Homeland Newswire News
New Orleans Man Who Sold Fake Louisiana Drivers Licenses Sentenced To 42 Months for Access Device Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft Violations
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced thatRYAN CLARK, age 35, of New Orleans, LA, was sentenced on Oct. 13, 2021 to 42 months of incarceration by U.S. District Judge Lance M. Africk for having committed conspiracy to commit access device fraud and aggravated identity theft (count 1) and aggravated identity theft (count 3).
New York Man Sentenced for Threatening President and White House
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: Defendant Claimed to Have Explosive Device
Romanian National Sentenced in Connection with ATM Skimming Scheme
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: BOSTON A Romanian national was sentenced on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2021 in federal court in Boston in connection with an ATM skimming scheme operating throughout Massachusetts and other states including Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York and South Carolina.
Salisbury Man Pleads Guilty to Large-Scale Heroin Distribution Operation on the Dark Web
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: Investigators Seize Drugs, Cash, and Six Firearms and a Body Armor Vest
The U.S. Secret Service Hosts Cyber Simulation Focusing On Business Email Compromise Attacks Targeting Real Estate Market
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today the U.S. Secret Service hosted a cyber incident response simulation with business leaders, law enforcement and other private sector partners focused on business email compromise attacks and mitigation strategies.
Secret Service Investigation Results In Charges Against 11 Members Of Money Laundering And Bank Fraud Ring
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: Over 50 Victims Sent More Than $9 Million to Defendants as a Result of Online Fraud Schemes
Munhall Woman Charged with Filing Fraudulent Applications for Pandemic-Relief Funds
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - One resident of Munhall, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of wire fraud, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
Former Bath County Deputy Sheriff Pleads Guilty to the Production of Child Pornography
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 12, 2021
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. A Morehead, Ky., man, and former Bath County Deputy Sheriff, Joshua Preece, 40, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, before U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell to the enticing a minor victim to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing child pornography.
Waterbury Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Heroin While on Supervised Release
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LANCE BAPTISTE, 43, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 36 months of imprisonment for distributing heroin while on supervised release for a prior heroin trafficking conviction.
Leader of $2.4 Million Dollar Fraud Scheme Pleads Guilty
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 5, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. A Massachusetts used car dealer admitted to a federal court judge in Providence, RI, that he led a wide-ranging conspiracy to defraud financial institutions in several states of more than $2.4 million dollars by obtaining and attempting to obtain car loans using stolen personal identifying information of others and fraudulent documents, announced Acting United States Attorney Richard B. Myrus.
Secret Service, FBI Highlight Collaboration and Investigative Successes of 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 4, 2021
News Release: October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Atlanta Man Sentenced to Jail for Bribing U.S. Marine Corps Official in Exchange For $2,000,000 In Transportation Contracts
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 1, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021, the Honorable Judge Carl J. Barbier sentencedDARREL FITZPATRICK, aged 31, to 60 months in the Bureau of Prisons in what the Judge called a massive bribery and fraud scheme involving the United States Marine Corps.
Two South Louisiana Men Sentenced in Federal Court
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La.- Acting United StatesAttorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that two men from South Louisiana have been sentenced by United States District Judge Robert R. Summerhays.
Three Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud Financial Institutions and Other Credit Issuers
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. Shawn Franklin, Anthony Maryland, and Sabrina Wiggins Branch pleaded guilty today to defrauding financial institutions and other lenders by using synthetic identities to obtain credit cards and consumer loans with no intention of payment. All three individuals were living in the Eastern District during the multi-year conspiracy.
Lexington Man Sentenced to 120 Months for Investment Fraud
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.A Lexington, Ky., man, William S. Evans, III, 69, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison Tuesday, by U.S. District Court Judge Karen K. Caldwell, for commodities fraud and wire fraud.
Jury Convicts Louisville Man of Child Exploitation Offenses
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: LOUISVILLE, KY. A federal jury convicted Joseph Samir Zakhari on Sept. 24, 2021, of multiple child exploitation offenses following a five-day trial held before United States District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings.
Six Individuals Charged for Involvement in Illinois Statewide Vehicle Theft Ring
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: Chicago Attorney General Kwame Raouls Organized Retail Crime Task Force today announced criminal charges in a complex, organized statewide car theft ring. The charges Raoul filed against the man and woman who allegedly organized the scheme and the four men charged who allegedly assisted are the result ...
Texas Man Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Tax Returns with Stolen Identities
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: A Texas man was sentenced to 70 months in prison today for conspiring to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft, in connection with a scheme to file false tax returns using stolen identities.
Ocoee Man Sentenced To More Than Six Years In Federal Prison For Identity Theft And Wire Fraud Scheme Targeting Elected Officials In Florida
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: Orlando, FL U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell has sentenced Michael T. Watters (51, Ocoee) to six years and five months in federal prison for aggravated identity theft and wire fraud. Watters had pleaded guilty on July 12, 2021.
Illinois woman admits to counterfeit charge
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA Clarissa Mosley, of Chicago, Illinois, has admitted to a counterfeit charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.