Fraud Investigation?

I need advice from Law Enforcement. I was scammed for ,000 by a guy who used a fake name and said he was from a company that he wasn’t associated with. He had an e-mail address that looked like it came from the real company, phone number the works. I wired the money to a B of A account which he setup with a stolen ID and has since moved the funds to one of those offshore gold accounts. I even looked up his IP address from his e-mails he used something called a proxy server to make it look like he was in different cities.

My lawyer wants a fortune to go after him and doesn’t think he will catch up with him. I have contacted the FBI and they don’t investigate crimes this small and referred me to my local police department.

Is it worth going to my local police? I am wondering if they will investigate something like this if it involves other states and countries? Is it worth the effort and what are his likely consequences ff caught.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Thanks
How do you go about finding someone like this that has covered their trail in this manner?

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mail fraud?

Have a family member harassing me by changing my address every few weeks, ordering massive magazines, etc. under my name and my spouses. Local police won’t do anything as crime was done cross country. Postal inspector doesn’t seem too up on arresting this person, although he assures me it’s a felony. My mail has been routed all over – and I keep hitting brick walls. Filed internet fraud complaint with fbi as well. Ideas on what to do? I’m fed up!

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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., urged the FBI and the Justice Department to put people who have committed mortgage fraud behind bars.
investigators have 530 active corporate fraud investigations, and 38 of them involve some of the biggest names in corporate finance —
I have personally seen a web page letter.were house loan brokers were advising clients, how to up their stated income, a.I -. yep. how to cheat, big names, these guys have bend the rules and have helped put the usa and us in a house of cards. because of greed.
the FBI will find a pattern in the contracts ,that rule out lucky coincidence ,

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/bailout_fraud

these shount be home owner submit their w2s its on record.

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I Done ChargeBacks on Phone Sex?

ChargeBacks on Phone Sex?
hi
i just like advice on this can phonesex services really prosicute for under 0.00 of there services rendered.I made about 5 35.00 calls and my last call i got upset about it,so i disputed them all and change my mind so i un did the disputes and took it as it is what it was.the other day i got this following email:

hi xxxx,

I have not received any confimation from your bank that you reversed the charges. In fact, you filled another dispute that I got today. If I don’t have confimation within 48 hours my lawyer will be in contact with you.
We take fraud very seriously and if you refuse to pay your credit card bill for a valid charge, your fraudulent activity will be reported to all 3 major credit bureaus, and all information about your transaction will be turned over to the District Attorney in New York for prosecution. In addition, we submit all fraudulent orders to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL). We cooperate fully with these agencies to ensure successful prosecution on these cases.

Regards,
xxxxxx
heres 1 more email ,i just got today

xxxxx,

I am a very busy person. I have not received anything from your bank or my merchant. I will get confirmation and I have yet to receive that.
The charges you owe are 5 plus additional 0 for charge back fees. They charge me per transaction. You owe 5 to ALD Consulting Services and if it’s not paid in FULL by tomorrow I will have no other choice but to hand this legal matter over to my attorney and this will be settled in court.

xxxxxx
yea what about if i have proof on my statement she was paid back for all calls

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I lost ,000 in upfront fees associated with a commitment fee for a development loan. These fees are pretty typical and the individual claimed to be from a large lender which he was not. I never met the person but I have a phone number (probably fake) and an e-mail address (fake as well I am sure). The money was wired to a bank account in the corp. name.

I ask this question because I have read numerous article stating there that only about 40% of fraud is reported and only about half of what is reported to the FBI is investigated and in the end only there was only about a 8% chance that anything would happen because it is a relatively small amount of money.

Would I be better hiring a lawyer and investigator to pursue this?

Thanks
If I go to the local police how likely are they to investigate if it involves someone on the other side of the country?

Sounds like I need to do this myself.

Thanks

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Constitue mortgage fraud?

