Wednesday, October 10, 2012
The following information was supplied by the Milton police department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A Deerfield Parkway resident's debit card seemed to make a trip to Brazil, but she didn't accompany it. When the fraud victim tried to use her debit card, it was declined. After a check with Bank of North Georgia, she learned a fraud alert was placed on the account because of the two purchases worth $72 made in Brazil. She said the card was in her permission until the bank destroyed it. The bank promised a refund once she filed a police report, which she did with Milton police on Oct. 5. Another resident tried to pay for gas at a Publix in Cherokee County when his debit card was declined on Sept. 29, he told Milton police on Oct. 1. Bank of North Georgia told him also that four fraudulent purchases were made in Brazil on his account. And a…
Thursday, April 19, 2012
The following arrest information was supplied by the Milton police department. It does not indicate a conviction.
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
A charity fraud attempt that got 11 Verizon Wireless workers fired now has an arrest. Sheneka Humphrey, 33, of Atlanta, was arrested and cited on criminal attempt to commit theft by taking, a felony charge. She was being held in Fulton County Jail without bond. Milton detectives charged her April 19 with allegedly attempting to defraud Verizon Wireless of $9,000 through a charity scheme. Milton Police Detective Kevin Barry said between October and December 2011, Humphrey allegedly coerced coworkers into filing false reports of hours worked for the legitimate charity she ran, Atlanta-based A Place of Motherly Love Inc. The attempted ruse was discovered before the check was cut. At the time Humphrey was an employee of Verizon Wireless, which…
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1 Verizon Pl, Alpharetta, GA
Verizon Wireless campus in Milton
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Tenet Healthcare Corp., owner of North Fulton Hospital, settled over allegations it overbilled for inpatient rehabilitation services.
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Tenet Healthcare Corp., which owns and operates North Fulton Hospital, reached a $42.75 million settlement over allegations that it overbilled the federal Medicare program for inappropriate admissions to inpatient rehabilitation facilities. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced that the United States has reached an agreement with Tenet Healthcare over allegations that it violated the False Claims Act. The settlement resolves allegations pertaining to twenty-five inpatient rehabilitation facilities that Dallas-based Tenet has owned and operated throughout the country. These facilities are designed for patients who need an intense rehabilitation program that requires a multidisciplinary, coordinated team…
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-84.3205
3000 Hospital Blvd, Roswell, GA
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
The following information was supplied by the Milton police department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Eleven Verizon employees were fired after allegedly admitting they registered as having completed 50 hours of charity work they never performed. The Verizon Foundation offers a $750 matching contribution for employees who volunteer time to charity. In this case, the 11 employees say they agreed to enter the time on behalf of a coworker's registered charity even though they didn't perform any volunteer hours, according to the March 26 incident report. Their coworker helped those unfamiliar with the program, even entering the hours herself on their work computers. Verizon never issued the $9,000 check to her charity that these hours would have generated if they were legitimate. The employee said to be at the center of the attempted fraud …
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
The following information was supplied by the Milton police department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A business on GA 9 in Milton might have had the copper coils in its three HVAC units stolen long before they were noticed. On March 14 employees of Emory Johns Creek Physicians learned about the thefts when the manager at Katy's Car Wash, a neighboring business owner told one of the employees she saw only parts remained of the HVAC units, which are at the rear of the building. The employees had noticed the air conditioning was not working on that day. That employee notified her manager, who contacted police on March 15. The business did not have serial numbers for the copper coils, valued at almost $7,000, but only had numbers on the parts left behind, the data plates, compressors and fans. The neighboring business is preparing recorded …
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
The following arrest information was supplied by the Milton Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
An 18-year-old filing her taxes for the first time found out not only had someone used her identity for the past two years, they also bought a house in her name when she was only 13. The Milton teen told Milton police on Feb. 15 that she filed her income taxes for the first time, using H&R Block. But the tax preparation company was told by the IRS that it appeared she had filed tax returns in 2010 and 2011. A check by her mother with credit reporting agencies revealed the home purchase in 2007. Victim's Story Sounds Like Something Out of the Movies Milton police are awaiting more documents before investigating a Milton woman's claim that she's been defrauded of $85,000 since July 2011. The victim told police on Feb. 16 that she was driving…
The following information was supplied by the Milton police department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A 57-year-old Alpharetta man was accused of trying to pass a forged prescription for Percocet at Walmart on Windward Parkway on Feb. 17. The pharmacist noticed the prescription did not have the seal from the doctor now required on all prescriptions. She called the doctor's office, who confirmed no prescription was made for the woman named on what the man presented, and the person listed as preparing the prescription hadn't worked at the office for more than a year. The suspect, who was still at the store, was arrested by Milton police and cited for forgery and attempting to obtain dangerous drugs by fraud. Safe Cut Open to Steal Cash from Milton Store More than $2,800 was missing from a safe at the Dollar Tree store on GA 9 in Milton. The …
Thursday, December 1, 2011
The following information was supplied by the Milton police department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A Milton woman has received debit cards in the mail and has been contacted by an insurance company about a quote, all in her husband's name. But he's been out of the country and told her he's never tried to open those accounts. The wife contacted police on behalf of her husband, regarding possible fraud. She said that approximately three weeks earlier she received a letter in the mail from Walmart that contained a debit card with her husband’s name and information listed on the card. She attempted to activate the card but was unable to because her husband’s date of birth did not match. When she called her husband to advise him of the problem he said that he’s never tried to open an account with Walmart. More recently, the victim’s wife …
Thursday, July 14, 2011
The following information was supplied by the Milton police department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Financial Fraud Victim Believes Information Was Stolen from Web site A Milton man reported to police on July 5 that someone had used his American Express credit card three times at Walmart. Someone bought a gold ring, a smart phone and a laptop before he caught it. The Arcaro Drive resident said he had received notice from Walmart that some of his account information was changed at walmart.com. He discovered the fraudulent purchases were to be picked up at a Fairhaven, MA Walmart store. The victim has had his credit card replaced. Fraudulent Tax Return Adds to Woman's Problems with IRS A Forsyth County woman reported to Milton police that someone had stolen her identity to file for a tax refund with the IRS. The woman told police on July 6…
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Milton City Hall
13000 Deerfield Pky, Alpharetta, GA
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Friday, June 10, 2011
UPS collects $7,050 for church's tornado relief efforts.
If there was ever a life lesson about faith and redemption, students and staff at Mount Pisgah United Methodist Church vacation bible school got one Friday afternoon from church and UPS Store officials during the school’s closing ceremony. Flanked on stage by UPS corporate officers and UPS Store franchisees, spokeswoman Sheryl King presented the congregation with a check for $7,050. A packed reception hall erupted in deafening cheers. “We’re really glad we were able to do something to make a difference,” said King, a UPS Store owner in Peachtree Corners for 18 years and co-op president. The check presentation follows the alleged May theft of 50 Target gift cards valued at $2,000 by a former Johns Creek UPS Store franchise owner and …
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