A former Massachusetts state representative has pleaded guilty to a batch of bank and wire fraud charges. So reports State House News Service.

Former mortgage broker Chris Schaller, who pleaded guilty to wire fraud in 2020 and has yet to be sentenced, owned more than 100 paintings by folk artist George Colin. So reports the Illinois Times.

A convicted fraudster has received one-year federal prison sentence after pleading guilty to a separate charge of securities fraud, the U.S. Department of Justice has announced.