NEW YORK – A billionaire collector and yachtsman has uncorked another lawsuit in his 4-year-old battle against fraud in the rare wine business. Continued here: Billionaire William Koch uncorks new NY lawsuit against Christie’s alleging wine auction fraud (The Canadian...

April 1 (Bloomberg) — Peter Alward , the new director of the fraud -afflicted Salzburg Easter Festival , laughed when asked why he took the job. “A moment of madness,” he said over espresso in his office, down a narrow cobbled passageway in Salzburg’s old-town center. Read...

A 58-year-old man wanted in St. Bernard Parish in a $40,000 contractor fraud case after Hurricane Katrina has been extradited from Texas to face prosecution for felony theft, Chief Deputy James Pohlmann said. John Bustoz is accused of stealing about… Read the original here:  Suspect...

COLUMBUS — All 11 defendants arrested in a marriage fraud scheme have either pleaded guilty in federal court in Ohio or announced their intentions to plead guilty. See more here:  All pleading guilty in Ohio in marriage fraud plot (WKYC Cleveland)

To help pay for reforms, Medicare fraud ripe for plucking, top South Florida prosecutors say See original here: To help pay for reforms, Medicare fraud ripe for plucking, top South Florida prosecutors say (The Palm Beach Post)

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — An attorney and her office manager have been charged in connection with an insurance scam in which participants staged car crashes throughout Northern California and filed false claims. Alameda County prosecutors said Tuesday that 59-year-old Susana Ragos...

Federal law enforcement officials in Ohio are sending hundreds of letters to public agencies and local governments warning them to be on the lookout for fraud as they spend billions of dollars in federal stimulus grants. More:  Feds warn about stimulus money fraud (The Cincinnati...

The commodity exchanges have delivered only 10% of their total contracts made in 2009-2010, which smacks of a scam… Continued here: Gadkari blames price rise on futures trading scam (Express India)