4+ week, 2+ day ago   (626+ words) A Florida man will spend 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty in connection with a Ponzi scheme that bilked more than 2,000 investors out of about $380 million. U.S. District Judge Tiffany R. Johnson sentenced Todd Burkhalter, 55, to the maximum allowed in federal…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (152+ words) ROSWELL, Ga. — A Roswell-based contracting company said an employee wrote herself three checks totaling $7,099, forged the manager’s signature and cashed them without authorization. The employee allegedly tried to cash a fourth check the afternoon of Aug. 3, but the manager canceled…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (252+ words) A 66-year-old former Certified Public Accountant from Atlanta was sentenced yesterday to years in federal prison. Ronald Deabler, of Atlanta, was convicted of conspiring to launder $5.3 million stolen from Children’s Health Care of Atlanta, Inc. He was sentenced to four…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (290+ words) ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell police recently confronted a woman allegedly posing as an employee of Bank of America’s fraud department. Police were alerted to the scam by a Roswell man who had withdrawn $21,500 in cash at the woman’s direction. When police…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (188+ words) ROSWELL, Ga. — The North Fulton branch of a non-profit organization reported a fraudulent $4,000 check – bearing a forged signature of the executive director – May 14. Three days earlier, a woman tried to cash the check at a Truist Bank. The nonprofit’s executive…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago   (397+ words) ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A former Alpharetta assistant bank manager faces federal charges after attempting to launder millions in a mail theft scheme, authorities said. Tonya Bailey, who was an assistant financial center manager at an Alpharetta bank, conspired with Francina Juantez…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (46+ words) A popular Italian food distributor is being accused in a lawsuit of committing “tomato fraud.”...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (185+ words) A Georgia woman is facing charges in connection to a jury duty scam in Rowan County, according to the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said residents were receiving calls from people impersonating law enforcement that they missed a…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (78+ words) ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A 59-year-old Alpharetta man reported fraudulent activity on his cellular service account April 6. Alpharetta police said the man reported he discovered on April 5 that fraudulent accounts were opened in his name. The man said two AT&T and…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (216+ words) An employee of a concert booking company bought $1,000 in gift cards April 28 before realizing the request came from a scammer posing as the company’s CEO. ROSWELL, Ga. — An employee of a concert booking company based in Roswell bought…...