Reactions Mixed to Federal Fraud Sweep
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Federal law enforcement may be heralding Operation Web Snare as the largest cyber-crime crackdown of its kind, but it is receiving mixed reviews on whether it will stymie the rise in Internet fraud.
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Consumer advocates are urging bank customers to be more careful about the checks they write now that new federal regulations designed to speed up check processing have taken effect.
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Federal authorities think that nearly $50 million was stolen in an embezzlement scheme run out of the D.C. tax office, more than double the amount they had previously uncovered, four sources close to the investigation said.
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More than a hundred individuals have been arrested and charged this summer in a federal computer and Internet-related crime sweep known as Operation Web Snare, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft said today.
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Federal investigators have uncovered what they describe as a sweeping network of kickbacks, bribes and fraud involving employees and subcontractors of KBR, the former Halliburton subsidiary.
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Feds reel in some big fish on the most elaborate trading scam in years, and it's not over yet.
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New federal regulations designed to speed up the processing of checks went into effect on Thursday, and consumer advocates advised Americans to be more vigilant about monitoring their accounts.
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Reports of suspected mortgage fraud have doubled since 2005, and government agencies say they cannot keep up.
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The House Republicans' campaign arm may be a victim of fraud by a former employee, and it has asked law enforcement officials to investigate "irregularities in our financial audit process."
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Rewards could be offered to people who inform on companies or individuals defrauding the government.
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Reports of suspected mortgage fraud have doubled since 2005 and government agencies that investigate and prosecute such cases say they cannot keep up.
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Fraud is running rampant in the nation's mortgage industry, with nearly three times as many reports of suspicious activity so far this year compared with 2001, a top FBI official said Friday.
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The government is spending more on tracking benefit fraud as it is getting back, a report says.
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Some federal employees are smarting over their smart-card treatment.
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The nation's top securities watchdog yesterday mounted a forceful defense of the government's ongoing crackdown on corporate fraud, amid industry complaints that authorities are overreaching in their drive to police misconduct on Wall Street.
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A day after federal agents netted 1,300 meat plant workers in the largest immigration sweep in U.S. history, federal officials pledged on Wednesday to continue their crackdown on illegal workers and identity theft.
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Fraud in the &#36;300-billion-a-year Medicaid program is widespread and the federal government is not doing enough to combat it, congressional investigators said in a report released Wednesday.