The chief of the Coalton volunteer fire department pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court Thursday to using more than $200,000 in fire department funds for personal expenses.
A New Jersey man who is alleged to have fled to Turkey has returned to the United States and pleaded guilty to his role in a nationwide, off-the-road tire sale fraud scheme that resulted in tens of millions of dollars of losses.
A California man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court recently to embezzling more than $10.2 million from his employer and violating orders of the Court in a lawsuit against him.
Two Central Ohio women are charged federally with crimes related to allegedly fraudulently receiving more than $2.8 million total in COVID relief funds from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
A former Belmont County attorney was sentenced in U.S. District Court this month to 60 months in prison for committing mail fraud related to stealing more than $882,000 from an elderly woman with dementia while purporting to act in her best interests under a Power of Attorney.