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Peregrine Systems [8] [10] corporate executives convicted of accounting fraud; Phar-Mor [8] company lied to shareholders. CEO was eventually sentenced to prison for fraud and the company eventually became bankrupt; Qwest Communications [10] RadioShack CEO David Edmondson lied about attaining a B.A. degree from Pacific Coast Baptist College in ...
The Trump Organization, convicted of tax fraud, scheming to defraud, conspiracy, and falsifying business records. [9] Tyson Foods; Volkswagen, pleaded guilty to 3 criminal felonies related to its emissions scandal. [10] Waste Management, Inc; The Boeing Company, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States. This charge ...
The fraud centered around the laundering of over $10 billion between FTX and Alameda Research, another company owned by Bankman-Fried. [15] Jordan Belfort swindled over $200 million via a penny stock boiler room operation. The Wolf of Wall Street is based on his life and fraudulent activity. [16]
A company called Telegram Open Network Limited was registered in Britain on February 28 under the name Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram. Telegram, a chat app with 200 million monthly users, is ...
On January 16, 2009, the United Kingdom Serious Fraud Office uncovered an £80 million buy-to-let property fraud scheme operating under a company called Practical Property Portfolio in which at least 1,750 investors were conned out of £25,000 each in return for a promise of a house in the North East of England. All five directors—John Potts ...
A medical billing company owner, Elaine Lovett, of Wayne County, Michigan, was convicted in 2017 for her role in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud Medicare using false billing claims, in a ...
The company must also pay a fine of $55 million into the CFPB's victims relief fund. "Cash App created the conditions for fraud to proliferate on its popular payment platform," CFPB Director Rohit ...
Valid mystery shopping companies do not normally send their clients cheques prior to work being completed, and their advertisements usually include a contact person and phone number. Some fraudulent cheques can be identified by a financial professional. On February 3, 2009, the Internet Crime Complaint Center issued a warning on this scam. [83]