fraud

A Cazenovia man has been sentenced to 5 years in prison on charges of fraud and money laundering. In addition to prison time 71-year-old James P. Griffin was ordered to pay a $2,300 special assessment, and over $2 million in restitution to his victims.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A former U.S. Postal Service employee who claimed to spend 15 hours a day in a hot tub to relieve a work-related injury has been sentenced for bilking the federal government out of nearly $430,000 in disability benefits.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A Buffalo debt collector has pleaded guilty to federal charges that he coerced thousands of victims into paying more than $1 million in debts they may or may not have owed.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Donald Trump is scheduled to face trial this month in a class-action lawsuit against him and his now-defunct Trump University, potentially taking the witness stand weeks before his inauguration as president of the United States.

MIAMI (AP) — A fall 2017 trial date is set for a South Florida businessman accused of orchestrating a $1 billion Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man faces up to 12 years in federal prison for burying his mother in her backyard so that he could continue collecting her retirement payments.

KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) — A Hudson Valley dentist acquitted earlier this year of fatally poisoning his ex-lover's husband has been convicted of fraud and theft.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The leader of a New York crime ring that stole credit cards from cars at gyms and restaurants and used them to buy gift cards has pleaded guilty.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a man seeking a job with the Buffalo Police Department tried to use a stand-in to take the required physical test.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A former market owner in Buffalo has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for food stamp fraud.