If an unlicensed loan officer (3rd party) own a home based business processing loans for home and uses false credit references from family and friends employed at legitimate businesses, would this be mortgage fraud? Why does it matter, if it does matter, that the poeple have or have not lost their homes to foreclosure? Does it matter if the loans are for illegal immigrants? and why do you think the FBI doesn’t take these types of cases seriously in their investigation of mortgage fraud?

Any tips on how to get this type of practice stopped or investigated.
Category: Business & Finance > Renting & Real Estate

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If I am a victim of mortgage (loan) fraud….?

I believe that I am a victim of mortgage fraud and total loss is about 0,000.00 I already contacted FBI and also hired private attorney to file a lawsuit against the lender, seller, appraiser, realtor and the title company. To make a long story short .I bought a property which was inflated by the seller , over a half million dollars. The loan officer from the lender, appraiser, realtor, and the title company eventually helped seller to flip the property which means they all lied to me about everything. (I have all the evidences)
Please assume that I have a strong case – (Just for civil case) how much would be reasonable for me to ask the lender to compensate – I want to be a reasonable person and my lawyer and I have a little different opinion for this matter. I need a second opinion from others.
P.S. Previously I had a meeting with the president of the subject lender. He treated me as if I was a begger who is trying to make fortune out of this case. I was sad.
Thanks

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After a Money Order Fraud?

I already gave the post office the fraud money orders and info for the FBI. The problem is they said for me to ignore the guy now and he keeps e-mailing me and my family and I are paranoid. I don’t know what to do cause he knows my address.
Does anyone know?

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Is Obama using the Justice Department to stifle free spech?

Senator Obama and his minions are getting more creative in the way they are fighting free speech. Now they are using the Justice Department. The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Section, where many of the top officials are Obama contributors, has suggested criminal prosecutions against those they ANTICIPATE will engage in WHAT THEY intreprate as voter intimidation in an election involving a black candidate. Gee In America people are innocent until proven guilty, but with this new Obama directed effort, you are guilty if I THINK you might do something wrong. Its called intimidating people out of their right to free speech:

In the face of the Obama fundraising and media juggernaut, Republicans are worried about losing the presidential election.

They should be even more fearful, however, about being criminally prosecuted by the Justice Department for political speech and activity protected by the First Amendment — a clear effort by partisan career lawyers within the Civil Rights Division to help the Obama campaign.

How did we reach such a disturbing state of events? In 2002, Attorney General John Ashcroft directed the Justice Department to hold an annual training session for lawyers from Civil Rights as well as Assistant U.S. Attorneys and FBI agents. Its purpose was to educate these individuals regarding the requirements of both civil election laws — such as the Voting Rights Act that guarantee access to the polls — and the criminal election statutes that prohibit voter fraud and registration improprieties.

The recent 2008 conference, according to multiple sources, was a radical departure from prior events and quite disturbing. Unlike the past, all of the Civil Rights Division’s presentations were not made by lawyers from the Voting Section. Instead, some were also made by lawyers from the Criminal Section of Civil Rights. While most of the laws enforced by that Division are civil statutes, a small number provide for criminal prosecution for violations of the law that involve the threat or use of force.

The kind of routine violence, targeting civil rights workers in the 60s who were registering blacks to vote, is long gone. The Criminal Section has not pursued a criminal voting-related case in decades. Yet the presentations at this year’s conference show that the Criminal Section has been given the green light to use these same criminal statutes to harass and prosecute political activists (particularly Republicans) who are engaging in protected political activity, not violence or the threat of violence. No candidate for federal, state, or local office should take this unprecedented threat lightly. The entire apparatus of federal election law enforcement was assembled for this conference including every FBI agent and Assistant United States Attorney responsible for election-related matters.

The Criminal Section is headed by a former ACLU attorney, Mark Kappelhoff, who was actually hired by this Administration. So much for the claim that the Bush Administration only hired “conservatives” in the Civil Rights Division. In apparent violation of a memorandum from Attorney General Mukasey that directed employees to be “particularly sensitive to safeguarding the Department’s reputation for fairness, neutrality and nonpartisanship,” Kappelhoff has contributed ,000 to Obama — not exactly the hallmark of “neutrality and nonpartisanship.” But even worse was the presentation by one of his career lawyers, James Walsh, obviously made with Kappelhoff’s approval.

