With a Middle Name Like Prosper…
A Nigerian national living in Missouri was sentenced to four years and three months in prison without parole for filing false tax returns and for his part in various Internet scams that defrauded victims. Segun Prosper Otaru, 27, was ordered to pay $26,056 in restitution and the same amount to the government. He entered the […]
Scammers’ Target Gets Target to Help Catch Them
Two Los Angeles women, Ailing Lu and Ji Hyun Lee, both 25, are in jail and facing criminal charges as a result of an IRS scam that netted them thousands of dollars. The women were caught after one of their victims reported the fraud to the police. The victim said he received a call from […]
This Isn’t Child’s Play; Baltimore Mayor Didn’t Go by the Book
Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh has been indicted for committing fraud, evading federal taxes and illegally boosting her political campaign in association with a series of children’s books she self-published. Pugh, 69, is alleged to have sold hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of her Healthy Holly books to a health care company whose board […]