Owner of Money Store in Maryland Convicted of Fraud
John Merchant, CPA, CFE
The Federal Bureau of Investigation reports that Joy Jackson of Greenbelt, Maryland has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison and ordered to make restitution for nearly $17 million in losses created by a fraudulent scheme that she ran through her company, Metropolitan Money Store of Lanham, Maryland. According to the FBI report, Jackson took advantage of the current economic downturn to prey on desperate homeowners who had significant amounts of equity in their […]