Prosecutors to ask for eight-year prison sentence for former financial exec
A sentencing hearing is scheduled Thursday for BancServ Partners LLC founder Kerri Agee, who was found guilty on fraud and conspiracy charges in August.
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Westfield man gets 30-month prison sentence for defrauding employer
The former practice administrator for an ophthalmology practice with offices in Indianapolis and Avon was accused of diverting $270,000 from his company’s accounts to himself in more than 500 transactions.
Ex-Muncie mayor sentenced to year in prison for bribery
Dennis Tyler was sentenced Wednesday to a year in prison on federal charges of taking a $5,000 bribe in exchange for steering city projects to a contractor.
Indianapolis man found guilty of securities fraud
A businessman who was accused of taking part in a Ponzi-like scheme that robbed numerous investors of their retirement savings was convicted of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud, federal authorities announced Monday.
Former Indiana casino executive faces new charges related to tax evasion
John Keeler was indicted this week by a federal grand jury on two new charges related to illegally using campaign donations to lower the taxable income for Centaur Holdings, parent of the casino company where Keeler was vice president and general counsel.
Defendants found guilty on all charges in Banc-Serv fraud trial
The five former directors and employees of the now-defunct Westfield firm were found guilty on fraud and conspiracy charges. Prosecutors say the five submitted false information in order to get more than $10 million in ineligible loans approved by the Small Business Administration.
Fraud trial begins for five former directors, employees at Westfield financial firm
The five defendants in the trial include the two co-founders of now-defunct financial services firm Banc-Serv, plus three former employees.
Former Muncie mayor pleads guilty to federal theft charges
Former Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler, 78, admitted to receiving $5,238 to steer Public Board of Works contracts to an unnamed company.
Ex-nursing home CEO taking fight against Barnes & Thornburg to 7th Circuit
James Burkhart, who led American Senior Communities, had argued Barnes & Thornburg failed to disclose a “profound conflict of interest” that compromised its representation of him.
Former travel insurance employee gets 47-month federal sentence for fraud
A McCordsville man has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison after using multiple—and often elaborate—fraud schemes to steal more than $750,000 from his Carmel-based employer.
Indianapolis businessman pleads guilty in $11M Ponzi-style investment scheme
Federal investigators say George S. Blankenbaker Jr. and three of his companies raised more than $11 million from at least 109 investors in a fraudulent scheme he operated from 2016 to 2019.
UPDATE: Olympics gymnastics coach kills himself after being charged
Gold medal-winning coach John Geddert, who was suspended by Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics, during the Larry Nassar scandal, took his own life Thursday after being charged with two dozen crimes, including forms of human trafficking.
Five from Indianapolis area sentenced to federal prison in $8.4M fraud scheme
Participants in the scheme, which involved multiple businesses and resulted in thefts from a bank and insurance company, received prison sentences ranging from 18 months to nine years.
Greenwood man facing 19 charges in $14 million fraud case
Prosecutors say Daniel R. Fruits, 46, defrauded his former employer out of millions of dollars that he spent on real estate, cars, Rolex watches, escort services and other items.
Ex-magistrate banned from judicial service after meth case
Indiana’s high court has permanently banned a former Hamilton County magistrate from holding judicial office following his guilty plea in a drug possession case where he bit an officer’s hand after buying methamphetamine.
Ex-Purdue professor, wife get probation for research funds fraud
Qingyou Han, 62, and his wife, Lu Shao, 54, were ordered to pay a combined $1.6 million in restitution after pleading guilty to using more that $1 million in federal research funds for their own personal expenses.
Former UAW exec gets 2-1/2 years in prison for kickback
In the latest punishment in what the government calls “systemic” corruption at the highest ranks of the union, 11 union officials and a late official’s spouse have pleaded guilty since 2017, including former presidents Dennis Williams and Gary Jones.
FBI warns ransomware assault threatens U.S. health care system
The aggressive offensive by a Russian-speaking criminal gang coincides with the U.S. presidential election, though there was no immediate indication it was motivated by anything but profit.
Indiana attorney general disputing bill in discipline case
Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is disputing tens of thousands of dollars in expenses a state commission wants him to pay in the disciplinary case stemming from allegations that he groped a state lawmaker and three other women during a party.
OxyContin maker to plead to 3 criminal charges, make $8B settlement
Purdue Pharma, the company that makes OxyContin, the powerful painkiller that experts say helped touch off an opioid epidemic, will plead guilty to counts including conspiracy to defraud the United States and violating federal anti-kickback laws, the officials said.