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The Fyre Festival Fraud: Turning Posh Cabanas and Delectable Sushi Menus into Disaster Tents and Cheese Sanwiches
The Fyre Festival fiasco was co-founded by Billy McFarland (a charismatic entrepreneur) and Ja Rule (a once chart-topping rapper). The unlikely duo saturated the social media market with over-the-top glamorous videos and photoshoots promising…

Hamburgled! Go Directly to Jail. Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200.
Cash skimming…check kiting…embezzlement! These are terms most often associated with allegations of fraud. But white collar criminals are only limited by their creativity, and innovative fraud schemes are cooked up every day. Indeed, from…

How Business Titans, Pop Stars and Royals Hide Their Wealth
Imagine if your biggest struggle in the morning was deciding which mansion to call home tomorrow or which celebrity couple to let borrow your yacht. These are the daily conflicts faced by the ultra-well-heeled individuals who constitute one…

Judge pleads guilty in massive Social Security fraud case
Bribery, dishonesty, greed…what caused a judge to become involved in one of the biggest Social Security frauds in history? Disability fraud appears to be a growing trend. Indeed, Social Security officials testified that they are unable to…

How (NOT) to Hide $400 Million
“Suspicious-minded folk (sound familiar?) may find it highly coincidental that a couple’s net worth often seems to diminish (or disappear) in proximity to a filing for divorce. In our experience, such alleged diminishment can be facilitated…

The Trusted Grown-Ups Who Steal Millions From Youth Sports
It is Anthem’s experience that fraud doesn’t limit itself to any one type of industry, organization, or individual. Unfortunately, there are individuals who will embezzle from anyone, even if that “anyone” is children. Investigators…