The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (an office needed more now than ever) has released a new report. Right off the bat, the GAO shares a fast fact: “No area of the federal government is immune to fraud. We estimated that the federal government could lose between $233 billion and $521 billion annually to fraud.” No […] The post Estimates Are Better Than Nothing appeared first on Fraud Of The Day ..read more

Bank statements, Social Security checks, W-2 forms. These documents are frequently the target of identity theft because they are all that is needed to commit fraud. Gaining government benefits, acquiring property, illegal entry into the United States. The list goes on. Whatever the fraud vices, those documents will make it happen. But to succeed as […] The post Staying Relevant As A Fraudster appeared first on Fraud Of The Day ..read more

  Government automation is being augmented with kiosk technology, allowing anytime access and better identity verification. Intellectual Technology (ITI), a leader in government kiosk technology, will outline the various uses for government agencies, the benefits, and overall cost savings. Department of Motor Vehicles (DMVs) are at the forefront of this technology, and we will learn […] The post Kiosk Technology Automation Driving Self-Service Access and Better Identity Verification with Guest Steve Smith appeared first on Fraud Of The Day ..read more

It is not “go big or go home” in the scheming of fraud for Andrew Chmiel. It is “go big AND go to jail.” Because the fraud scheme that Andrew Chmiel was involved in was so large the only alternative to making millions of dollars on behalf of the U.S. taxpayer, inevitably was going to […] The post Brace Yourself appeared first on Fraud Of The Day ..read more

Teldrin Foster and Carla Jackson had one thing in common. They claim that they happened to be two innocent by-standers who had been victimized by their scheming spouses. The ringleaders in a multi-million dollar unemployment benefit scheme. At least, that is what their argument was in federal court. On February 16, 2024, Foster and Jackson […] The post My Wife Made Me Do It appeared first on Fraud Of The Day ..read more

Original sin is the Christian doctrine that holds that all humans, through the fact of birth, inherit a tainted nature with a proclivity to sinful conduct in need of regeneration. And man’s weakened nature and inclination to evil is a constant spiritual battle. We are only human. Cut each some slack. Ask forgiveness and give […] The post Original Sin appeared first on Fraud Of The Day ..read more

In August of 2023, the federal agency responsible for the nation’s cyber defenses, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), was forced to take two systems offline following a security breach. The point of sharing this is, if the CISA can be a victim of fraud, so can the average, or above average, human being. Especially […] The post Navigating Through the Manure appeared first on Fraud Of The Day ..read more

Omar Solari was the proud owner of not only multiple pharmacies but a telemedicine company as well. An industrious man certainly. Despite all his multiple businesses, Solari’s true passion was recycling. Not just of cans and cardboard. Turns out, recycling encompasses so much more than salvageable products. On March 20, 2024,Solari was found guilty of […] The post Recycling Business appeared first on Fraud Of The Day ..read more

Jean Wilson was more than a licensed nurse practitioner. She was a business woman. Wilson owned two telemedicine companies, Advantage Choice CareCare and Tele Medcare. This may be a bold statement, but is there ever a telemedicine company without fraud? There is no data analysis behind this! But it sometimes feels that ownership of the […] The post Fast Track To Fraud appeared first on Fraud Of The Day ..read more

According to his lawyers, Mark Sorenson got caught in the healthcare fraud scheme. But caught where exactly? Like maybe he didn’t mean to bill Medicare for $87 million dollars in fraudulent knee braces? Like maybe he didn’t mean to dole out millions of dollars in illegal kickbacks to rope in unsuspecting patients for unnecessary medical […] The post Caught In Fraud appeared first on Fraud Of The Day ..read more