Homeland Newswire News
Former Local Bank Manager Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: According to the charging instrument, from calendar years 2015 to 2016, Michael B. Gaines, branch manager of Tri-State, developed a scheme to activate many dormant accounts and withdraw funds from said accounts with the help of another employee. Gaines and the employee used their Tri-State computer and ...
U.S. Secret Service Leads Third Skimmer Disruption Week in Advance of Labor Day Weekend
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: The Secret Service is leading the charge to protect U.S. consumers against this growing cyber-enabled financial crime. Skimming is a technique that uses electronic devices to steal encoded information on credit cards to commit fraud. Criminals surreptitiously install the small devices, known as skimmers, ...
Amaurys Mendez Campanon Sentenced to Serve 57 Months In Federal Prison for Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: Upon his release from prison, he will be supervised by U.S. Probation for three years. Campanon was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $21,114.84. In April 2018, Campanon pleaded guilty to three counts of a September 2017 federal indictment. Details of the scheme are outlined in his plea ...
Former Center Point Bank Vice President Pleads Guilty to Aiding and Abetting the Obstruction of an FDIC Examination
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: Martin Smith, age 38, from Center Point, Iowa, was convicted of Aiding and Abetting the Obstruction of the Examination of a Financial Institution. At the plea hearing, Smith admitted that he backdated a refinancing loan to obstruct an FDIC investigation. Sentencing before United States District Court ...
Ukrainian Sentenced for Trafficking in Hacked Financial Information
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: $31 Million Estimated Loss to Victims Online Banking Accounts and Credit Cards
Waterloo Man Indicted for Child Pornography
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: The one-count indictment alleges that the offense occurred in Waterloo on or about Feb. 15, 2017. Earlier today, Brueggemann made his initial appearance in federal court. Brueggemann pleaded not guilty to the charge and was released on bond with electronic location monitoring and other special conditions.
Two Men Sentenced For Gas Pump Card Skimming Bank Fraud Scheme Following Their Arrest In Salisbury, NC
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: ELIO ARTURO RODRIGUEZ-MENDEZ of Miami, Florida, and JEAN JESUS RODRIGUEZ-SILVA of Louisville, Kentucky, both pleaded guilty on May 10, 2018, to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Each was sentenced by United States District Judge William L. Osteen, Jr., to 33 months of imprisonment, followed ...
Stolen U-Haul, AR-15, and Counterfeit Money
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: On Sept. 20, 2017, Antwan Crossland was stopped by officers with the St. Peters Police Department driving a stolen U-Haul truck. The officers found an AR15 rifle in his lap, counterfeit United States Currency, and a drivers license in the name of another individual. Prior to the stop by the police ...
Albany Man Pleads Guilty To Possession Of Counterfeit Currency
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: In his plea agreement, Mr. Coleman admitted to buying iPhones on two occasions from Albany residents knowingly using counterfeit currency. Those Albany residents later attempted to use the currency they had obtained from Mr. Coleman to purchase items, only to have businesses refuse the money as counterfeit ...
Two Duval County Men Indicted On Counterfeit Currency Charges
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: Jolly made his initial appearance on Aug. 15, 2018, and was detained on Aug. 21, 2018. His trial is set for Oct. 1, 2018. Hamilton will make his initial appearance in federal court on Aug. 28, 2018. An indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed one or more violations ...
Bookkeeper Sentenced for Embezzling $1.7 Million in Client Funds
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: Today, U.S. District Judge Gray Miller handed Berry a 51-month sentence to be immediately followed by three years of supervised release. Berry was ordered to pay $1,820,858.40 in restitution to her fraud victims and an additional $344,268 in restitution to the IRS. At the hearing, Judge Miller determined ...
Project Safe Childhood Sweep Nets 29 Individuals Charged with Drug and Gun Charges in Brockton and Boston
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: As part of todays sweep, 25 defendants were arrested on federal and state charges, two defendants remain at-large, and two others were already in custody. Todays operation involved over 150 federal, state and local law enforcement agents from all over New England. The arrests are the culmination of two ...
Fourth Brazilian National Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Identity Theft in Card-Skimming Scheme
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: According to the court documents, MINGUZZI and three other Brazilian nationals were arrested by members of the Louisiana Financial Crimes Task Force at a hotel in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans on Aug. 3, 2017. Federal and state law enforcement officers found the defendants in possession of ...
Romanian Nationals Plead Guilty in ATM Skimming Conspiracy
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: From November to late December 2017, NITA and IANEV conspired with others to commit bank fraud. NITA and IANEV installed ATM skimming devices on ATM machines at several financial institutions around the Baton Rouge area, among other locations in Louisiana. These ATM skimming devices captured the financial ...
Oklahoma Man Indicted for Unlawfully Possessing a Firearm
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON The United States Attorneys Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jeffrey R. Boyd, age 55, a resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was indicted on Aug. 21, 2018, by a federal grand jury for unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition.
New York Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Mail and Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 21, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Everton Ellis, 41, of Yonkers, New York, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
Investigation Into Puente 13 Street Gang Leads to Federal Charges Against 17 Defendants on Narcotics, Fraud and Identity Theft Charges
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES Federal authorities have arrested 12 defendants on federal narcotics and fraud charges stemming from an investigation into the Puente 13 street gang. Those arrested last night and this morning are among 17 defendants named in a series of indictments returned by a federal grand jury that allege various offenses, including narcotics, bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. The other five charged defendants were already in federal and state custody.
Mobile Police Department, U.S. Secret Service and Baldwin County Sheriffs Office Partner to Establish a Regional Center to Combat Violent Crime
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: 9:45 a.m. Press set up. 10:00 a.m. Press Event Speakers will include: Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson. City of Mobile Executive Public Safety Director James Barber. U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Michael Williams. Baldwin County Sheriff Hoss Mack. 10:30 a.m. Press Availability One-on-One Interviews ...
Inmate Sentenced for Mailing Threats, Powder to Federal Officials
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: CINCINNATI Rodney D. Cydrus, 48, formerly of Chillicothe, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 36 months in federal prison for mailing threatening letters to federal officials. Cydrus was an inmate at Lebanon Correctional Institution at the time of the offense.
Jefferson County, Ohio Man Sentenced for Counterfeit Charges
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA Travis Knight, of Mingo Junction, Ohio, was sentenced today to 37 months incarceration for counterfeit currency charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.