Tag: Fraud
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Aurora company selling false legal documents barred from business
An Aurora-based company found to be creating and selling false official documents was banned from doing business in Colorado under an agreement announced Wednesday by Attorney General Phil Weiser. The company, PropDoks, owned by Erdis Moore III, claimed to make fake documents for theatrical and educational use. But its website listed ways to use the…
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Owner of contracting firm faces 6 counts of theft in Denver, victims included elderly
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Denver Police arrested the owner of contracting company KelsMac LLC on charges of theft after she allegedly took deposits from elderly customers to do work, then used company money for personal gain. A complaint filed in March 2022 led to an investigation and then criminal case by the Denver District Attorney’s Office alleging contractor fraud…
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State Supreme Court to examine foreclosure timeline, narrowly turns down DUI appeals
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The Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to review a lower court’s ruling that banks and mortgage lenders argue gives an improper incentive to rapidly foreclose on certain homeowners. On Monday, the justices announced they will hear the case of U.S. Bank National Association v. Silvernagel, which centers on Colorado’s six-year statute of limitations for lenders to foreclose…
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Arapahoe County child protective caseworker made advances toward parents she was investigating for abuse: Lawsuit
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Robin Niceta, the former Arapahoe County child protective worker charged criminally with falsely reporting that a critic of the former Aurora police chief sexually abused her son, made sexual advances toward parents and caretakers while investigating them for spurious child abuse allegations, a lawsuit filed…
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Colorado funeral home operator pleads guilty in stolen body parts case
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Colorado funeral home operator pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing bodies and body parts and selling the remains. Megan Hess, 45, of Montrose pleaded guilty in federal court to mail fraud and aiding and abetting, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. According to the plea agreement,…
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GOP secretary of state candidate endorses Tina Peters, jumps to El Paso County commissioner primary
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Republican David Winney has withdrawn from the GOP primary for Colorado secretary of state and thrown his support behind Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, her campaign announced Monday. The first-time candidate from Colorado Springs, who launched a campaign to challenge Democratic Secretary of State Jena…
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FBI Denver warns Valentine’s Day romance scams are on the rise
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While love is in the air as Valentines Day nears, don’t let love be blind, law enforcement warns. Hundreds of people have recently lost $32 million in romance scams, according to the FBI’s Denver office. More than 200 of those victims live in Colorado and Wyoming and approximately 60% of them are over age 60,…
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New Yorker sentenced to nearly a decade in prison for lottery scheme that targeted Estes Park resident
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A Brooklyn, N.Y., resident was sentenced to nine years behind bars for his role in a lottery scheme that scammed an elderly Estes Park woman out of nearly 1 million dollars. Leonard Luton was connected of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and eight counts of aiding and abetting mail fraud. He was sentenced Wednesday and…
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City of Brighton recoups $348,000 in possible fraud
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The City of Brighton announced the recovery of nearly $350,000 from a potential fraud case. City officials sent a $348,000 Automated Clearing House — electronic transaction similar to direct deposit — transaction to their bank on Monday to pay a vendor who was awarded a construction project last December. The following day, the bank notified…