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Daily Report: Higher Ed

College pays instructors to resign amid alleged pay-for-grades scandal

May 2, 2012, 8:26 AM
Three El Camino College Compton Center professors who resigned in 2010 and 2011 gave fraudulent grades to several international students who had never attended classes, according to documents and interviews with college officials and an attorney who investigated the alleged scheme. Some of the... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Ex-ICE employee latest to plead guilty in fraud scheme

March 29, 2012, 12:05 AM
A former assistant to an acting intelligence chief for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement pleaded guilty yesterday for her part in an unfolding travel voucher kickback scheme that defrauded the government of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Lateisha M. Rollerson, 38, of Bowie, Md.,... + read more
Daily Report: K–12

Ex-construction execs plead no contest in school funds fraud case

March 22, 2012, 12:05 AM
Three former executives of TurnKey Schools of America, a construction firm that manufactured and installed prefabricated school buildings across the state, have pleaded no contest to charges of siphoning millions in construction funds from a Santa Barbara County school district. Four years ago... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Harris targets attorneys in mortgage fraud case

March 12, 2012, 12:05 AM
The state attorney general's office, working with other law enforcement and the State Bar, ratcheted up its mortgage fraud crackdown with the arrest of the owners and managing attorney of a Northern California law firm accused of scamming residents seeking loan help. Co-owners Gregory... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Calif. leads nation in suspicious home loans

March 9, 2012, 9:05 AM
California continues to lead the nation in questionable home loans, with Los Angeles, Riverside, Santa Clara, Orange and San Bernardino counties among the areas with the highest number of suspected mortgage fraud cases, federal financial officials reported this week. According to the U.S... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Calif. debt collection scam defrauded victims out of $5M, FTC says

February 23, 2012, 12:05 AM
The Federal Trade Commission acted this month to halt the operations of a California-based company that it claims defrauded consumers out of $5 million in more than 17,000 transactions.  The court filings [PDF], a complaint seeking a temporary restraining order and freeze of company... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Federal justice officials accuse hospice provider of Medicare fraud

January 6, 2012, 12:05 AM
A national for-profit hospice care company partially owned by a San Francisco private equity firm has been accused of bilking Medicare of millions of dollars, according to a legal complaint filed this week by the U.S. Department of Justice. In court documents, the government contends that... + read more
Daily Report: K–12

Controversial church sends kids to solicit money at BART stations

December 21, 2011, 12:05 AM
A West Oakland church and private school that sends children to solicit donations at BART stations has a history of financial and legal troubles, including two cases in which church leaders admitted they illegally received government assistance. The children, including one who said he was 7... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Donation limits could be waived for those hit by fraud scandal

November 2, 2011, 12:05 AM
Democrats in the state Legislature face a tantalizing opportunity: They could waive campaign contribution limits to help fellow Democrats hit by the Kinde Durkee fraud scandal. The catch is that they would need Republican support to meet a two-thirds vote requirement. Durkee, who... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

California man caught with 300,000 identities

October 31, 2011, 12:05 AM
A Southern California man was convicted of identity theft after authorities discovered he had obtained more than 300,000 personal profiles. While not the most authorities have seen, it's a large cache of personal information, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Brown. Robert Delgado Jr.,... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Lawyer accused of mortgage-related fraud sues Kamala Harris

October 28, 2011, 12:05 AM
Los Angeles-area attorney Mitchell J. Stein refers to himself as "The Doberman" and his website advertises, "You Hold The Leash." In August, California Attorney General Kamala Harris raided Stein's offices and accused him and other lawyers of fraudulently misleading... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Mortgage scams persist despite state crackdown

October 21, 2011, 12:05 AM
The state Department of Real Estate issued a desist-and-refrain order against a Los Angeles man accused of running an illegal loan modification business, as boom times continue for mortgage scams. Last year, California Watch reported that George Bolanos was targeting Latino homeowners in... + read more
Daily Report: Higher Ed

Online classes targeted by financial aid scams

October 7, 2011, 12:05 AM
The explosion of online college course offerings and online financial aid transactions has created a substantial risk of fraud – and regulators should craft new rules to clamp down on theft, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Inspector General. The... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Christian rock promoter pleads guilty to fraud

October 7, 2011, 12:05 AM
The way Downey resident Lauren Baumann tells it, she was putting on Christian rock concerts at a mini-golf fun park and renting a $10,000-a-month historic mansion in order to serve God. And also to pay off a $2.9 million judgment from a 1990s fraud conviction in Texas. To federal prosecutors,... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Study supports bill to end fingerprints for food stamp recipients

September 23, 2011, 12:05 AM
A new study provides support for a bill on Gov. Jerry Brown's desk that would stop the state's policy of fingerprinting food stamp recipients. California's policy is meant to deter fraud, but it keeps people from seeking aid and creates high administrative costs, according to a... + read more
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