A woman from California is facing several felonies after allegedly working for many years and in several locations as a dental hygienist without possessing the necessary legal credentials to do so. 50-year-old woman Elizabeth “Mina” Larijani aka Elizabeth Garcia Costilla is from California. According to the Santa Clara County District…
A man was arrested when the authorities learned he was allegedly using a stolen ID to try to buy an $84,000 truck at a local dealership. 25-year-old Javan Davenport resides in Columbus, Georgia. It was reported that on December 2, Davenport was approximately 280 miles from his listed home address, and he was visiting…
Three men are facing charges after allegedly taking money from elderly people in Rhode Island in what is referred to as a “Grandparent Scam.” 21-year-old Bryan Valdez-Espinosa and 22-year-old Diego A. Alarcon reside in Union City, N.J. They were reportedly working together with Jason Hatcher, 39, from New York City…
A man who claimed he was making a Netflix movie in Hollywood has been accused of bilking $14 million out of the people he allegedly convinced to foot the bill for the false film. Manhattan Beach, California, resident Adam Joiner ran a company called Dark Planet Pictures, LLC. A few…
The authorities have arrested a suspect who they allege was part of an identity theft ploy. They believe that the accused used the information, which was taken from an elderly man, to make over $50,000 in purchases. The caregiver of an 80-year-old man who has dementia reportedly got a couple…
Three people are being accused of creating fake airline employee identification cards in order to fly without having to buy tickets. In early May of 2017, a man allegedly tried to take a flight out of Los Angeles International Airport on Spirit Airlines and when he was asked for identification…
A clerk employed at the Long Beach VA was allegedly found in possession of the identities and information belonging to over 1,000 patients of the facility leading to the arrest of the suspect. On Thursday, on the property of the Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center, an employee of the facility…
A woman was taken into custody on allegations that she stole the identities of at least two of the elderly patients for whom she provided in-home health care, and used the information for her personal financial gain. Aujana Johnson-Payne works for an agency in Orange County where she is sent…
A Dana Point resident who allegedly made millions of dollars in purchases through fraudulent means at several businesses in San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange counties is facing 89 charges for the schemes. Over a nine-month period last year, businesses in three Southern California counties were the victims of a forced-sale…
Two men dining at a Waffle House in Louisiana on Saturday allegedly left the restaurant without paying their bill totaling $7.81. Workers at the establishment notified law enforcement reporting the incident, and also disclosed that the men drove off in a U-Haul van. While police took statements from employees of…