fraud

by Monica Galozo, ABS-CBN News VIRGINIA — The Filipino community in Virginia Beach is in disbelief, as ex-Virginia delegate Ron Villanueva, accused of defrauding the federal government, plans to plead guilty in a plea hearing scheduled for March...

Three Filipinos are charged with fraudulently selling jewelry imported from the Philippines as Native American-made. A 38-count indictment alleges that Richard Dennis Nisbet and his daughter Laura Marye; Christian Coxon Waleed Sarrar, Mency Remidio, Orlando Abellanosa,...

HOUSTON, TX — One of the most popular cyber-attacks is called phishing, a method of trying to gather personal information using deceptive e-mails, phone calls and websites. The goal is to trick the victim into believing that the...

Damning allegations against Philippine megachurch, Kingdom of Jesus Christ, as a former member of its Hawaii branch is accusing its founder, Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, of running a child sex ring. Kristina Angeles came to Hawaii on a...

ALBERTA — Canadian Border Services Agents or CBSA raided the home and office of Carl Benito, a well-known Filipino-Canadian who was a former member of the legislative assembly now turned immigration consultant in Edmonton, Alberta. The...

HONOLULU — Michael Jay Green, one of Hawaii’s most prominent, defense attornies, is enjoying a small victory. District Court Judge Richard Puglisi ruled on Wednesday, in favor of his client, Felina Salinas. Salinas, who has been charged...

Nemelee Liwanag Jiao, a Filipino American nurse from Dallas, Texas, was recently sentenced to eight years in federal prison, plus three years of supervised release for orchestrating a scheme that cost 39 investors about $1.9 million dollars....

NEW MEXICO — A sentence has been handed down in the case of an art dealer trying to pass of his Philippine-made jewelry as Native American. A US district judge has sentenced 54-year-old Nael Ali to 6 months...

Burn marks and wooden boards, a property believed to have been purchased with ill-gotten wealth, now looks ill. This commercial property in Covina 2, purchased for 1.2 million dollars in 2007, is one of 4 real...

The latest chapter of the pork barrel scam is now going through the US district court in downtown Los Angeles. The US Justice Department has filed a 57-page, six-count indictment against several members of the Napoles...