A Pennsylvania woman who garnered more than $10,000 after claiming she had cancer was criminally charged after it was revealed that she had been lying about her ailment, according to reports. An investigation that started in June resulted in Jessica Smith’s arrest on Monday on receiving stolen property and theft charges. Smith, 32, is accused …
A Michigan-based doctor is facing a staggering 267 lawsuits for allegedly misdiagnosing children with epilepsy for at least a decade. WXYZ reported that Dr. Yasser Awaad was accused of subjecting hundreds of children to taxing and unnecessary medical tests—which often left them sleep-deprived—after intentionally misdiagnosing them with epilepsy. Lawyers said the children often underwent these …
Authorities in Utah and Arizona have criminally charged an Arizona public official for allegedly operating a trafficking ring that involved transporting pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to the U.S. to give birth, then paying them to give their babies up for adoption. Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen—who is also an adoption attorney licensed in …
The daughter taped notes of ‘explanation’ to windows of her mother’s home after neighbors started to wonder why they hadn’t seen her
Authorities in Georgia say a pair of crooks were nabbed as part of a sting operation into what appears to be a stolen-vehicle ring. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, 22-year-old Shawn Milstead of Inglewood, Calif., and 35-year-old Jason Tucker of Pontiac, Mich., were arrested on suspicion of attempting to use fraudulent documentation to secure …
A West Virginia woman has been criminally charged days after allegedly admitting that she manufactured the story about her 5-year-old daughter’s attempted abduction at a mall—a fabrication which resulted in the arrest of a male shopper. According to WSAZ, Santana Adams, 24, has been charged with falsely reporting an emergency incident in connection with Monday’s incident …
Authorities in New Jersey say a city official is facing a range of criminal charges related to his service in Gloucester County. According to NJ.com, 53-year-old Charles M. Bosco served as Franklin Township’s public works director prior to his arrest on Wednesday. Police say they initially launched an investigation after receiving a report that he …
Authorities in New York say a 60-year-old man was discovered bound and beaten inside of his own pickup truck at a Newfane supermarket, but they believe his account of events was fabricated. According to Buzzfeed News, Robert Brandel claimed two acquaintances forced him at gunpoint to drive around the community for two days and left …
Authorities in Georgia say a woman is facing criminal charges related to faking her son’s medical issues to receive disability payments. According to WFXT, 34-year-old Teresa Lynne Roth is accused of forcing the 5-year-old child to take dozens of medications needlessly over the course of about two years starting in 2016. “Between January 2016 and …
An Indiana superintendent has resigned days after she was arrested for allegedly getting a high school student medical treatment using her son’s health insurance. According to WTHR, Casey Smitherman’s resignation was announced during Friday’s Elwood school board meeting. The assistant superintendent will take on Smitherman’s role in the interim. In a statement to the Indianapolis …
An Ohio man has pleaded not guilty to dozens of criminal counts related to allegations that he victimized more than 50 people in a ‘SIM-swapping’ scheme that netted him roughly $500,000 in fraudulent gains. According to the New York Post, 20-year-old Dawson Bakies appeared in Manhattan Supreme Court in New York this week where he …
A New Jersey man is facing fraud charges after surveillance cameras reportedly showed him intentionally throwing ice on the floor of his former workplace and fake a fall that he later filed an insurance claim for. As part of a statewide crackdown on insurance fraud, the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office released footage they allege shows a fake …
