Tag: Waste and Fraud

As many as 15,000 patients a Southeast Texas Department of Veterans Affairs medical system who should have gotten the colonoscopies either did not get them or were examined only after long and needless delays, according to a whistleblower. (Thinkstock)

Whistleblower says Veterans Affairs cost-cutting led to denials, delays in life-saving cancer tests

Mark Flatten · May 12, 2014 4:00 am

Deborah Lum of the Atlanta Workforce Development Agency retired after a newspaper investigation found her agency "recklessly spent hundreds of thousands of dollars."ÃÂ (Rick Diamond/Getty Images)

Investigation into Atlanta jobs agency head leads to her retirement

Kelly Cohen · May 12, 2014 4:00 am

Bulgarian senior official charged in fraud scheme

Washington Examiner · May 8, 2014 11:58 am

New Jersey AG sues landscaper over alleged fraud

Bryan Cohen · May 7, 2014 8:44 pm

Packages wait to be sorted by a U.S. Postal Service employee. (AP/David Goldman)

Ten USPS employees, 1 Navy worker charged with disability fraud

Kelly Cohen · May 7, 2014 4:00 am

Doctor in handcuffs wearing lab coat and stethoscope

Florida eye doctor held without bail in fraud case

Associated Press · May 6, 2014 4:00 am

Some recent headlines reflect a disturbing pattern that has contributed to our $17 trillion debt and to a growing cynicism among the public, which increasingly regards government in a negative light.

Taxpayers’ money keeps pouring down the federal budget sinkhole

Cal Thomas · May 5, 2014 4:00 am

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Illinois cracking down on unemployment fraud

Associated Press · May 5, 2014 4:00 am

Ohio Democrats are calling for changes at the state watchdog's office after it mistakenly omitted then-Gov. Bob Taft's historic conviction from a report on a 2005 rare-coin investment scandal. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Ohio Dems want action after ‘Coingate’ report flaw

Associated Press · May 1, 2014 4:00 am

Afghan national army soldiers walk past the palace of the late King Amanullah Khan, which was destroyed during the civil war in early 1990s, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, April 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

US auditor: Corruption threatens Afghan progress

Deb Riechmann · April 30, 2014 4:00 am

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Philadelphia man defrauds welfare for eight years, racks up $350k

Kelly Cohen · April 25, 2014 4:00 am

Ohio state representative Pete Beck, center, stands in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court with his lawyers Chad Ziepfel, left, and Ralph Kohnen during a hearing, Monday, April 7, 2014, in Cincinnati. The southwestern Ohio lawmaker is charged with misleading investors about a company's financial status and using their money for personal gain. Beck pleaded not guilty in July to 16 felony counts. A trial date has yet to be set. (AP Photo/Amanda Myers)

Ohio lawmaker charged with fraud to get trial date

Associated Press · April 24, 2014 4:00 am