A South Abington Twp. insurance agent will spend up to six years in prison and will have to make more than $192,000 in restitution for defrauding business clients. Timothy A. Hewitt, 42, was sentenced Tuesday in Lackawanna County Court by President Judge Michael J. Barrasse to a total of 19 to 72 months in state prison, followed by 12 years …
Two Contractors Charged With Fraud, Stealing Identities of Minority Businesses
Two construction executives were charged with fraudulently obtaining public contracts worth millions of dollars by stealing the identities of two minority-owned businesses, and failing to pay more than $400,000 to more than 50 employees, the state attorney general’s office said today. One of the executives, Michael Martin, 47, of Latham, formerly owned Eastern Building & Restoration Inc. in Albany. Read …
Pennsylvania Man Faces Charges of Insurance-Bond Fraud
An insurance agent from Lackawanna County charged in July with defrauding three clients in Susquehanna County was arrested Thursday on violations involving three additional firms in Luzerne County, authorities said. Tell me more >>>
New Mexico Man Sentenced for Using Fake Bond on School Project, Evading Tax
An Albuquerque-area contractor has been ordered to spend 27 months in federal prison and pay more than $410,000 in restitution in a tax evasion and fraud case. Federal prosecutors say 38-year-old Joseph Dubois was sentenced this week. His prison term will be followed by three years of supervised release. Tell me more >>>