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A Missouri man who defrauded a federal program for disabled military veterans out of more than $7.4 million has been sentenced to prison.

Investigators are looking for a couple in the Kansas City metropolitan area who are believed to be purchasing automobiles on Craigslist, altering the mileage reading and reselling the vehicles on the same website.

A St. Louis-area chiropractor and the woman who did his billing have admitted in federal court that they defrauded the federal government and private insurance companies of more than $2.2 million.

A Missouri pastor sentenced to seven years in federal prison after admitting he bilked $3.3 million from at least 18 mostly elderly investors wants to rescind his guilty plea.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill will travel the state this week to hear about the concerns of senior citizens in Missouri on retirement, fraud and healthy living. McCaskill will hold eight events on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to discuss the upcoming priorities in Congress that would affect seniors...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The former chairman of a mid-Missouri bank was sentenced to two years of probation for using federal bailout money to buy a luxury condominium in Florida.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An Independence, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for an investment fraud scheme in which he stole $724,000 from 13 victims.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis area man who posed as a Marine veteran of Afghanistan and Iraq in soliciting donations for a bogus raffle will spend a year in federal prison.

Fans of reality TV often walk a strange tightrope, accepting in the back of their minds that the events being presented are somewhat staged, or even edited to appear more dramatic than they really are. That line isn't often called into question, but 'Storage Wars' star Dave Hester is fighting back against A&E for his recent dismissal, the cause of which was apparently complaints to the show's

Recent reports indicate that the majority of the time when your credit card company calls you to inquire about potentially fraudulent activity on your account, it is not an attempt to sell you additional products and services. Rather, it is a real security warning. and going forward you might want to start answering those calls.