Walsh is a former Voting Section lawyer who transferred to the Criminal Section after working for Senator Ted Kennedy on a detail. Not surprisingly, Walsh is also a contributor to Obama, which is certainly on par with the almost 0,000 that DOJ lawyers and staff who live in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia have contributed to the Obama campaign, including John Bert Russ, the lawyer in the Voting Section who is responsible for the observer program that will send out hundreds of federal observers on election day.

Walsh made it clear that the Criminal Section intends to use the civil rights statutes to criminally prosecute anyone they consider to be engaging in voter “intimidation” or “oppression.” Now, that might sound like a reasonable idea until you realize that Walsh and Kappelhoff’s definition of “intimidation” and “oppression” goes far beyond what you and I would imagine. Walsh stated that because we have an African-American presidential candidate, there would be voter suppression — a baseless assumption that plays on left-wing stereotypes of America as a racist nation. Every single example of wrongdoing that Walsh and other presenters used in their presentations talked about Republicans: there was not a single example of any wrongdoing committed by any Democrats in the entire two-day conference.

One cited example of a “criminal” violation supposedly inte
This is hardly nonsense. Basic facts.
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Are FBI agents allowed to own businesses?

Lets say the guy is an FBI financial detective,he uncovers business/corporate related fraud.

Good examples of what im talking about: Raj and Medoff(sorry if i didn’t spell right)

Is FBI financial detective allowed to:
1.Own stocks
2.Own small businesses(like deli,pizzeria,franchising)
3.Allowed to own a corporation(tax/financial consulting corporation)
4.Allowed to own any business with a partner

All of the following said that the FBI agent is still working and is not retired.

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Constitue mortgage fraud?

If an unlicensed loan officer (3rd party) own a home based business processing loans for home and uses false credit references from family and friends employed at legitimate businesses, would this be mortgage fraud? Why does it matter, if it does matter, that the poeple have or have not lost their homes to foreclosure? Does it matter if the loans are for illegal immigrants? and why do you think the FBI doesn’t take these types of cases seriously in their investigation of mortgage fraud?

Any tips on how to get this type of practice stopped or investigated.

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Fraud(Class 2 Felony) what will be the Punishment?

I have a question. How much time can one do or what is the maximum sentence for a Fraud Conviction.?
Here is more info……..

A friend was picked up by the FBI last year in October for Theft by Government contract.(Medicaid Fraud). On a 20,000 bond. We paid 2,000 and got him out. so now he has an arraignment in Oct. and A trial by jury in Nov.
His story……Got in business with someone who is the owner of the said company that the fraudulent billing took place. He is not the owner yet the department of Attorney General decided to include him as a part owner because he was the one who managed the billing and the patient information which as stated by the Medicaid Investigators, were all stolen and used without the patients knowledge. Making matters worse, Doctors signatures were also fraudulent, meaning someone must have forged those too. The total amount received fraudulently, over 200,000.00. Which i think is a class 2 Felony.

So what are the chances that he will get less time by using the landownership defense as a strategy and get off on maybe probation and some fines? His lawyer keeps telling him that all he will get is a couple of months probation but i disagree.

NOTE:Most of the billing paperwork has his name on it. so he can not say he didn’t know what was happening.
So all you lawyers out there help me let him understand that he is in for a long hard ride in jail. what do you all think?
@Honey, Thank you for the information. His name appears on most documents because he basically ran the company as instructed by The Owner. Yet the owner, in his own defense claims on not knowing of the fraudulent activities. The owner also claims that he only paid him to market and get in contact with doctors. So basically He has excluded himself from the said activities.
additionally, he sighed off on all documents. (Allegedly Fraudulent )
This happened in Texas

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MEDICAL LICENSE FRAUD?

