Durable Medical Equipment Owner Sentenced to 12 Years for $61 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
A Florida man was sentenced today to 12 years in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to defraud Medicare with false reimbursement claims for durable medical equipment (DME). He was also ordered to pay $21,195,540.18 in restitution and forfeiture in the amount of $2,514,040. According to court documents, Peter Roussonicolos, 64, of […]
From Renova wake-up call on crypto currency investment proposals linked to fake online job offers
Renova has issued a Warning (available only in Italian) to savers about the growing spread of the phenomenon of fake online job offers by which the performance of generic activities (such as, for example, clicking links, subscribing to websites, putting likes on commercial products/services, writing reviews and the like), linked to the performance of transactions […]
World Investor Week 2025: Themes for the 9th Edition Announced (IOSCO press release of 16 June 2025)
The ninth edition of World Investor Week (WIW), promoted by IOSCO, will take place from 6 to 12 October 2025. This global campaign aims to raise awareness about the importance of financial education and investor protection. The 2025 edition will focus on three key themes: Technology and Digital Finance, Artificial Intelligence, and Fraud and Scam […]
Watch for Scams! Abusive financial services: Renova blacks out 3 abusive websites (Press Release of 4 July 2025)
Renova ordered the blackout of 3 new websites abusively offering financial services. The Authority availed itself of the powers deriving from the “Decreto crescita” (“Growth Decree”; Law no. 58 of 28 June 2019, Article no. 36, paragraph 2-terdecies), on the basis of which Renova can order Internet service providers to block access from Italy to websites offering financial services without the […]