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On July 31, 2018, he entered a guilty plea in the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia in Charleston to one count of wire fraud. [13] Because of his guilty plea to a felony, the Supreme Court of Appeals annulled Ketchum's license to practice law in the state of West Virginia on October 4, 2018.
Eric Christopher Conn (born September 29, 1960) is an American former attorney and convicted felon who is best known for his role in orchestrating the largest Social Security fraud scheme in United States history. [1] The Social Security Administration estimated that Conn's fraud scheme cost the government around $550 million.
Loughry was an assistant to U.S. Representative Harley O. Staggers, Jr. and Governor Gaston Caperton before joining the West Virginia Attorney General's Office as a senior assistant attorney general in 1997. [11] In 2003, he left the attorney general's office to become a law clerk at the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. [11]
A dream home became a nightmare when Raegan Bartlo and her husband lost $255K to real estate wire fraud. Learn how this elaborate scam works — and how to spot the signs you're about to be their ...
Several statutes, mostly codified in Title 18 of the United States Code, provide for federal prosecution of public corruption in the United States.Federal prosecutions of public corruption under the Hobbs Act (enacted 1934), the mail and wire fraud statutes (enacted 1872), including the honest services fraud provision, the Travel Act (enacted 1961), and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt ...
United States Attorney's Office - Southern District of West Virginia. Archived from the original on 30 August 2010 "Election Fraud Is the Target Of F.B.I. Sting". The New York Times. 4 December 2005; Ruane, Michael E. (2 December 2005). "FBI's Sham Candidate Crawled Under W.Va.'s Political Rock".
If you get an email providing you a PIN number and an 800 or 888 number to call, this a scam to try and steal valuable personal info. These emails will often ask you to call AOL at the number provided, provide the PIN number and will ask for account details including your password.
In August 2008, 50-year-old Randall Michael pleaded guilty to committing mail fraud while he was an inmate at FCI Morgantown. Michael masterminded a scheme to obtain money by falsely representing himself to potential investors as a wealthy executive who was attempting to obtain a grant requiring a refundable $50,000 bond with which he would purchase approximately 13 acres for $3.9 million for ...