Category: Big Business
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Tennessee Bookkeeper Sentenced to 2 Years for Embezzling Over $238,000 Through Check Fraud Scheme
Kathleen M. Michaelis, a 50-year-old Clarksville, Tennessee, bookkeeper, was sentenced on August 7, 2026, to two years in federal prison for embezzling over $238,000 from her employer using a fraudulent check scheme between May 2017 and May 2024. She was also ordered to pay $291,470 in restitution. Michaelis worked as a bookkeeper for a business…
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Federal Watchdogs Demand Probe Into FCC Commissioners’ $12,000+ Gifts From Paramount During Merger Reviews
Two government watchdog groups have filed ethics complaints demanding investigations into whether Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr and Commissioner Olivia Trusty violated federal gift rules by accepting luxury gala tickets from Paramount while the agency reviewed the company’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The complaints, filed by Democracy Defenders Fund and Citizens…
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CEO of Scalpa, Inc. pleads guilty to selling unapproved injectable drugs and devices
Bryce Cleveland, 42, the president and CEO of Scalpa, Inc., pleaded guilty on July 31, 2026, to three federal charges related to marketing and selling unapproved skincare products, including injectable devices and a botulinum toxin product. Cleveland, of Scottsdale, Arizona, admitted to mail fraud, introduction of an adulterated device into interstate commerce, and introduction of…
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Eye Care Executive Indicted on $3.4 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
E. Bruce DiDonato, 71, of Princeton, New Jersey, was charged with submitting approximately $3.4 million in fraudulent Medicare claims, of which the government paid roughly $1 million, according to federal prosecutors in Newark. The founder and former CEO of Campus Eye LLC allegedly paid illegal kickbacks to ophthalmologists in exchange for patient referrals, then subjected…
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Two Westville Security Executives Charged in $9 Million Cash Vault Theft
Robert Cormier, 51, of Barrington, New Jersey, the chief operating officer of Erigere Rapidus Solutions, Inc., was charged with embezzling approximately $3 million from the Westville-based security company and committing bank fraud related to $9 million in cash that the company held in trust for a local bank. Richard Eisler, 38, of Clementon, New Jersey,…
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Steel Pipe CEO Pleads Guilty to $66 Million Fraud, Spent Stolen Millions on Private Jets and Yachts
Derek Wachob, 53, the chief executive officer of a large steel pipe manufacturer based in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty on Monday to wire fraud for orchestrating a scheme to defraud individual investors, a bank, an investment firm, and at least two steel pipe distributors of more than $66 million from October 2022 through August 2024.…
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Columbus Bank Executive Sentenced to Three Years for Defrauding Lenders With False Invoices and Hidden Debts
Aaron T. Luneke, 44, of Columbus, Nebraska, was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison on July 13, 2026, after a jury convicted him of bank fraud and attempted bank fraud in a scheme involving inflated construction invoices and undisclosed debts related to a car wash project that defrauded lenders of approximately $4.3 million. Luneke,…
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