander Bank ATM locations in multiple New Jersey towns and across the tri-state, according to authorities. Morris County and Bloomfield officials confirm there have been multiple arrests in connection to the alleged scam. Woodbridge Township confirms branch ATMs were targeted there as well. Although no arrests have been made, three ATMs have…

Former Trump campaign CEO and White House chief strategist Steve Bannon was indicted in New York on fraud charges related to a fundraising campaign to build a border wall, federal prosecutors said. Bannon is among four people indicted for allegedly defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors to the online “We Build the Wall” campaign.

Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist, was indicted for fraud in New York City.

A federal complaint alleges that the brothers opened vendor accounts and engaged in a scheme to defraud Amazon via over-shipping, where they would say they’re shipping one item, but instead ship large amounts of cheaper items and charging exorbitant amounts for each one

Four brothers in Rockland County were arrested as part of a $19 million fraud ring scheme that sources said was run out of their parents’ basement at one time. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace reports.

An apparent large-scale fraud is taking place at Santander Bank ATM locations in multiple New Jersey towns and across the tri-state, according to authorities. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

Santander Bank is being targeted by a group of people around the tri-state area with a string of ATM robberies, Brian Thompson reports.

Some employees in New York City say their companies got loans through the Paycheck Protection Program. But they got laid off anyway. Chris Glorioso.

A Long Island criminal defendant tried faking his death to avoid a jail sentence, but prosecutors say the phony death certificate his lawyer submitted had a glaring spelling error that made it a dead giveaway for a fraud. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.