News from April 2019
Controller Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud, Tax Charge
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: Appearing before U.S. District Court Chief Judge William E. Smith, Jill Martinho, 43, of Swansea, Mass., pleaded guilty to wire fraud and willfully making a false tax return, announced United States Attorney Aaron L. Weisman, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Boston Division Joseph R. Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge of Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Kristina O'Connell, and Special Agent in Charge of the United States Secret Service Stephen Marks.
U.S. Secret Service Statement on Mar-a-Lago Security
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: With the exception of certain permanently protected facilities, such as the White House, the practice used at Mar-a-Lago is no different than that long-used at any other site temporarily visited by the President or other Secret Service protectees.
Beltsville Man Sentenced to 87 Months in Federal Prison for Stealing Over $4.2 Million in a Business E-Mail Compromise Scheme
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert K. Hur; Acting Special Agent in Charge Cardell T. Morant of Homeland Security Investigations; and Special Agent in Charge Matthew S. Miller of the United States Secret Service, Washington Field Office.
Turtle Creek Felon Sentenced to 4+ Years in Prison on Firearms Charges
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: Iklas Richard Davis, 38, was sentenced by United States District Judge Nora Barry Fischer.
New Orleans Man Charged With Wire Fraud
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: According to court documents, PICK was employed as an accountant for Company A between August 2016 and June 2018. Part of PICKs duties was handling the credit card accounts of Company A. Without authorization, PICK used Company As credit cards for his own personal expenses. In total, PICK stole approximately $129,741.40 from Company A.
Carrollton, Texas Man Sentenced To 48 Months Probation, 8 Months Home Detention For Conspiracy To Commit Wire Fraud
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: The Indictment alleged that in or about November, 2017, to on or about March 27, 2018, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma and elsewhere, the defendant knowingly and willfully conspired with others known and unknown to the Grand Jury, to transmit or cause to be transmitted by means of a wire communication, ...
U.S. Secret Service Statement on Computer Forensic Procedures
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: The Secret Service Electronic Crimes Special Agent Program (ECSAP) is internationally recognized and special agents across the agency receive extensive training in computer forensics and undergo a rigorous certification process. Forensic examinations conducted by these personnel are done in accordance ...
Huntsville Man Convicted on Multiple Counts of Tampering with Vehicle Odometers and Bank Fraud
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Following a four day trial before U.S. District Judge Abdul K. Kallon, and only a 20-minute deliberation by the jury, Randy Eugene Greene, 62, was convicted of 11 counts of tampering with vehicle odometers and 3 counts of bank fraud. A sentencing date has been set before Judge Abdul K. Kallon on July 17, 2019.
California Man Charged With Conspiracy To Possess With Intent To Distribute Over 53 Kilograms Of Fentanyl And Cocaine
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Jose Santos Garcia Guzman, 43, is charged by complaint with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute approximately 53 kilograms of suspected fentanyl and cocaine. He is scheduled to appear today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph A. Dickson in Newark federal court.
Fraudster and Identity Thief who Used the Personal and Account Information of AT&T Customers to Purchase Apple iPhones Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: Co-defendant Toni Ann Bobet, age 30, of New York, New York, pleaded guilty to her role in the scheme on April 11, 2019, just a few days before she was scheduled to go to trial.
Palm Beach County Resident Sentenced to Prison in connection with a $1.4 Million Insurance Fraud Scheme
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and Brian Swain, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service (USSS), Miami Field Office, made the announcement.
Flathead County man sentenced for illegal possession of machine gun
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: Wann, 62, of Kila, pleaded guilty in December to illegally possessing a machine gun, an unregistered silencer, a short barreled rifle and a destructive device, specifically, a grenade.
Secret Service Participates in Largest Nationwide U.S. Health Care Investigation, $1.7 Billion in Losses
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: The investigations during this sweep involved more than 24 defendants, five of which own telemedicine companies, dozens of owners that operate durable medical equipment (DME) companies and several medical professionals for their alleged involvement in a health care fraud scheme relating to more than ...
Two People Sentenced for Conspiracy to Counterfeit United States Currency
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: A Federal Grand Jury indicted Bell and Seeger on July 18, 2018. The indictment alleged that between November of 2017 and April 8, 2018, the two had manufactured counterfeit currency and possessed items and equipment necessary for counterfeiting.
Two Florida Men Sentenced For Their Roles In Multimillion-Dollar Credit Card Fraud Scheme
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said: Beckish and Demaria operated a scheme in which they purported to sell dietary supplements to consumers online. In lieu of dietary supplements, consumers got nothing but headaches, credit card processors got ripped off, and Beckish and Demarias wallets got fatter. Now they have been sentenced to prison and ordered to repay the money they stole.
Man Sentenced to 58 Months for Darknet Credit Card Scheme
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: Odis Edwards, 40, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit access device fraud in January.
Sex Trafficker Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 30 Years In Prison For Victimizing Minor Girls And Adult Women For Nearly 20 Years
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said: Grevy Gerard Pierre-Louis spent almost 20 years engaged in depraved and extraordinarily violent sex trafficking of minor girls and adult women. As a result, he will now spend the next 30 years in prison. Our hope is that the brave survivors of the defendants heinous crimes will find a measure of justice in todays sentence.
Three Men Charged In An Elaborate ATM Skimming Scheme
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: This indictment charges CIPRIAN VIOREL VARTOLOMEI, 38 (aka: Eric Rene Fuss, Dumitru Movradin, and Costica Andriesei), CATALIN PUSCASU, 36 (aka: Bjorn Ove Sigbjornsen and Jean Francois Margelli), and ION FLORIN OPROIU, 45 (aka: Dominik Gerza) with two counts of access device fraud (Oprious is charged with only one count) and one count of aggravated identity theft.
Mobile County Husband and Wife Sentenced for Their Roles in a $255,134.54 Bank Fraud Scheme
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: On Jan. 23, 2019, pursuant to separate plea agreements both Shyria Powell and William Powell entered guilty pleas. Shyria Powell pled guilty to aggravated identity theft and William Powell pled guilty to conspiring to commit bank fraud. They both admitted in open court that from on or about October ...
Operator of Global Cybercrime Marketplace Sentenced to 90 Months Imprisonment
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Defendants Codeshop Website Sold Troves of Stolen Credit Card Data and Bank Account Logins on the Black Market