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N.Y. Man Sentenced in Rhode Island Based Bank Fraud Conspiracy
News Release: Angel L. Morales, 52, of New York, N.Y, previously admitted to the Court that he and others used stolen personal identifying information to open bank accounts as part of a scheme to obtain fraudulent car loans. Once funds from the loans were obtained, Morales deposited the funds into bank accounts he and others opened, quickly withdrawing the money before the bank issuing the loans discovered the fraudulent nature of the transactions.
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New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Violations of Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud and the Federal Gun Control Act
News Release: The Court set sentencing in this matter for March 10, 2020. For Count 1, ARMSTEAD faces a maximum term of imprisonment of thirty (30) years, a maximum $1,000,000 fine, up to five (5) years supervised release following any term of imprisonment, and a $100 special assessment fee. For Count 2, ARMSTEAD ...
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Montgomery Woman Receives 77-Month Sentence for Wire Fraud Scheme Involving Alabama Power Bills
News Release: According to court records, Bozeman would falsely hold herself out as an Alabama Power employee or a close associate of an employee, and offer to pay the utility bills of individuals in exchange for an amount of cash that was less than they actually owed. Once she received the utility bill information ...
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Maryland Man Sentenced to Prison for Credit Card Fraud Offenses
News Release: U.S. District Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr., sentenced Bryan Boley, 33, to concurrent sentences of 22 months imprisonment and three years of supervised release on six access-device-fraud charges. He was also ordered to pay a $1000 fine. The amount of restitution he will be ordered to pay to victims will be determined at a later date. He pleaded guilty on May 16, 2019.
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Fort Campbell Soldier Convicted of Attempted Online Enticement of a Minor
News Release: After deliberating for two hours, following a three-day trial, the jury convicted 27-year old Daniel J. Zulawski of attempted online enticement of a minor.
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Antioch Resident Sentenced To More Than 11 Years In Prison For Possession Of Child Pornography
News Release: The Honorable Jon S. Tigar, U.S. District Judge, handed down the sentence earlier today.
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Former Director of Administration for Local Trade Organization Sentenced for Embezzling Funds
News Release: Wendy Long, 49, of Charleston, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for access device fraud. The Court also imposed a three year term of supervised release and ordered Long to pay restitution in the amount of $292,409.37. Long had served as the Director of Administration of the trade organization from ...
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Provincetown Man Indicted for Distributing, Receiving and Possessing Child Pornography
News Release: Kerry Adams, 59, was indicted on one count each of receipt of child pornography, possession of child pornography and distribution of child pornography. Adams was arrested and charged by criminal complaint in Oct. 17, 2018, and has been in federal custody since that time.
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Two Charged in Major Counterfeiting Scheme
News Release: The 11-count Indictment named Mario Mondesir, age 35, of Elmhurst, NY and Forkpa Howard, age 30, of Philadelphia, PA as defendants.
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Russian National Extradited for Running Online Criminal Marketplace
News Release: Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Departments Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Special Agent in Charge Matthew S. Miller of the U.S. Secret Services Washington Field Office made the announcement.
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Lexington Man Pleads Guilty in Federal Court to Defrauding Dumpster Company
News Release: Facts presented to the court showed BRB hired Grisel on Dec. 23, 2013, to be a national dumpster salesperson. He later became an IT manager. As the IT manager, he was responsible for BRBs computer hardware, phone systems and servers, computer systems and servers, proprietary software, and email systems. Most significantly, he was responsible for hiring, managing, tracking, and paying the search engine optimization companies (SEOs) that generated marketing calls for BRB.
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Bookkeeper Sentenced To 33 Months in Federal Prison for Stealing More Than Half A Million Dollars from Metairie Architect
News Release: Schmidt previously pled guilty to the indictment, which was returned in November of 2018, and which alleged that SCHMIDT stole more than $550,000 from a local architectural firm while employed as a bookkeeper there.
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Narcotics Dealer Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With
News Release: JOILES and a co-defendant, JAIME ROSARIO JR., are also charged with participating in a conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine, and ROSARIO is charged with possessing firearms in connection with a drug trafficking offense. JOILES and ROSARIO were previously charged by criminal complaints ...
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Secret Service Releases New Research On School Violence
News Release: Protecting Americas Schools: A U.S. Secret Service Analysis of Targeted School Violence
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Final Defendant Sentenced as Part of Operation Rolling Thunder
News Release: Lelana Long Sentenced to 121 Months for Methamphetamine Trafficking
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Kittery Man Pleads Guilty to Child Sexual Exploitation Offense
News Release: According to court records, in September 2018, Thomas Stewart, 31, uploaded numerous images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct to a Dropbox cloud storage account he controlled. After Dropbox reported the uploading of child exploitation images using its service, investigators determined that the IP address used to log into the Dropbox account was assigned to Stewarts residence in Kittery.
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Shreveport Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Fraudulent Check Cashing Scheme Resulting in Theft of Nearly $400,000
News Release: Chief U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. also ordered Spann to pay $399,723.04 in restitution to Tower Loan and Walmart Global Investigations. In addition to his term of imprisonment, Judge Hicks sentenced Spann to five years of supervised release following his release.
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Birmingham Woman Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison for Embezzlement
News Release: U.S. District Judge Annemarie Axon sentenced CINDY MADISON, 55, to 33 months in prison for wire fraud. Madison pled guilty in May to one count of wire fraud.
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Four Cuban Nationals Defraud West Virginians and Banks with Fraudulent Credit Cards
News Release: Defrauding our citizens and businesses will not be tolerated, said United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Unfortunately, cases like this are on the rise. We are working side by side with law enforcement to identify and prosecute fraudsters.
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Wisconsin Man Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Trafficking Access Devices
News Release: In a written plea agreement filed in the case, Gordon acknowledged that from June 2018 through May 2019, he engaged in a scheme to defraud Kohls Department Stores, Inc. (Kohls) and its customers by obtaining stolen Kohls Cash coupons and then selling them through his Twitter account, @OfficialJigLord.