U.S. investigators have cracked what they’re calling a “million-dollar gold coin scam” involving counterfeit versions of the Royal Canadian Mint’s famous one-ounce Maple Leaf coin. Read more here:  3 arrested in Maple Leaf coin scam (Canada.com)

Wis. judge orders Pharmacia to pay $4.5 million in forfeitures for Medicaid and pricing fraud Continued here:  Pharmacia Ordered to Pay $4.5M in Wis. Fraud Case (ABC News)

A judge on Tuesday imposed $4.5 million in forfeitures on prescription drug company Pharmacia Inc. for misrepresenting prices and defrauding Wisconsin’s Medicaid system. A jury in February found that Pharmacia violated the state’s Medicaid fraud law 1.44… Sponsored...

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 30 — Peter W. Galbraith, a former U.S. diplomat who served as the second-highest-ranking U.N. official in Afghanistan, was fired Wednesday after clashing with his boss over how to contend with allegations of fraud in the country’s presidential election. The...

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – The Kalamazoo County State Bank is warning people about a scam. The scam involves calls and text messages which claim to represent the bank and ask for card and PIN numbers. View original post here: Bank scam warning (WWMT 3 Kalamazoo)

The Wood County Sheriff’s Office took a report of a scam taking place through the U.S. mail on Tuesday, September 29, 2009. Go here to see the original: U.S. mail scam reported in Wood County (FOX Toledo)

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon fired the top U.S. official at the U.N. mission in Afghanistan on Wednesday over differences the official, Peter Galbraith, had with his boss over how to deal with charges of fraud in the Afghan presidential election. Galbraith tells NPR the dispute...

The top American in the UN mission in Afghanistan was fired today after urging a tougher stance on fraud in the country’s presidential election. Read more:  UN envoy Peter Galbraith sacked after attack on Afghanistan poll fraud (Times Online)