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Michigan Resident Appears In Bay Area Federal Court On Hacking Charges
News Release: Defendant allegedly is hacker dubbed psycho who conspired to defraud victims of at least $1.4 million in cryptocurrency.
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Former New Haven City Employee Sentenced to 9 Months in Federal Prison for Embezzling $100K
News Release: According to court documents and statements made in court, Lion was employed by the City of New Haven for approximately 40 years, most recently in the citys accounting department. New Haven had a policy where employees can be paid in advance if they are about to take approved vacation leave. As part of his employment, Lion had access to the citys payroll system.
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Secret Service Awarded Order of Merit by the Peoples Dispensary for Sick Animals
News Release: On the night of Oct. 22, 2014, Officer Technician Mirarchi and his canine partner, Hurricane, were assigned to the Emergency Response Team stationed on the grounds of the White House. They were called to respond to a potentially dangerous situation and did exactly what they were trained to do. Due to their quick response and flawless execution of their training, this dangerous situation was averted before it had a chance to begin.
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Man Sentenced for Bank and Identity Fraud
News Release: According to court documents, Christopher Nelson, aka Fabian Ellington III, 42, was part of a group that defrauded the Virginia Credit Union (VACU), a federally insured financial institution, through a sophisticated scheme. In the first step, Nelson, doing business as Financial Solutions, LLC, and others, ...
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Romanian Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for ATM Skimming Scheme and Identity Theft
News Release: United States District Judge Nora Barry Fischer imposed the sentence on Elvis E. Roman, age 33, of Romania.
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Orlando Man Sentenced To Three Years In Federal Prison For Identity Theft And Credit Card Fraud At Universal Orlando Theme Parks
News Release: Hazell had pleaded guilty on July 16, 2019.
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Former Assisted Living Facility Employee Accused of Embezzling from an Assisted Living Facility Resident
News Release: Lisa Talton Wells Daugherty, 52, of Rainbow City, a former Unit Coordinator at Oak Landing Assisted Living Facility in Atalla, Alabama is charged with one count each of wire fraud, money laundering, filing a false tax return, and theft of government property. The information alleges that while Daugherty ...
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Waterbury Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Offenses Stemming from Counterfeit Check Bank Fraud Scheme
News Release: According to court documents and statements made in court, between approximately December 2017 and January 2019, Bonilla and others obtained access to bank accounts by recruiting individuals through social media and persuading the individuals to share their account information, including debit cards ...
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Three Chinese Nationals Using the Alias Alex Indicted in the United States for Conspiring to Import and Distribute Deadly Opioids
News Release: The indictment alleges that from in or about April 2016 through on or about March 22, 2017, Deyao Chen, Guichun Chen, and Liangtu Pan operated through websites located in the Peoples Republic of China and offered controlled substances for sale, including furanyl fentanyl, U-47700, and methoxyacetyl fentanyl.
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Bergen County Man Admits Money Laundering
News Release: Bobbie L. Henderson III, 36, of Edgewater, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Stanley R. Chesler in Newark federal court to an information charging him with one count of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments.
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Nineteen defendants charged in largest healthcare fraud scheme in Southern District history
News Release: Bogus billings siphoned millions of dollars from Medicare
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Jacksonville Woman Sentenced To Over 13 Years For Committing Aggravated Identity Theft And Fraud While On Federal Supervised Release
News Release: According to court documents, in 2006, after being found guilty at trial for participating in a scheme involving the passing of counterfeit checks, Streeter was sentenced to seven years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Following her release from prison, and while on federal ...
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Latonia Man Sentenced to 40 Months for Identification Document Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft
News Release: Jesse Bryant, 37, pleaded guilty to the charges in June 2019. According to his plea agreement, at the time the identification documents were discovered in the vehicle that Bryant was driving, law enforcement also discovered stolen credit cards and equipment used to make or alter stolen identification documents.
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Raleigh County Woman Indicted on Multiple Counts of Wire Fraud, Bank Fraud, Bankruptcy Fraud and Money Laundering
News Release: A 26-count indictment alleging wire fraud, bank fraud, money laundering, aggravated identity theft and bankruptcy fraud, said United States Attorney Mike Stuart. All indictments are serious and this is a serious matter. Ms. Cochran pretended to be a government contractor, intentionally misled investors ...
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Greenwich Man Sentenced to Prison for Operating Investment Fraud Scheme
News Release: According to court documents and statements made in court, Pollak owned a Norwalk-based company that organized trade shows and expositions throughout the U.S. In mid-2013, Pollak induced an acquaintance to invest money in a new business venture that was supposed to organize similar expositions in Ukraine.
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Florida and Georgia Health Care Fraud Law Enforcement Action Results in Charges against 67 Individuals
News Release: Those charged included physicians as well as other medical and business professionals. In addition, in the state of Florida, 16 defendants, including one licensed mental health professionals, have been charged with defrauding the Medicaid program out of over $1.2 million. Floridas Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) investigated these cases.
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Operators Of U.S. Coin Bullion, LLC To Plead Guilty To More Than $7 Million In Fraud
News Release: According to court documents, the Espositos operated U.S. Coin Bullion, a local Orlando company formed in 2012. From 2014 to July 2019, the Espositos engaged in a conspiracy to defraud U.S. Coin Bullions customers. Instead of using the customers funds to purchase precious metals as had been promised, ...
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Calhoun County Woman Charged with Embezzlement from Former Employer
News Release: The U.S. Attorneys Office filed a one-count information in U.S. District Court, charging ANGELA CHEATWOOD, 41, with a wire fraud scheme.
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North Carolina Woman Who Embezzled More Than $130K from Connecticut Company Sentenced to Prison
News Release: According to court documents and statements made in court, Kurus formerly resided in Connecticut and was employed as the accounting manager for a company based in Stratford. Between approximately October 2014 and June 2017, Kurus used the companys financial accounting software to transfer customer credits to at least six personal debit card accounts, and then used the money for personal expenditures. Through this scheme, she stole $133,870.55.
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Milwaukee Financial Advisor Sentenced to 30 Months in Federal Prison for Fraud Scheme that Targeted Elderly Victims
News Release: The prison sentence will be followed by three years of supervised release. Kubiak also will be required to make restitution in the amount of $379,977 to the six victims named in the indictment.