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Baker City Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing Covid-Relief Funds
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.A Baker City, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for fraudulently converting to his own personal use federal money intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Two Defendants Arrested For Operating Narcotics Delivery Service Responsible For Three Overdose Deaths
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Dermot Shea, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (NYPD), and Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), announced that JOSE LUIS TEJADA ...
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Louisiana Woman Sentenced in $4.8 Million Elder Fraud Scheme
News Release: TYLER, Texas A Shreveport, Louisiana woman has been sentenced to federal prison for her role in an elder fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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Effingham Man Sentenced to 58 Months in Prison for Manufacturing Counterfeit Money
News Release: An Effingham man was sentenced yesterday to four years and ten months in prison and a $1,000 fine for manufacturing counterfeit money.
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International Money Launderer Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Prison for Laundering Millions of Dollars in Cyber Crime Schemes
News Release: Defendant Ordered to Pay Victims in U.S. and Elsewhere More Than $30 Million in Restitution
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Parkersburg Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Financial Institution
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. A Parkersburg man pleaded guilty today to defrauding a financial institution by making false statements on a loan application.
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Dayton man sentenced to federal prison for fraudulently obtaining Social Security, COVID relief funding in his deceased fathers name
News Release: DAYTON, Ohio A 55-year-old Dayton man was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 15 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining Social Security and COVID-19 relief funding in his deceased fathers name.
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West L.A. Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Running Massive Telemarketing Scheme that Targeted Businesses and Charities
News Release: SANTA ANA, California A West Los Angeles man was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison plus an additional 28 months of home confinement for orchestrating a decades-long, multimillion-dollar telemarketing scheme that defrauded more than 50,000 victims, including small businesses and charities, by posing as their regular supplier of printer toner and selling them toner at greatly inflated prices.
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Florida Man Guilty in Transnational East Texas Call Center Fraud Scheme
News Release: Scheme Targeted Over 2000 Victims and Involved Approximately $3.2 Million
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Lehigh Acres Couple Indicted For COVID Relief Fraud
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Amber Rewis Bruey (34) and Anthony James Bruey (35), a married couple from Lehigh Acres, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and illegal ...
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Nigerian hacker and a repeat offender sentenced to federal prison for unemployment fraud and tax fraud scheme
News Release: ATLANTA Bamidele Muraina, a Nigerian national who hacked into tax preparation firms and filed fraudulent unemployment benefit claims and tax returns using stolen personally identifiable information, and Gabriel Kalembo, a previously convicted fraudster who laundered the fraudulent assets, have been sentenced to federal prison.
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U.S Secret Service Thwarts Loan Scam Totaling More Than $21 Million
News Release: Secret Service Continues to See Rise in Real Estate Business Email Compromise
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Batavia Woman Arrested, Charged With COVID Fraud
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Danielle Tooley, 36, of Batavia, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with wire fraud and theft of government funds. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
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SWGA Woman Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud in Whole Life Policy Scheme
News Release: VALDOSTA, Ga. A Norman Park, Georgia, resident pleaded guilty to wire fraud for defrauding a life insurance settlement company after falsely claiming herself as the recipient of a large policy on an individual who was in fact alive at the time of the fraud.
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Brooklyn Woman Pleads Guilty to Unauthorized Intrusion into Credit Unions Computer System
News Release: The Defendant Destroyed More Than 20 Gigabytes of Data, Including Financial Records, in Retaliation for Being Fired
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Two Dayton residents plead guilty in identity & financial fraud scheme
News Release: DAYTON, Ohio Two Daytonians pleaded guilty in federal court to crimes related to a conspiracy to steal checks, credit cards, debit cards, bank account information and Social Security numbers to enrich themselves.
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Virgin Islands United States Attorneys Office Secures Conviction in First Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Fraud Case
News Release: ST.THOMAS,USVI U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Mashama Ferdinand, 38, of St. Thomas pleaded guilty to wire fraud affecting a financial institution before Magistrate Ruth Miller. Ferdinand was released after posting a $25,000 unsecured bond pending sentencing.
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Buchanan Woman Sentenced for Credit Card Fraud
News Release: ROANOKE, Va. A Buchanan, Virginia woman was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison after pleading guilty in February to multiple credit card fraud charges.
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Miami-Dade County Employee Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Relief Fraud
News Release: Miami, Florida Fifty-eight-year-old Willie Curry, of Miami-Dade County, pled guilty yesterday in Miami federal court to a felony Information charging him with wire fraud in connection with his fraudulent application to the U.S. Small Business Administration for a low-interest COVID-19 relief loan.
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Two Georgia men sentenced for stealing millions from Synchrony Bank
News Release: ATLANTA - Franck Davidoff and Dwight Pearson have been sentenced after pleading guilty to a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme that resulted in a loss of over $2,000,000 to Synchrony Bank.