Poor Walmart. I see so many cases of fraud and theft against Walmart, it’s surprising they can get insurance. Here’s yet another attempt to get rich quick defrauding Walmart. A ring of seven executed what they must’ve thought was a lucrative plan. Steal expensive electronics from Walmart—internet routers, Apple products, iRobot vacuums, etc. Then go back and purchase the same product. They’d produce a receipt to match the authentic receipt, then return both items for a double

The FBI recently captured a man who’d been on the run for eight years. Before he hid in plain sight, he worked as an accountant for a machinery business. He’d only been with the business for two months when he enacted his scheme to defraud his employer. As many who are in an accountant-type position, who embezzle, he used duplicate invoicing for jobs already paid and paid himself, as well as wrote checks to fictitious people, i.e., himself. In two years with the company, he’d

Remember the Varsity Blues cases that blew up in the faces of many affluent families seeking acceptance for their children into Ivy League Colleges under the guise of superior athletes? Do you remember how the authorities found out about the elaborate scheme? I don’t think I knew how the authorities caught on until recently while doing research. The FBI had been investigating a securities fraud case when one of the financial executives being investigated asked for leniency fo

The married couple in their 70s had planned well for the golden years. A few successful business ventures and wise investments provided them with a comfortable lifestyle until.... A man responded to an ad where the couple had listed their trailer for sale, he claimed to be a vehicle sales broker and could sell the trailer for a cut of the profit. The man began ingratiating himself with the elderly man. In fact, later, when asked about the man, the elderly gentleman described

I’m sure you’ve had this same thought… if a criminal put in as much time and effort into a lawful job or creating a lawful business as he or she put into plotting their get-rich crime, they’d have money and freedom. The true crime case summary I’m sharing today is a prime example. Almost twenty years ago, a 19-year-old man went to prison for his first attempt to get rich illegally. The court sentenced him to 16 months in prison for identity theft in which he used the identity

Have you ever wondered if anything happens to the people behind the telemarketing scams that call victims claiming to be from a government agency and threaten the victim in order to get money from them? They typically use back taxes owed as the premise of the scheme. If so, then this true-crime case summary is for you. Co-conspirators called potential victims and claim to be a representative of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS in the USA), Canadian Tax Authorities and other

Would you know if your business had a ‘ghost’ employee? Perhaps you wouldn’t if your business had a large roster of employees. That’s why the businesses in this true-crime didn’t notice their ghost employee for six years. The 41-year-old woman provided payroll and tax preparation services to several businesses. She didn’t have direct access to her clients’ bank accounts, but her level of access did provide a pathway through payroll services for her to create ghost employees.