The auditor conclude about 90 percent of the donations were used for Life insurance scheme and only 10 percent went for charitable purpose. 2. Man arrested in $100M Navy vet charity scam By Thomas J. Sheeran - The Associated Press Posted : Tuesday May 1, 2012 13:09:35 EDT A fugitive was arrested for running a scam that collected millions of dollars from people that believed to raise money for Navy veterans in Cleveland. The man used a false identify of Bobby Thompson and had multiple fake ID cards. He was indicted in Ohio in 2010 on theft, money laundering and other Florida-based charity related charges; however he disappeared in June 2010.
A supplier bills Medicare for equipment you never got. Someone uses another person’s Medicare card to get medical care, supplies, or equipment. Someone bills Medicare for home medical equipment after it has been returned. A company offers a Medicare drug plan that has not been approved by Medicare. A company uses false information to mislead you into joining a Medicare plan.
Brandon Barker Current Event A long-time friend of the alleged Boston Marathon bomber testified in court today that he gave Dzhokhar Tsarnaev the gun later used in the shooting death of an MIT police officer. Stephen Silva, 21, told the court that he would consider Tsarnaev "one of my best friends." Silva is currently in prison after he was the subject of an undercover federal drug investigation last year and signed a plea deal with the government. While wearing a beige prison jumpsuit, Silva testified that two months before the bombings at the Boston Marathon finish line, he gave Tsarnaev a 9-millimeter handgun that had an "obliterated" serial number. The gun was later used in the fatal shooting of MIT Police Officer Sean Collier, according
Samantha Martin The news article I chose to compare and contrast is the release of George Zimmerman. If you have been keeping up with the news you know that Zimmerman is the neighborhood watch captain who shot and killed seventeen year-old Trayvon Martin on February 26th as he walked home from the store after purchasing a soda and a bag of Skittles. Today April 23, 2012 Zimmerman was released on 15,000 dollars bond witch was ten percent of the 150,000 dollar bond set by the judge earlier this week. Msnbc.com has video coverage of Zimmerman walking out of jail escorted by police clutching a brown paper bag. The links on this site are very useful if you want to follow the story from the beginning.
-- A Montana justice of the peace set to preside over a DUI court later this year has been charged with driving under the influence of drugs. An assistant attorney general filed the misdemeanor DUI charge Thursday against Robert E. Lee. He's charged with driving to the Butte-Silver Bow County Courthouse on Nov. 13 while under the influence of methadone. The synthetic narcotic is used to relieve pain or prevent withdrawal from drug addiction. Lee was to perform a wedding that morning.
After reading Chapter 10 of our text concerning “Payroll Fraud Schemes”, I began to think about a recent scandal that took place in our local town’s city council. Alonzo “Lonnie” Bates, 68, a former Detroit city councilman and Detroit Public Schools board member is currently serving a 33-month sentence after being convicted of theft and bank fraud charges related to placing “ghost employees” who did little or no work for the city, on his City Hall payroll. He was convicted August 2008, I found a recent article titled “Past Legal Troubles”, published by The Detroit News, on March 25, 2008. The article describes the indictment and many charges that were filed against the former city councilman concerning the “ghost employee’s payroll fraud”.
HIPAA Violation Howard University Hospital security breach Jan 25, 2012 The costs of a healthcare breach Data breaches cost the healthcare industry $6 billion per year. The total economic impact of medical identity theft is $30.9 billion annually, up from $28.6 billion in 2010. Healthcare firms spend about $1 million per year, per firm, on data breaches. Howard University Hospital Nonprofit institution. It is a general medical and surgical hospital in Washington, DC, with 266 beds.
Scenario #2 Frank Felon a native of Akron Ohio was arrested by officers from the Cleveland Police Department for allegedly committing felonious assault on Vince Victim also of Akron during a tailgate party prior to the Barry Manilow concert at the “Q” Arena on June 29, 2011. According to
He distributed marijuana while in his government vehicle and while wearing his work uniform. Henderson plead guilty and was sentenced to “six months in prison and four months’ house arrest” (Pinkham, 2008, para. 1). Felons are not allowed to own weapons, so Henderson had to surrender nineteen firearms to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Upon his release, he requested that the FBI transfer ownership of his weapons to his wife or sell them to a third party (Alter, 2014).
Business Research Misrepresentation In the court case United States v. Dokich, case No. 08-2850, appealed and sustained on July 21, 2010, Melvin Dokich defrauded many investors for millions. Dokich sold stock for a fraudulent company named Efoora Incorporated. Efoora made claims of conducting research for developing diagnostic tests for HIV, mad-cow disease, and blood glucose levels. Efoora’s claims of research and testing was feloniously supported, and staged, by inviting potential investors and customers to Efoora’s headquarters in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.