Category Archives: White Collar Crimes
ATM Skimming
Consumers are aware of the risk of theft of financial information from websites. Many of us think twice before entering our credit card number in an online payment form; we increasingly prefer to store the information in our phones and then let our phones decide which vendors to trust. Financial crime can occur at… Read More »
Pittsburgh Entrepreneur Pleads Guilty To Bankruptcy Fraud
Accurate calculations, especially in the service of predictions, can help you be successful in business, but so can being vague about numbers and their significance in the right situations. Business owners get away with fuzzy accounting on a regular basis; most of the time, no one finds out until there is a tax audit… Read More »
Pennsylvania Man Charged With Fraud For Selling Forgeries Of Renaissance Era Printing Blocks
If a museum discovered that a painting it had been displaying for decades was not, as it claimed to be, the work of a famous artist who lived centuries ago, but rather a more recent forgery, this would be front page news. Lots of people buy artwork, not for museums, but for their own… Read More »
Contractor Faces Home Improvement Fraud Charges After Abandoning Unfinished Project
Some corporate jobs come with a windfall of perks, from free food leftover from catered events to use of an employer-provided car or furnished apartment. When you operate a very small business, the line between business and personal expenses is less than clear. At tax time, you open the calculator app on your phone… Read More »
Gibsonia Man Faces Charges For Insider Trading
Most of the time, cheating goes unpunished. When children complain to parents and teachers that other kids are cheating at playground games, the most sympathetic response they can expect to get is, “It’s only a game.” Sometimes, it seems like the adults are more annoyed by the kids who complain than the kids who… Read More »
Pittsburgh Area Doctor Pleads Guilty To Healthcare Fraud After Alleged Improper Prescribing Of Steroid Injections And Opioid Painkillers
Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidelines about prescribing opioid painkillers. The new guidelines give more freedom to doctors to use their judgment about the most appropriate dosage and duration for each course of opioids they prescribe. This change is an effort to correct the negative consequences… Read More »
Philadelphia Ecommerce Vendor Faces Fraud Charges For Alleged Scam Involving Wheelchair Accessible Cars
Ecommerce makes it easier and cheaper to buy almost anything than it used to be when you had to go to physical stores or wait for coupons to arrive with the day’s newspaper before you could compare prices. It also presents economic opportunities for people from all walks of life. Family caregiving obligations and… Read More »
Two Nevada Men Convicted Of Fraud Against Pittsburgh Seniors
Elderly people are among the most vulnerable to Internet scams. Seniors are more likely to be lonely and therefore to respond to emails, Facebook messages, What’s App messages, and other forms of online communication when these messages come from people they do not know. They also tend to be less Internet savvy; you might… Read More »
Jury Convicts Huntingdon Valley Home Contractor Of Theft By Deception And Unfair Business Practices
The business self help books that you find for sale in airport convenience stores and at FedEx Office tell you to under-promise and over-deliver. In many industries, your ability to meet a deadline depends on factors beyond your control. One small glitch in the supply chain or workflow can set your whole project behind… Read More »
Pittsburgh Man Pleads Guilty To Embezzling Money From Disabled Veterans
The first thing that comes to mind when most people hear the word “embezzlement” is a C-suite employee drawing checks on his employer’s account and making them payable to a shell corporation owned by the C-suite employee himself or one of his accomplices. The charge of embezzlement can apply under less glamorous circumstances, too. … Read More »
