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NY AG Letitia James indicted on fraud charge, AP source says
New York Attorney General Letitia James was charged as part of a mortgage fraud investigation pushed by the Trump administration.
Charlie Javice sentenced to prison for fraudulent $175M sale of financial aid startup
Charlie Javice, founder of startup Frank, was sentenced to prison for bank and wire fraud after exaggerating her company’s users.
Tips for businesses, consumers to be on the lookout for fraud
If you have no knowledge of big transactions but they are on your statements, you are most likely a victim of fraud.
Football-injury defense gains no yardage in bank-fraud appeal
Today is Monday, the 77th anniversary of the day the United Nations Charter went into effect. Here are some other news items. — U.S. appeals court rejects disbarred lawyer’s football-related-head-injuries […]
Maryland man pleads guilty to bank fraud conspiracy
A Maryland man has pleaded guilty to his role in a bid to victimize businesses and cause losses totaling more than $4 million through a stolen check scheme.
Ex-Cecil Bank president gets 2-year sentence for bribery, fraud
Former Cecil Bank President and Chief Executive Officer Mary Beyer Halsey was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud, receiving a bribe and making […]
Former Cecil Bank president is accused of bank fraud
The former president and CEO of Cecil Bank has been charged with bank fraud for allegedly conspiring to make a straw purchase of a home that had been foreclosed on […]
Md. landscaper sentenced for stealing $160,000 from client
A landscaper who stole $160,000 from a client account after helping the client set up online banking has been sentenced to 3 ½ years in prison. Forty-year-old Jeffrey Poole of […]
Garrett County lawyer convicted of falsifying deeds, mortgages
A Garrett County attorney was convicted Friday by a federal jury of bank fraud and related offenses. Angela M. Blythe, 51, an Oakland solo practitioner, will be sentenced in December. […]
W. Maryland lawyer indicted on charges of bank fraud
A federal grand jury in Baltimore has indicted a Western Maryland lawyer on charges of conspiracy and bank fraud stemming from a series of property sales. Oakland attorney Angela Blythe […]
‘Spare a square’ ringleader loses challenge to lengthy sentence
A federal appeals court has affirmed a 21.5-year sentence for the Baltimore ringleader behind a five-year scheme to distract and steal credit cards from women in public restroom stalls.
Justices look for limits in bank fraud case
Expressing an unwillingness to dramatically expand the scope of offenses that fall under the federal bank fraud statute, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court searched for some type of limiting principle Tuesday.
