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FBI agents arrest eight in elaborate mortgage fraud scheme in Dallas

The defendants ran a scheme in which they bought homes under false pretenses, collected kickbacks, and then let the homes go into foreclosure.

Friday, June 20, 2008

Former Rockwall County district attorney convicted of theft - again

Ray Sumrow was found guilty of stealing from the county for a second time, on a second set of charges. And he seemed surprised.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Former Rockwall District Attorney Ray Sumrow’s attorney states bank account deposits a mistake

FBI agents and Texas Rangers started investigating former Rockwall District Attorney Ray Sumrow in fall 2006.

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Horizon Travel has assets frozen by Texas Attorney General

Horizon Travel is under investigation for a number of scams.

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Fort Worth oil and gas man admits role in investment scheme

James Retz lied to investors that he had hundreds of oil and gas wells spewing out oil and gas.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Dallas police corporal arrested for bribery

Dallas Police Senior Corporal Minh Tran allegedly demanded and took money from a Vietnamese family in exchange for not reporting potential violations of gambling laws.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Weatherford cattleman pleads guilty to mail fraud

He promised his his investors, acquaintances, and two banks a 12% return. Instead, he cost them nearly $7 million in losses.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Dallas firefighter to face felony charges for selling fake NFL gear

Reginald Cuington and Charles Whitaker were also shot while in Phoenix; Whitaker later died from his wounds.

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Dallas-based Dave & Buster’s has database hacked

Hackers from as far away as Estonia stole credit card information from 11 D&B's locations.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Hurst resident sentenced to four years for nursing home tax scheme

The accused's attorney tried to paint him as a patsy. Didn't work.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Plano man guilty of mail fraud sentenced to 78 months in prison

He submitted false invoices totaling more than $5 million to his employer, Sage Telecom.

Monday, March 31, 2008

Two former McKinney travel agents sentenced to prison for mail and wire fraud

They scammed customers on fake cruise trips.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Rockwall DA sentenced for corruption

2001 Prosecutor of the Year sent to prison.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Former University of North Texas professor sentenced for public corruption

This case was investigated by the FBI and the UNT police and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Shamoil T. Shipchandler.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

UPDATED: New report by Texans For Public Justice examines questionable spending by Texas Supreme Court

Correction: Texans For Public Justice incorrectly reported that Justice Scott Brister failed to itemize $6,805 in reimbursements that he received from his campaign account in late 2003.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Allstate suing local Arlington chiropractor for millions for insurance fraud

Alleged multi-million dollar fraud ring the target of a federal lawsuit.

Friday, March 7, 2008

Father of developer in Dallas corruption scandal pleads guilty to tax evasion

Jack Potashnik is father of Brian Potashnik, owner of Southwest Housing accused of bribing public officials.

Monday, March 3, 2008

Fort Worth nursing home exec pleads guilty to conspiracy and tax evasion

Gary Trebert admitted evading more than four billion dollars in payroll taxes.

Friday, Feb. 29, 2008

Dallas ISD to cough up $316,000 for false claims, misuse of funds

The district says it will settle the case out of court and admit no wrongdoing. A good example for the kids.

Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008

Fort Worth nursing home executive pleads guilty to conspiracy and tax evasion

The case was one of the largest payroll tax fraud cases ever prosecuted in the U.S.

Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008

Flowserve announces $10 million settlement with SEC, DOJ for kickbacks to Iraq

Flowserve ended up paying $6.5 million to the SEC and another $4 million to the Dept. of Justice.

Friday, Feb. 22, 2008

Dallas FBI arrests three in insurance fraud scheme

Two were from Bedford, one from Forney; all three were arrested February 20 without incident.

Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008

Why wasn’t Lynn Flint Shaw charged with a felony?

Dallas.org and the Dallas Morning News are questioning why Shaw was charged with a misdemeanor instead of felony forgery.

Monday, Feb. 18, 2008

Lynn Flint Shaw, former chair of DART board, turns herself in to authorities

It began with the DART funding fiasco and is spiraling down into an ugly, ugly mess.

Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008

Couple from Fort Worth accused of illegally selling to Iran (for past 16 years)

Mrs. Woodford has been in custody for the past month, though her husband remains at large.

Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008

Fort Worth police officer and wife arrested for fraud

James M. Hale and his wife, Courtney, allegedly tried to get prescriptions drugs illegally.

Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008

McKinney woman faces new charges in disappearance of funds

Carrie Choat had original theft charges dismissed, will now be charged with misapplication of fiduciary property or property of financial institution.

Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008

Two Bear Stearns executives in Dallas plead guilty to corruption charges

The two were snagged as part of a far-reaching city corruption sting in El Paso.

Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007

Former Metro Housing Partnership director pleads guilty to embezzlement

A photo of Elliot explains it all.

Friday, Dec. 21, 2007

Harris Methodist pays $1.9 million to resolve allegations that it violated False Claims Act

Of course, by entering into such a settlement, HEB does not admit any wrongdoing and denies any liability.

Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007

Grapevine-based Benny Hinn Ministries defies U.S. Senate

Hinn is the second U.S. preacher to refuse to give the Senate requested information.

Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007

Dallas man pleads guilty to role in conspiracy to manipulate stock prices

Gerald Kingston of Dallas pled guilty on Wednesday in federal court to conspiracy to commit securities fraud.

Friday, Dec. 7, 2007

NTTA officials blowing millions of quarters on first-class airplane tickets, fancy dinners

CBS 11 undertook an awesome investigation that shows NTTA officials buying first-class airplane tickets, dinners in castles, and other perks.

Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007

Ex-Krum mayor under investigation for file tampering

Larry Lamonica is accused of tampering with government records after he removed files from office in May.

Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007

Ringleader in Dallas staged-accident conspiracy pleads guilty

Tuan (Andy) Nguyen was leader of a conspiracy that, over the course of 7 years, defrauded insurance companies of more than $1 million.

Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007

Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners responds to federal investigation

The company is maintaining its innocence.

Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007

Five DFW federal workers accused of defrauding HUD

The fraud amounted to nearly $150,000.

Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007

Trophy Club CPA sentenced to 27+ years in prison without parole for fraud

Robert David Neal used aliases "Michael Skinner," "Albert Davis," "David Nelson," and "Fifty Cent." No, scratch that last one, just kidding.

Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007

Dallas attorneys sued by SEC for selling $18+ million in illegal, unregistered securities

Here's hoping you never sunk a dime into RSMR Capital Group, Dissemination Services, Page Properties, or ATN Enterprises.

Friday, Sept. 28, 2007

EDS agrees to pay $490,000 fine to SEC

EDS agreed to settle an investigation into its bookkeeping and record keeping.

Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007


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