Scottish boxing promoter and former lightweight boxer Barry Hughes recently pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud and is now facing some lengthy jail time. Between 2004 and 2006, Hughes reported his wife’s income on two mortgage applications as upwards of £160,000 a year and obtained £1,287,955 in mortgage loans as a result. The trouble is, his […]
Valentine’s Day is upon us, and, as investigators, our minds turn not to chocolate and roses but to romance fraud. According to Fraud.org, romance fraud is the tenth most common type of scam in the U.S. Last year, the Federal Trade Commission received complaints of losses related to romance fraud totaling more than $105 million. […]
San Francisco area divorce attorney Mary Nolan was sentenced last week to two years in federal prison on multiple felony charges, including illegal wiretapping and tax evasion. Her crimes included hiring private investigator Christopher Butler to use dirty tactics to gather incriminating evidence against her clients’ husbands. At Nolan’s direction, Butler planted listening devices in […]
According to a recent story in the UK’s Daily Mail, Elie Taktouk, the estranged husband of Daniella Semaan, girlfriend of Barcelona soccer star Cesc Fabregas, is alleging that that the soccer star was involved in a property fraud. Although the UK’s High Court seems skeptical of the allegations, they are interesting from an investigative standpoint, […]
One of the best ways to learn how to detect fraud is to look at people who have been caught and then analyze what you could have done to avoid being taken in as others were. News from Germany here about a man jailed recently for rape and fraud after pretending to be German royalty […]
This blog takes no view on pending legal matters, including The Justice Department’s accusation that the federal government’s largest background checker committed fraud by mass-producing flawed background checks over a period of four years. The Wall Street Journal story is here. We’ve written previously about this contractor, USIS, because this is the company that did […]
Every January, the depressing stories come back. Following the festive season, eating, drinking and family reunions come the reminders that January is “Divorce Month.” This one at CNN is somewhat typical. But it turns out that January should be more accurately called “I’m Starting to Research My Options Month.” Our frequent complaint when brought into […]
Juliet Bickford, a Virginia news anchor, pleaded guilty to federal tax fraud and money laundering charges on Wednesday in connection with an international fraud scheme orchestrated by her private investigator boyfriend, Theodoros Grontis. Court Documents allege that Grontis, who ran an investigation company called “Internal Affairs” with a former Toronto police detective and his wife, […]
PROBLEM: You know you’ve heard your debtor tell friends that some of his best investments were in commodity futures contracts, but you have no way of knowing just how much money he has invested in them. SOLUTION: We’ve blogged before here about tracking down your debtor’s investments in the stock market, but you’re right […]
Yesterday, a judge in Spain named Princess Cristina, King Juan Carlos’s youngest daughter, as a suspect in an ongoing money laundering and tax fraud case involving the Princess’s husband, Inaki Urdangarin. The judge alleges that the Princess and her husband participated in a scheme to embezzle approximately $8 million in public funds, which they allegedly […]
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