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Colin M. McDonald Verified account @AAGMcDonald · 16h

TOP 35 WEEKLY FRAUD ANNOUNCEMENTS
November 2 - November 6, 2026

1. 14 defendants indicted in a nationwide bank-account-takeover scheme targeting nearly 3,000 victims with more than $373 million in their accounts.
2. California executive indicted for allegedly obtaining at least $64M through fraudulent agricultural loans, stolen customer identities, and nonexistent investments.
3. Defendants from Spain, Israel, the United Kingdom, and the UAE charged in fraud scheme that allegedly used Super-Intelligence impersonations of executives and attorneys to steal ~$129M from companies worldwide.
4. Multiple defendants, including one from Tanzania with a pending final order of removal from the United States, charged with billing approximately $14M to D.C. Medicaid for youth mental-health services allegedly never provided or invoiced at inflated rates.
5. Former postal worker sentenced to 78 months for stealing checks in a $34M scheme affecting approximately 6,500 victims.
6. Los Angeles defendant charged in an $18 million PPP and EIDL fraud scheme allegedly using false employee, payroll, revenue, and tax information.
7. California defendant pleads guilty to stealing nearly $18M from her employer to fund luxury purchases of Rolex watches, resort-level vacations, private jet travel, vehicles, and improvements to a $2 million residence in El Dorado Hills.
8. New Jersey health care company pays $13,014,576 plus interest to resolve allegations that it induced laboratory referrals with free New York Giants tickets and other entertainment.
9. Two Florida defendants sentenced to 6 and 13 months for kickbacks that generated more than $14 million in VA health care claims.
10. Former Florida resident extradited from Germany to face charges in a fake-psychic mailing scheme that collected more than $4 million from thousands of U.S. victims.
11. Buffalo defendant sentenced to 87 months for using at least 63 stolen identities to submit fraudulent financing applications causing at least $3.5 million in losses.
12. Defendants sentenced to 192 and 140 months for a nationwide stolen-mail, counterfeit-check, and identity-theft scheme.
13. New Jersey defendant sentenced to 78 months for obtaining more than $2.1 million through 15 fraudulent PPP and EIDL applications; $2,131,747 restitution.
14. Former St. Louis building inspector sentenced to 72 months for steering 91 contracts to family-controlled companies and stealing $1,642,908 from building-rehabilitation programs.
15. Texas defendant pleads guilty in a $1.5 million deed-fraud scheme that used fake identification to impersonate property owners and sell land to unsuspecting buyers.
16. New Jersey defendant sentenced to 63 months for stealing approximately $1.1 million from elderly and other victims by posing as a financial professional and fabricating investment statements.
17. Dominican Republic national sentenced in Washington, DC to 27 months for $1M unemployment-benefits fraud scheme.
18. Indian national sentenced in Maine to nine years for a five-state government-imposter scheme that induced eight victims to surrender cash and gold; $1,897,386 restitution.
19. Washington defendant pleads guilty to stealing $333k from a Portland victim through fictitious online personas and false claims that women needed help escaping sex trafficking.
20. Former police officer in California pleads guilty to concealing a coworker’s death and collecting nearly $300,000 in Social Security and federal retirement benefits.
21. Oklahoma defendant pleads guilty to using a sham farm stand, a stolen identity, and fraudulent accounts to process approximately $212k in SNAP benefits.
22. New York defendant indicted for allegedly using a deceased beneficiary’s ATM card for nearly six years, causing more than $109,000 in Social Security losses.
23. Illegal alien pleads guilty to using a stolen identity to obtain $57,289 in MassHealth benefits and $15,186 in SNAP benefits.
24. Dominican illegally residing in Massachusetts charged with allegedly using a stolen identity to obtain approximately $16,205 in MassHealth benefits.
25. Maryland defendant pleads guilty to schemes seeking at least $3.5 million in fraudulent tax refunds and obtaining more than $550,000 in unemployment benefits using victims’ identities.
26. Louisiana defendant pleads guilty to seeking more than $177,000 in EIDL loans through applications falsely claiming business revenue, employees, and no recent felony convictions.
27. Florida defendant pleads guilty to fraudulently obtaining a $413,900 EIDL loan by inflating business revenue, then spending funds on vehicles, cash withdrawals, and personal purchases.
28. Former Boston official pleads guilty to obtaining a PPP loan by falsely claiming income from a fictitious auto-mechanic business and submitting fabricated tax records.
29. Chinese national pleads guilty in nationwide gift-card fraud scheme; authorities recovered 134 compromised cards worth up to $58,300.
30. New Orleans defendant pleads guilty to conspiring with a postal worker to steal, alter, and deposit mailed checks, withdrawing more than $18,000.
31. Portland, Oregon defendant pleads guilty in a multistate SNAP/EBT skimming scheme that compromised hundreds of accounts and caused approximately $554,215 in losses.
32. Iowa defendant sentenced to 33 months for COVID-19 unemployment fraud scheme.
33. Georgia defendant sentenced to 33 months for car-loan and COVID-related fraud; $1,244,243.81 restitution.
34. Pennsylvania defendant pleads guilty to using fictitious businesses and false family wages to conceal approximately $2 million in taxable income and obtain about $220,000 in PPP loans.
35. Two Virginia defendants plead guilty to filing fraudulent pandemic-unemployment claims using a fictitious business and identifying information belonging to other people, including incarcerated individuals.

All in support of @POTUS and @VP's Task Force to Eliminate Fraud (@WHFraudTF).

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