Las Vegas, NV Thomas F. Gentile age 56 and Julio C. Martinez age 61, both of Las Vegas, Nevada, have been arrested on multiple charges of theft, mortgage fraud, identity theft and forgery. An arrest warrant has been issued for…

Defendant Used Fraudulent Deed to Obtain More Than $130,000 in Equity from Residence in Bankruptcy Proceeding SAN JOSE, CAVallejo, Calif., resident Myra Holmes was indicted by a federal grand jury with concealment of assets and bank fraud, according to United…

An Administrative Law Judge has dismissed a Federal Trade Commission administrative complaint alleging that the respondents were responsible for the deceptive advertising of an herbal remedy that was falsely advertised as a cure for cancer. Although Chief Administrative Law Judge…

ALEXANDRIA, VAPreston David Pinkett II, age 70, of Arlington, Va., was sentenced to 36 months in prison for engaging in a massive Ponzi scheme that raised more than $40 million in fraudulent payments from investors. Pinkett was also sentenced to…

WASHINGTON - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is warning Veterans not to give credit card numbers over the phone to callers claiming to update VA prescription information. "America's Veterans have become targets in an inexcusable scam that dishonors their…

WASHINGTONThe former director of sales and marketing for Pacific Consolidated Industries LP (PCI) pleaded guilty today to charges related to the bribery of a U.K. Ministry of Defense (UK-MOD) official in order to obtain lucrative equipment contracts with the U.K.…

More than $750,000 in forfeited funds from an embezzlement scheme by a Peruvian military officer have been transferred to the government of Peru. The forfeited funds were taken from the private account of Marco Antonio Rodriguez Huerta, a former Peruvian…

CARSON CITY: Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto has issued the following Alert as a part of her Bureau of Consumer Protections ongoing effort to educate consumers. National Deed Service, Inc., Northbrook, Illinois has recently sent letters to Churchill County homeowners…

A retailer of rayon towels will be barred from making false claims that mislead consumers into thinking that its products are "biodegradable," under a proposed settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. The settlement with Dyna-E International and its owner George…

Court Orders Bar All Illegal Telemarketing Activities Four deceptive telemarketing operations targeted by the Federal Trade Commission have agreed to abandon the illegal tactics they allegedly used to scam consumers such as charging for products that were never ordered, making…

WASHINGTON A fifth individual pleaded guilty today to illegally accessing numerous confidential passport application files. Kevin M. Young, 42, of Temple Hills, Md., has plead guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Alan Kay in the District of Columbia to a one-count…

WASHINGTONA pipeline company and two of its former operating firms will jointly pay a civil penalty of $3.65 million to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act resulting from anhydrous ammonia spills in Nebraska and Kansas. The spills which occurred…