fraud

Police are investigating several cases of possible debit card fraud at a Mississippi River casino in northeast Missouri.

Attorney General Chris Koster says his Medicaid fraud unit collected more than $50 million last year. Koster says the unit took action against 49 Medicaid health care providers in 2012. The amount received by the unit was up from the $20 million Koster's office reported collecting in 2011...

A Joplin woman has admitted defrauding the federal government out of disaster benefits following the May 2011 tornado that devastated the city. Thirty-seven-year-old Pamala Ann Shafer pleaded guilty yesterday. Prosecutors say Shafter applied for federal help by falsely claiming her apartment had been damaged by the twister...

The former CEO of a proposed sweetener facility is behind bars in Missouri after extradition from California. Ex-Mamtek U.S. head Bruce Cole faces fraud and stealing charges after plans to build a sweetener plant in Moberly collapsed. Cole is being held on $500,000 bond as he awaits trial...