Tagged: fraud

Fraud
4:56 pm
Thu December 13, 2012

KC Area Public Workers Named In Wellness Fraud Indictments

Credit Dan Verbeck / KCUR
Sealed federal indictment papers were opened after some arrests.

A federal indictment alleges seven Kansas City area public employees used a novel approach to defrauding a wellness program promoted by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (BCBSKC).

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Cops & Crime
5:39 pm
Wed May 23, 2012

Accused Facebook Stock Scammer Vanishes

Ronald Catrell is named in arrest warrants.

Arrest warrants are in force for an Overland Park, Kan. man who allegedly had considerable success scamming banks and intended investors in Facebook shares. 

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Scams
4:58 pm
Fri April 23, 2010

Ex-Career College Admin To Prison

Kansas City, Mo. – A former director of a Kansas City's college has been ordered to pay more than a third of a million dollars restitution and spend a year in federal prison without chance of parole.

It was a plea of guilt to conspiracy to fraudulently take federal student grants and loans for ineligible students at Vatterott College in 2005 and 2006.

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