Robert J. Mangiafico Jr. of Allen, Texas may be a very old man when he gets out of prison. Judge Benjamin Smith in Collin County Texas sentenced him to forty (40) years after he pleaded guilty to defrauding several elderly women out of their life savings. Prosecutors say that Mangiafico’s senior fraud involved a phony […]
Feds Take Ambulance Company Owners For A Ride – Health Care Fraud
Earlier this month, a federal judge in Philadelphia sentenced Aleksandr N. Zagorodny, 40, to 78 months in prison for a health care fraud scheme involving MedEx Ambulance, Inc. He was the former president of the business. His brother, Sergey Zagorodny, 36, was sentenced to 5 years in prison for his involvement in the health care […]
Sunderlage / Battoo Litigation Mired In Guernsey Court
Hundreds of Americans have suffered tremendous losses from investing with Tracy Sunderlage and Nikolai Battoo and funds related to them. Some say the two men are responsible for $1.5 billion in investor losses. One of the biggest battles being fought today concerns the whereabouts of the missing money. To date we have spoken with dozens […]
Generation W Whistleblowers See Themselves As Part of the Solution
Ed Note: The following article is reprinted here courtesy of whistlewatch.org. We are proud supporters of both “Generation W” whistleblowers (to quote the post) and whistlewatch.org, a 501(c)3 nonprofit whistleblower advocacy group. We are also proud of our efforts to help whistleblowers in false claims act and IRS whistleblower actions collect the maximum rewards possible. […]
Ex Wells Fargo Adviser Convicted of Senior Abuse
Adorean Boleancu, a former financial adviser with both Wells, Fargo and Morgan Stanley, pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing $1.8 million from one of his elderly clients. According to a statement from the Department of Justice, he faces 30 years in prison when sentenced later this year. Often bankers, stockbrokers and financial advisers are the ones […]
Cayman Banks To Disclose Info – IRS Whistleblower Post
[Post Updated 2020] U.S. taxpayers are required to report offshore financial holdings. This includes bank accounts, certificates of deposit, offshore brokerage accounts and even some life insurance products. Reporting is done annually on a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts, more commonly known as an FBAR form. (Depending on how those assets are held, […]
Half of Americans Can’t Spot Fraud – Investment Fraud Post
When I read a headline today in InvestmentNews that said “Financial Fraud is Rampant but Most People Can’t Spot It,” I wasn’t surprised. Because we only handle investment fraud cases with losses of $100,000 or more, most of our clients are savvy, sophisticated men and women. We have represented lawyers, doctors and bank vice presidents. […]
IRS FBAR Whistleblower Post – The Waiting Is Over
[Post updated 2020] We have been warning people for years that the day of reckoning was coming. Sure, there were some false starts and last minute political moves, but the waiting is over. In 2013, Switzerland and the United States reached an agreement where the Swiss will begin releasing the names of thousands of U.S. […]
3 Whistleblowers Receive Awards in Hedge Fund Scam
The Securities & Exchange Commission announced 3 whistleblowers would be receiving approximately $125,000 for providing information about a hedge fund scam. The 3 provided helped the SEC shut down Locust Offshore Management and its CEO, Andrey Hicks. Hicks was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison on related criminal fraud charges. Although it did not […]
Estate Fraud – Breach of Fiduciary Duty
As the first baby boomers are now reaching retirement age, we are seeing an increase in the numbers of powers of attorney given to a relative or close family friend. Under the law of most states, the person who holds that power of attorney has a fiduciary duty to the person who granted the power. […]
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