If a medical dept chairman signs a recommendation questionnaire for a resident that asks if that resident has ever had any problems or been suspended and the chairman says the resident has had no problems but the chairman knows the resident had problems because the chairman suspended the resident himself, is this considered fraud?And what if this resident, after graduation, went on to be arrested for obtaining drugs through fraud? Can this department chairman still be prosecuted for medical license fraud? Who would investigate, the state attorney’s office or the FBI?

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Reporting from Washington — Despite an expected wave of fraud in the trillion-dollar bailout that aims to stop the ongoing financial meltdown, federal law enforcement officials told Congress on Wednesday that they have nowhere near the level of resources to combat it.

Top FBI and Justice Department officials said they believed mortgage fraud and other types of corporate criminal behavior has contributed to the economic tailspin. And they said they already have more than 2,300 open investigations into suspected illegal financial activity — including 38 probes specifically linked to the crisis.

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Follow Up on Fraud Case?

I asked a question earlier about the FBI investigating my fraud case and received very helpful answers. Thank you to all who took the time to answer my questions.

My follow up question is how likely is my local police department to investigate my fraud case for ,000 if the person involved is all the way across the country?

My impression is I should go about this myself and hire a lawyer to track this down, would you agree?

Thanks again for your help.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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hello i was wondering if a parent of a child can go to prison if the kid commits fraud.. for example not big fraud like wire fraud or mail fraud but a small fraud like say there is a website that awards you points for searching the web and if you refer someone you get 50 points… so say if you get 3000 points then you get a 5 dollar amazon gift card…. and you made a bunch of fake email address"s" so that you could get a bunch of point so you could get a 5 dollar amazon giftcard… well if you made a bunch of fake email address"s" and then redemed the point for a 5 dollars amazon gift card.. and the company sent a letter saying a bunch of stuff like this dues to fruad and we may contact the fbi cyber crime scene services…. can the parent go to jail or prison for this act? please tell me everything you would know about this.. for example.. could the parent go to prison or jail? or would they just be fined and go to court? WHAT I REALLY KNOW IS .. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT A PARENT MAY HAVE TO GO TO JAIL OR PRISON FOR THAT?
thanks and best answer gets 10 points

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Distress Homeowners Assist Line, DHAL is under legal investigation for fraud and operating under the title of a non-profit organization. They are in fact a marketing company, selling the information they obtain, through the public trust, to lawyers and real estate firms. They primarily make their money via commissions when the client pays for a Loan Modification. If you have been abused by this company, please contact the FBI or BBB.

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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., urged the FBI and the Justice Department to put people who have committed mortgage fraud behind bars.
investigators have 530 active corporate fraud investigations, and 38 of them involve some of the biggest names in corporate finance —
I have personally seen a web page letter.were house loan brokers were advising clients, how to up their stated income, a.I -. yep. how to cheat, big names, these guys have bend the rules and have helped put the usa and us in a house of cards. because of greed.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/bailout_fraud

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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., urged the FBI and the Justice Department to put people who have committed mortgage fraud behind bars.
investigators have 530 active corporate fraud investigations, and 38 of them involve some of the biggest names in corporate finance —
I have personally seen a web page letter.were house loan brokers were advising clients, how to up their stated income, a.I -. yep. how to cheat, big names, these guys have bend the rules and have helped put the usa and us in a house of cards. because of greed.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/bailout_fraud

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The government has continually harrassed me through invasion of privacy and interfered in my employment, healthcare, education, insurance, etc. for a couple of decades. I turned the government in for mismanagment, fraud and abuse ( stealing million and systematically murdering anyone who got in their way) during the Reagan administration while working for the Department of Defense. In 2003, I found myself in the middle of a criminal toxic tort (illegal factory human toxic experiment) and again turned those involved in for first degree murder of one coworker and several counts of serious assault. The owner running the tort (CIA/OSI industrialist) admitted it and even inferred one intent of the tort was to chronically poison me to death. He showed no remorse or fear of prosecution. The Police, FBI and DOJ don’t deny it, just refuse to investigate or take a report – all claiming they have no jurisdiction. I am the "skeliton in the closet" of some seriously powerful people. What do I do?

