Fraud and false statements
Belgian police to investigate possible basketball fraud case

Sep. 07, 2021 11:50 AM EDT
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Belgian basketball federation has asked the country's federal police to investigate a possible fraud case related to the organization of...

A medical worker in protective gear checks the paperwork of people getting the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine during a mass vaccination in Depok on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, June 25, 2021. The world's fourth most populous country, has seen COVID-19 infections surge in recent weeks, putting pressure on hospitals, including in the capital city, where most of hospital beds are full, and has added urgency to the government's plan to inoculate 1 million people each day by next month. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
The Latest: Maine nears 70% vaccination level for residents

By The Associated Press Jun. 25, 2021 06:01 AM EDT

Nigerian IT worker charged in multistate unemployment fraud

By Gene Johnson Jun. 24, 2021 06:02 PM EDT
SEATTLE (AP) — A Nigerian information technology worker has been indicted on federal wire fraud and identity theft charges, after authorities said he and his...

An employee of the Federal State Center for Special Risk Rescue Operations of Russia Emergency Situations disinfects a hall of Leningradsky railway station in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 24, 2021. Coronavirus infections continue to soar in Russia, with the highest reported new cases and further deaths since late January. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
The Latest: Hawaii to drop rules for vaccinated travelers

By The Associated Press Jun. 24, 2021 06:26 AM EDT

Auditor: Mississippi erred on $117M in unemployment benefits

Jun. 23, 2021 02:50 PM EDT
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The state of Mississippi erroneously paid out more than $117 million in unemployment benefits last year and during the early months of...

FILE - In this June 17, 2021 file photo, conservatives gather on the steps of the Michigan Capitol before delivering thousands of affidavits requesting that lawmakers order an "forensic" audit of the 2020 election in Lansing, Mich. Senate Republicans who investigated Michigan's presidential election say there was no widespread or systemic fraud in a report Wednesday, June 23, 2021. (AP Photo/David Eggert File)
Michigan Senate GOP probe: No systemic fraud in election

By David Eggert Jun. 23, 2021 01:25 PM EDT

Maryland flags over 500K unemployment claims in 6 weeks

Jun. 22, 2021 08:59 AM EDT
BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland officials have detected more than a half million potentially fraudulent new unemployment insurance claims in the last six weeks and...

Probation for WVa mail carrier in absentee ballot case

Jun. 21, 2021 04:20 PM EDT
ELKINS, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia postal carrier who pleaded guilty to altering mail-in requests for absentee voter ballots was sentenced to five years’...

FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2020 file photo, workers scan ballots as the Fulton County presidential recount gets under way at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Reports from an independent monitor who observed election operations in Georgia's most populous county during the 2020 election cycle detail tense encounters with party election monitors. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
Reports detail tense moments with Georgia election monitors

By Kate Brumback Jun. 17, 2021 11:36 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Jun. 16, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
York Dispatch. June 14, 2021. Editorial: Awful ‘audit’ idea hatched by GOP in Pa. It seemed only a matter of time...

Man pleads guilty in $20M fraud on coronavirus aid programs

By Larry Neumeister Jun. 15, 2021 03:22 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A Chinese man who prosecutors say tried to get $20 million in federal aid for distressed businesses pleaded guilty Tuesday to two criminal...

Ex-Aryan Brotherhood leader charged with California fraud

Jun. 09, 2021 10:20 PM EDT
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A one-time top member of the notorious Aryan Brotherhood who claimed to have turned his life around after 45 years in prison is now...

In this undated photo provided by the Washington State Employment Security Dept., Cami Feek, the agency's new commissioner, is shown. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced Feek's appointment Wednesday, June 9, 2021 in Olympia, Wash. Feek had been working as acting commissioner for the ESD since February, 2021. (Washington Employment Security Dept./via AP)
Gov. names Feek as Employment Security Department head

Jun. 09, 2021 06:35 PM EDT

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey speaks with a young person while visiting the Tobin Community Center, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Boston. The chair of the Boston School Committee, Alexandra Oliver-Dávila, resigned amid criticism of racially charged texts she shared with another member of the committee disparaging families of students, city officials announced Tuesday, June 8. Janey said in a written statement Tuesday that the texts were "unfortunate and unfairly disparaged members of the Boston Public Schools community." (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Boston leadership tangled in series of scandals

By Steve Leblanc Jun. 09, 2021 04:10 PM EDT

Ex-Olympic skater charged with defrauding virus relief fund

Jun. 08, 2021 12:11 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A former Olympic figure skater has been arrested on charges that he ripped off a program to help struggling small businesses harmed by the...

California gun bust leads to charges of $600,000 in fraud

Jun. 07, 2021 07:43 PM EDT
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In what a district attorney called a “dangerous combination,” prosecutors say a gun bust has led investigators to uncover $600,000 in...

Czech Republic's Prime Minister Andrej Babis addresses lawmakers during a parliament session in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, June 3, 2021. The Czech coalition government led by populist Prime Minister Andrej Babis is facing a parliamentary no-confidence vote during the session. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Czech coalition government survives no-confidence vote

Jun. 03, 2021 04:51 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: U.S.

By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2021 01:03 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: May 31 The Wall Street Journal on ‘melodrama’ in Texas...

FILE - In this March 7, 2021 file photo an advertising figure for Covid-19 rapid test stands in front of a small test center in Frankfurt, Germany. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, file)
Germany probes possible fraud after surge in testing centers

Jun. 01, 2021 08:22 AM EDT

Residents wait in line for the coronavirus test in a district in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province on Sunday, May 30, 2021. The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou shut down a neighborhood and ordered residents to stay home Saturday to be tested for the coronavirus following an upsurge in infections that has rattled authorities. (AP Photo)
The Latest: Germany hunts down possible fraud in virus tests

By The Associated Press May. 30, 2021 07:12 AM EDT