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Va. AG hiring staff to target unemployment fraud
Miyares signs agreement with VEC
Virginia’s attorney general on Thursday announced he has signed an agreement with the Virginia Employment Commission to hire more staff dedicated to investigating and prosecuting fraudulent unemployment claims, a problem that has cost the state more than $100 million since 2020, a report estimates. According to Attorney General Jason Miyares’ spokeswoman, Victoria LaCivita, his office
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Ex-WMATA official sentenced in federal fraud case
Conspired with ex-NFL player to defraud Metro operator of $310K
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A former assistant superintendent of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) was sentenced Tuesday to 14 days of incarceration and two years of supervised release after conspiring with a former pro football player to defraud the transit authority of more than $300,000. In January, Kirby Smith pleaded guilty to violating federal law by supplementing his
SEC charges Herndon-based tech company, CEO with fraud
SEC orders Boon.Tech to relinquish $5M raised through unregistered coin offering
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The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges Thursday against Herndon-based Kelvin Boon LLC/Boon.Tech and its CEO, Rajesh Pavithran, for fraud and registration violations in connection with a $5 million initial coin offering of digital asset securities. Without admitting or denying the SEC’s findings, Pavithran and his company agreed to settle the charges by consenting to
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Ex-CommuniClique CEO sentenced for money laundering, fraud
Andrew B. Powers, founder of Reston-based tech firm, defrauded investors of $25M+
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The founder and former CEO of Reston-based CommuniClique on Wednesday was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison in an Alexandria federal court for money laundering and fraud that caused losses of $25 million to investors, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. “Andrew B. Powers stole $25 million