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I need some legal advice, please?

Okay…I have a little situation that I need some advice for… I signed up to work selling for a dropshipper…Basically, he had a website with some items on it, I got on eBay and listed the items. When they sell, people payed me through Paypal and I would pay the dropshipper, give him the names and addresses and then he would take it from there. He has a warehouse in the US that he uses to store the items.

Well, recently, he had added some ‘larger’ items that would bring in more profit. One in particular was a set of Rosetta Stone software. I would list it at about 0 and I bought it from the drop shipper for about 0.

Well, I sold about 30 in a week’s time. Now, the problem is, eBay cancelled all my auctions and kicked me off eBay. They also took the liberty of emailing all my customers and telling them that it was fraudulent and that they all needed to call the police, fraud department, and even the FBI!!!

I called my drop shipper and asked him what was going on and why they would do that. I even asked him if they were pirated materials (since one of the customers told me that he had gotten a pirated copy) He won’t answer me and tell me whether or not they are fakes. He just keeps telling me that I will win all the disputes on Paypal (since people were getting a little suspicious since I was ‘no longer a registered user’ on eBay) since they are non-reciepts. That’s not the issue…if these are pirated materials, I am in big trouble for selling them!!

Another issue, is these are coming from China. I just assumed since they were from him, he would have them in his warehouse in the US.
Now, I’m not really sure what to do because, if in fact these are pirated, I could be in a whole lot of legal trouble.

Another thing, is if he refunds the money on these, he will only refund what I paid him for. The problem with this is, I had to pay a lot of eBay fees and Paypal fees so, I would be out probably close to for each sale. times 30 is….a LOT!!

I need to know what steps I should take to protect myself! Any advice would be very helpful! Thanks!

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One that said I won and just need to provide my name, occupation, etc and I get 8 million in a Nigerian bank account. I wanted to reply that my name was William Radczak, and my occupation is Assistant Director of the FBI’s counter cyber fraud division , and list my number as the FBI’s fraud tip hotline.

What is the harm in replying to these scams?

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U.S. mortgage fraud ‘rampant’ and growing-FBI?

SAN FRANCISCO, July 7 (Reuters) – U.S. mortgage fraud reports jumped 36 percent last year as desperate homeowners and industry professionals tried to maintain their standard of living from the boom years, the FBI said on Tuesday.

Suspicious activity reports rose to 63,713 in fiscal year 2008, which ended last September, from 46,717 the year before. California and Florida, centers of the housing bust, had the highest numbers of suspicious reports as foreclosures jumped, the stock market dropped and credit dried up.

What happened? ‘Though that fool Biden said there would be lots of this, I also thought he’d been assigned that very responsibility.

Can Obama do anything right?

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Identity theft?

I have a question in regards to identity theft…

I knew someone who was a victim and they never found out who stole his identity. How do the FBI and police find the theif? What if their smart and use a different mailbox/phones computers to actually steal identity. I guess this is a sad question in regards that milllions get their identity stolen per year. bye

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Shocker: Mortgage Fraud Is Rampant..?

U.S. mortgage fraud reports jumped 36 percent last year as desperate homeowners and industry professionals tried to maintain their standard of living from the boom years, the FBI said on Tuesday. Suspicious activity reports rose to 63,713 in fiscal year 2008, which ended last September, from 46,717 the year before. California and Florida, centers of the housing bust, had the highest numbers of suspicious reports as foreclosures jumped, the stock market dropped and credit dried up. "Industry employees sought to maintain the high standard of living they enjoyed during the boom years of the real estate market and overextended mortgage holders were often desperate to reduce or eliminate their bloated mortgage payments," it said. Reports filed through March put fraud reports on track to top 70,000 in the current fiscal year, the agency said.

When you mandate mortgage fraud, you shouldn’t be too surprised when you actually get it.

Of course it is those greedy ‘industry professionals’ who are to blame. Or is it?

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