ATLANTA – William Dorsey, Jr., has been arraigned for embezzling over $200,000 from his father’s beneficiary account funded by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA.)

“We must be diligent in protecting our elderly citizens, especially our veterans,” said U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak. “We are focused on preventing and punishing the exploitation and abuse of our most vulnerable citizens.”

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Richard Meleski, 58, of Chalfont, PA, pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including healthcare fraud, mail fraud, stolen valor, and aiding and abetting straw purchases of firearms.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Bernhardt Furniture Company, located in Lenoir, North Carolina, has agreed to pay $172,000 in civil penalties to settle allegations involving violations of the Procurement Integrity Act relating to the company’s receipt of competitor bid information and providing of gratuities to State Department employees in connection with a State Department contract.

BOSTON – A Malden man was charged today with identity fraud and with submitting fraudulent applications for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). The federal PUA program provides unemployment-related benefits to individuals who have been impacted by COVID-19.

PROVIDENCE – A Massachusetts used car dealer and eight others have been named in a federal superseding indictment brought in U.S. District Court in Providence, RI, charging them with allegedly participating in a wide-reaching conspiracy to defraud financial institutions in several states by obtaining fraudulent car loans secured with stolen personal identifying information and fraudulent documents created by members of the conspiracy.