A woman in California was sentenced on Tuesday to an extra two years in jail after she attempted to get out of serving her original prison sentence by faking cancer.

A Cuban national who is wanted in America for filing fraudulent health care claims worth millions was arrested on Monday after attempting to flee the United States on a jet ski.

A Florida fraudster who ran a fake Christian nonprofit and attempted to use a dubious Trump pardon to get some of the money he stole released was charged on Wednesday with multiple counts of fraud.

Vinath Oudomsine, a Georgia resident who claims to run a small entertainment business, has been sentenced to three years in prison for using COVID relief funds to buy a rare Pokémon card.

On Thursday, a fake CIA veteran was sentenced to six years in prison for embezzling over $2 million of his venture capitalist boss’ cash after pleading guilty last year to bamboozling the billionaire into spending millions of dollars to run “off the books” private paramilitary missions.  

The notorious “Tinder Swindler” got the taste of his own medicine after a pair of tricksters scammed him to fork out more than $7,000, promising they could have his Instagram account verified and get rid of all the fake accounts under his name.

Businessman and Hunter Biden associate Devon Archer has been sentenced to a year in prison on Monday for defrauding a Native American tribe of over $60 million.

So-called German heiress Anna Delvey has gained more popularity in the criminal space after her fraudulent schemes were featured in Netflix’s new docuseries “Inventing Anna.” For four years, the conwoman infiltrated the circles of monied socialites in New York City, ultimately scamming contacts out of $275,000.

Kelly Turner has been sentenced to 16 years in prison on Wednesday after she reportedly faked her daughter's illnesses before she purposely killed her after defrauding the state and several charities.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Justice Department announced its biggest-ever cryptocurrency theft following the seizure of a record-breaking $3.6 billion in Bitcoin tied to the hacking of digital currency exchange Bitfinex in 2016, resulting in the arrest of a husband-and-wife team of alleged money launderers in Manhattan.

Lottery fraudster and convicted rapist Edward Putman faces six more years in prison if he fails to hand over more than £900,000 ($1.2 million) within three months.

Nicholas Alahverdian, a Rhode Island child welfare critic who is suspected of faking his own death, was found in Scotland on Wednesday after he checked in a Glasgow hospital due to COVID-19.

A Pennsylvania dentist has been arrested on murder and fraud charges nearly five years after reportedly killing his wife. Ultimately, he is accused of masking her death as an accident to trick life insurance companies, according to federal prosecutors. 

Police in Madrid arrested two men in connection with the fatal poisoning of an American tycoon and former CEO of a Spanish shipyard, whose corpse was found at the top-end Westin Palace Hotel in central Madrid in October.

Federal prosecutors announced that a NJ man, 24, was charged with several counts of fraud after purchasing and selling Tom Brady Super Bowl rings.

Former Olympic medalist Allison Marie Baver has found herself charged with defrauding the government on Thursday after she allegedly falsified information in her loan applications to obtain $10 million in COVID relief loans.

The Netflix executive solicited and received bribes and kickbacks from nine tech start-up companies that provided products and services to the streaming giant. 

Josh Bellamy pleaded guilty on June 9 to conspiracy to commit wire fraud after he had fraudulently obtained over $1.2 million Covid-19 relief funds.

Two men from Bolton have been jailed for fraud after they attempted to claim a US$5.29-million (£4 million) scratch card win after purchasing the ticket using a stolen debit card.

A man has been sentenced to two years in prison for obtaining fraudulent loans designed to provide emergency financial assistance for businesses affected by COVID-19 and then using a portion of the cash to purchase a Range Rover.

A married Utah County entrepreneur is facing charges for allegedly dating to defraud a breast-cancer survivor out of nearly $200,000 and is further accused of using the same “disturbing pattern of activity'' in victimizing his second victim, a widow.

A man who thought he could cash in big money from an insurance if he lost his legs ended up with an even bigger mess and potential jail time.

Federal agents are considering Heidi Planck’s disappearance as an active criminal case, after agents and LAPD carried out a raid in Planck’s home.

A man is reportedly suing a psychic for failing to remove an alleged curse put on him by his ex-girlfriend for $5,100.

Kaylynn Stevenson revealed she had stumbled upon her own case after googling missing persons who carried the last name “Williams” and realized the Google photo was hers.

The travel agent Maria Silva refused to answer the cops during questioning but she made a full-blown confession in court.

The reputed octogenarian boss and underboss of New York City’s Colombo crime family were among the 14 people arrested amid alleged ties to corruption and health care fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office confirmed on Tuesday.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday sued the founder of the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange platform BitConnect for allegedly poaching a staggering $2 billion from retail investors from the United States and abroad. It is believed to be the largest cryptocurrency fraud to be criminally charged.

The inventor of cryptocurrency AriseCoin has been slapped with a five-year federal prison term for leaving investors more than $4 million out of pocket in a fraudulent digital coin scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Texas bared on Wednesday. 

A Connecticut nurse has been sentenced in federal court in Springfield to 20 months in prison for tampering with liquid morphine prescribed to a patient, the U.S. Attorney’s Office bared on Wednesday.