The bankruptcy estates of a group of ambulance providers have settled a dispute with several former directors and officers and private equity sponsors whom the companies accused of maximizing value for themselves at the companies’ expense for $8.5 million, ...

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The district court found appellants guilty of marriage fraud in connection with a scheme whereby they obtained permanent resident status for Cameroonian nationals by arranging fraudulent marriages with American citizens. The court affirmed. Background Carine Kojia Aleah Ep Mbendeke and ...

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While North Carolinians survey the damage that Hurricane Florence wrought on homes and businesses across the region, there’s another storm they must brace for: the inevitable wave of fraud and identity theft that trails natural disasters.

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Even if the defendant-seller did not tell the plaintiff-buyer that his Nash County internet sweepstakes business had been served with written notice from law enforcement that the games being played on the machines in his business violated G.S. § 14-306.4 ...

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ASHEVILLE (AP) A former North Carolina town councilman has been convicted of falsely representing himself as a doctor so he could provide expert testimony in court. The Associated Press reports court officials said 66-year-old Milton LeRoy Byrd, a former Fletcher ...

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ASHEVILLE (AP) A father and son who belong to a secretive evangelical church in North Carolina pleaded guilty May 25 to federal criminal charges in an unemployment benefits scheme that former congregants have said was part of a plan to keep ...

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RALEIGH (AP) The former head of a North Carolina health care company has received a prison sentence in connection with a Medicaid fraud scheme. A news release from the U.S. Department of Justice said 47-year-old Shephard Spruill was sentenced to ...

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RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina’s attorney general has announced a settlement with a dentist over fraudulent claims sent to the state Medicaid program. Attorney General Josh Stein said April 27 a settlement was reached with Dr. Carlos J. Privette under which he ...

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Normally, fraud claims may not be based on promises of future intent; however, in this case, plaintiff has alleged that, when defendant Rives promised not to dispose of the nominal defendant-corporation’s assets without plaintiff’s consent, Rives had already taken steps ...

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Holding: Although the complaint does not make clear what relationship there is between plaintiffs and defendants, plaintiffs allege that defendants misrepresented the condition of a house’s deck to them and concealed a material fact in order to intentionally deceive them, ...

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