April 7, 2025 — The trial of former Nigerian Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika took a dramatic turn Monday as Isaiah Yesufu, a Director of Certification, Compliance, and Monitoring at the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), delivered damning testimony in an Abuja Federal Capital Territory High Court. Sirika, alongside his brother Ahmad Sirika and two companies—Enginos … Read more
Internet banking is arguably the quickest method to pay all types of payments. Today many people who find themselves in need of time desire to make use of digital banking. Even the creating international locations at the moment are shifting into the world of on-line banking. But fraud is posing a continuing menace to its … Read more
Health Care Fraud, Bank/Mortgage Fraud and Securities Fraud Practitioner should be aware of 18 USC § 1345, a law that allows the federal government to create federal health care crimes, bank-mortgage crimes, securities crimes and other offences. Otherwise known as the federal fraud injunction statute, it also authorizes a court to freeze the assets of … Read more
More homeowners age 62 and older are starting to take advantage of the many benefits that a reverse mortgage offers them, including the elimination of monthly mortgage payments and access to their home’s equity. Unfortunately, as these loans have become a more popular form of financing, the ways in which older homeowners are being defrauded … Read more
Hospice fraud in South Carolina and the United States is an increasing problem as the number of hospice patients has exploded over the past few years. From 2004 to 2008, the number of patients receiving hospice care in the United States grew almost 40% to nearly 1.5 million, and of the 2.5 million people who … Read more
When we think of insurance fraud we must include activities like making a false claim that is more than the original loss, wrong dates presented on an insurance claim, falsehood based on how the accident actually happened etc. should be mixed with Committing this fraud doesn’t seem like such a big deal, as he is … Read more
Fraud is not limited to just one or two people. It is spreading like wild fire in our society as we often see that some reputed companies do frauds. There are various areas of expertise for a fraud lawyer and no one lawyer can specialize or become an expert in all types of fraud. Some … Read more
If you operate a retail or e-commerce business, accepting all major credit cards and electronic checks is an essential method of customer payment. However, business owners must also consider the potential cost of fraud when you decide to accept electronic payments. Studies have shown that both traditional and online merchants have lost billions in fraudulent … Read more
Identity thieves use other people’s personal information for many things. The most common use is credit card fraud. After obtaining a target’s personal details, thieves can open new lines of credit, hijack existing credit card accounts, and continue spending with other people’s money. Here’s an overview of several tactics identity thieves use to commit credit … Read more
Life insurance fraud is a black eye on both life insurance companies and life insurance customers. Both sides have been and will be guilty of life insurance fraud again – in particular, sadly, fraud is on the rise by most statistical measures. Research by the non-profit The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud concludes that life insurance … Read more