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Husband, Wife Led $20M Medicaid Fraud Ring At Pharmacy: PA AG Husband, Wife Led $20M Medicaid Fraud Ring At Pharmacy: PA AG
Husband, Wife Led $20M Medicaid Fraud Ring At Pharmacy: PA AG A husband and wife are accused of masterminding a $20 million Medicaid and Medicare fraud scheme from their South Philadelphia pharmacy, Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry announced on Thursday, Dec. 19. Elizabeth Thompson, 70, the registered owner of Broad Street Family Pharmacy, and her husband, Peter Dello Buono, 70, allegedly ran the scheme alongside pharmacist Frank Bengermino, 70, defrauding federal healthcare programs by faking prescriptions and pocketing the cash, investigators said. From 2016 to 2021, the couple and their co-conspirators allegedly billed Medicaid and Medi…

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by Jillian Pikora
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UPMC Professor Of Pediatric Radiology Indicted For Child Porn: USDOJ UPMC Professor Of Pediatric Radiology Indicted For Child Porn: USDOJ
Upmc Professor Of Pediatric Radiology Indicted For Child Porn: Usdoj A University of Pittsburgh Doctor and Professor Of Pediatric Radiology has been indicted on child pornography charges, according to a release by the US Department Of Justice on Wednesday, Sept. 4.  Dr. Ashok Panigrahy, 53, of Pittsburgh, was caught transporting "material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor in interstate commerce, as well as possessed material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor," in Nov. 2022, as stated in the USDOJ release.  The material included images of the raping of children under the of 12 and/or prepubescent, according to federal court documents obt…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Child Abuse Accusations Against PA Non-Profit Founder, Fiance Child Abuse Accusations Against PA Non-Profit Founder, Fiance
Child Abuse Accusations Against PA Non-Profit Founder, Fiance The head of the Pennsylvania-based non-profit Gratitude 4 Grandparents is now accused of abusing her own grandchildren, according to legal filings obtained by Daily Voice.  Rhea Kelsall of is charged with endangering the welfare of a child, simple assault, and related counts, while her fiance Carl Haner IV is charged with aggravated assault on a child, strangulation, and other felonies, Pennsylvania court records show.  Kelsall is the founder and president of the Delaware County-based non-profit, Gratitude 4 Grandparents, "working to uplift" grandparents raising their grandchildre…

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by Mac Bullock
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$400G GoFundMe Scam: NJ Woman Serving Federal Time Gets 3-Year State Sentence $400G GoFundMe Scam: NJ Woman Serving Federal Time Gets 3-Year State Sentence
$400G GoFundMe Scam: NJ Woman Serving Federal Time Gets 3-Year State Sentence UPDATE: A woman who helped pull a notorious scam that conned 14,000 GoFundMe donors nationwide was nearly 150 miles away when a judge in South Jersey sentenced her to a plea-bargained three years in state prison on Friday, Jan. 6. Katelyn McClure, 32, of Bordentown will be released in July after completing a federal sentence at a low-security prison in Danbury, CT, for scamming well-meaning donors out of $400,000 to purportedly help a homeless veteran. At that point, the year and a day federal sentence will be deducted from her state term and a determination will be made whether she shoul…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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‘Grinch’ Dolan Uses Facial Recognition To Boot NJ Mom From Rockettes Show ‘Grinch’ Dolan Uses Facial Recognition To Boot NJ Mom From Rockettes Show
‘Grinch’ Dolan Uses Facial Recognition To Boot NJ Mom From Rockettes Show Bergen County mom Kelly Conlon brought her daughter’s Girl Scout troop to see the world-famous Rockettes kick up their heels but got kicked out of Radio City instead. The villain? Madison Square Garden CEO James Dolan. Conlon, who also happens to be a civil attorney with Davis, Saperstein & Salomon in Teaneck, said facial recognition technology alerted staff to her presence. So while the girls enjoyed the Christmas Spectacular last month, the Wyckoff mom was left out in the cold – and rain -- even though she had a legit ticket. “They said my firm was on the attorney exclusion list an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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$2.4M Eagles Ticket Scam: Ex-South Jersey Lawyer Gets 4 Years In Fed Pen $2.4M Eagles Ticket Scam: Ex-South Jersey Lawyer Gets 4 Years In Fed Pen
$2.4M Eagles Ticket Scam: Ex-South Jersey Lawyer Gets 4 Years In Fed Pen A disgraced South Jersey attorney with a confessed gambling habit must spend the next four years in federal prison for conning an investor out of $2.4 million in a loan scheme involving supposed Philadelphia Eagles season ticket holders. Frank N. Tobolsky, 60, of Cherry Hill told the Delaware investor that he was funding loans for clients using season ticket licenses as collateral, an indictment returned in U.S. District Court in Camden says. U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said Tobolsky put a "substantial portion" of the $2.4 million toward personal expenses, some of which…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Philly Woman Who Killed Mom's Fiance Surrenders: DA Philly Woman Who Killed Mom's Fiance Surrenders: DA
Philly Woman Who Killed Mom's Fiance Surrenders: DA A Philadelphia woman has turned herself in to police as being the person who killed her mom's 49-year-old fiance during a fight on New Year's Eve in Montgomery County, authorities said. Samiyah Williams, 24, was arraigned Monday morning on charges of first-degree murder, third-degree murder, and possessing an instrument of crime in the shooting death of Adrionne Reaves in the Bala Cynwyd section of Lower Merion just before 10 p.m. at the Delwyn Apartments, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. She was remanded to the Montgomery County Correctional Fac…

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by Nicole Acosta