The president announced that Vice President JD Vance would conduct a ‘war on fraud’ in Maine and other states.
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Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Owner of Lewiston hospital vastly underestimated scope of May data breach
St. Mary’s parent Covenant Health initially said fewer than 10,000 patients were affected. It now says the data of 478,000 people, including nearly 285,000 in Maine, was compromised.
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Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Republican lawmakers call for accountability after MaineCare provider accused of fraud
Republican leaders also said Rep. Deqa Dhalac, a South Portland Democrat who formerly worked for a nonprofit that is a sister organization to the company accused of fraud, should step down from the Legislature’s budget committee.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
How a Maine couple gave their $1.3 million retirement savings to bitcoin scammers
Larry and Barbara Cook are risking public embarrassment to spare others from a similar trauma. In the process, they’re helping to rewrite federal and state income tax laws related to fraud losses.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Elderly couple in Gray recovers $19,500 from online fraud
Scammers convinced the couple they needed to return money that was supposedly deposited into their account by accident, police said.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Maine man accused of faking own death after defrauding VA of over $240K
Washington County resident Gregory Heimann, 51, was arrested in Missouri over a year after he disappeared, the U.S. Marshals Service said.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
New Jersey man charged with swindling nearly $200,000 from local man in investment scam
The victim told police that his cash — $110,000 at first meeting and then another $50,000 at a later date — was inside a Walmart bag when he handed it over to the suspect.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, River Valley
Rumford man sentenced on fraud, theft charges
RUMFORD — Raymond Brenneis was sentenced Monday to three years of probation for Social Security fraud and theft of public money. Brenneis, 59, of Rumford was also ordered to pay $51,289 in restitution to the Social Security Administration and $2,376 in restitution to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. According to the U.S. […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Health care fraud trial to start next month
PORTLAND — Two Twin Cities men and a Winthrop woman accused in federal court of health care welfare fraud are scheduled for a January trial. A federal grand jury last month handed up a 27-count indictment charging Garat Osman, 32, and Abdirashid Ahmed, 38, both of Lewiston, and Nancy Ludwig, 65, of Winthrop with felonies […]
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Lawsuit claims investment fraud
Two women are claiming a local law firm schemed with a former Portland developer to defraud investors of nearly $50 million. Their class-action lawsuit filed this week in federal court cites another ongoing lawsuit against businessman Michael Liberty. Rather than target Liberty himself, it goes after Portland attorney George Marcus and his firm, Marcus Clegg. […]