Fraud & scams in North Carolina

Guilford County Woman

A Guilford County woman pleaded guilty to health care fraud in connection with an alleged million dollar urine drug testing scheme.

• Healthcare fraud

The CFTC alleges that a North Carolina man and his company defrauded 60 investors of approximately $14 million through a commodity pool involving cryptocurrency and futures trading.

• Crypto fraud
• Investment fraud

Jason Lottman

Jason Lottman, former owner of a Monroe wedding venue, pleaded guilty to wire fraud after allegedly defrauding customers and investors of over $1 million for wedding services that were not provided.

• Wire fraud

Jason Lottman

Jason Lottman, former owner of Champagne Manor in Union County, pleaded guilty to wire fraud for allegedly defrauding customers and investors of over one million dollars by falsely promising ownership interests and guaranteed returns while the venue faced financial distress and foreclosure.

• Wire fraud

A wedding venue owner in North Carolina pleaded guilty to wire fraud. No additional details were provided in the press release.

• Wire fraud

Marian Dumitru, Catalin Dumitru

Marian Dumitru and Catalin Dumitru are alleged to have stolen $760,000 from SNAP recipients by installing skimming devices on ATMs and EBT cards in the Charlotte area and using stolen funds to purchase goods. Both defendants pleaded guilty to wire fraud.

• Wire fraud

A woman from McLeansville, North Carolina is charged with health care fraud as part of a national health care fraud takedown.

• Healthcare fraud

Unknown (eight tax return preparers)

Eight North Carolina tax return preparers pleaded guilty to their alleged involvement in a pandemic-relief fraud scheme that caused approximately $25 million in losses.

• Pandemic fraud
• Tax fraud
• Wire fraud

A Richmond County man is charged with 45 offenses including larceny, identity theft, and stalking across the Carolinas.

• Identity theft
• Other

David Kyle Tucker

David Kyle Tucker is charged with nine counts of felony identity theft and nine counts of felony obtaining property by false pretense for allegedly using a fraudulently obtained credit card to make unauthorized purchases at seven businesses in Iredell County.

• Identity theft
• credit_card_fraud

A North Carolina man was sentenced to 121 months in prison for operating a seven-year scheme in which he allegedly sold personal information of over 7 million elderly Americans to Jamaican lottery fraud scammers.

• Identity theft
• Elder fraud