News from May 2019
Jacksonville Woman Pleads Guilty To Committing Aggravated Identity Theft and Fraud While On Federal Supervised Release
By Homeland Newswire | May 17, 2019
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. After she was released from prison and while on federal ...
U.S. Postal Service Employee Sentenced for Embezzling Postal Money Orders
By Homeland Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: Rashayna Seney, 26, of Randolph, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Senior Judge Douglas P. Woodlock to time served (one day) and three years of supervised release with the special condition that during the first year she serve 74 days of intermittent confinement at a residential re-entry center. Judge ...
Casino Employee Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Child Pornography
By Homeland Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury indicted Pruitt on July 17, 2018, on one count of distributing and one count of accessing child pornography. According to Count 2, he used a cell phone to access child pornography stored on an Internet-based cloud storage service between Aug. 20, 2015, and March 13, 2018. Count ...
Eleven Charged In Wide-Ranging Cape Cod Heroin Conspiracy
By Homeland Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: The following individuals were charged with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute heroin: 1. Edwin Otero, 29, of Hyannis 2. Justin Joseph, 32, of Pawtucket, R.I. 3. Anthony Basilici, 35, of Pawtucket, R.I. 4. Vinicius Zangrande, 35, of Centerville 5. Krymeii Fray, 23, of Hyannis ...
Florida Man Pleads Guilty To Sealing Bank Account Information of Dozens of Victims
By Homeland Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron J. Mango, who is handling the case, stated that between Oct. 10, 2017, and Oct. 10, 2018, the defendant participated in a scheme to obtain the bank card information of customers utilizing gas pumps by installing skimming devices on the pumps. Alvarez used the information to produce counterfeit access devices and then used the devices to fraudulently obtain money.
Charter School Founder and CEO Sentenced to 2 Years in Federal Prison for Misappropriating $3.2 Million in Public Education Funds
By Homeland Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: Vielka Maritza McFarlane, 56, of Sylmar, was sentenced by United States District Judge R. Gary Klausner, who told her, If you want to help your students, you can teach them that if they make mistakes, they have to pay the price and be responsible for their own actions. McFarlane, who pleaded guilty on ...
Somerset County Man Charged With Attempts to Provide Material Support to Hamas, Making False Statements, and Making Threat Against Pro-Israel Supporters
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: Jonathan Xie, 20, of Basking Ridge, New Jersey, was arrested this morning and is charged by complaint with two counts of attempting to provide material support to a designated terrorist organization, two counts of making false statements, and one count of transmitting a threat in interstate commerce.
Former New Haven City Employee Admits Embezzling $100K
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2019
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 has a policy where employees can be paid in advance if they are about to take approved vacation leave. As part ...
St. Lucie County Resident Pleads Guilty to Orchestrating Wire Fraud Scheme and Embezzling Employers
By Homeland Newswire | May 24, 2019
News Release: Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Brian Swain, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service (USSS), Miami Field Office, and Javaro Sims, Chief, Delray Beach Police Department, made the announcement. Brooks pled guilty to a criminal Information charging: seven ...
South Carolina Doctor Will Pay $92,506.30 for Allegedly Engaging in an Illegal Kickback Scheme
By Homeland Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Attorneys Office entered into a settlement agreement with Jerry Back, 62, a medical doctor, in an effort to recoup the costs to the U.S. government resulting from the illegal kickbacks. This is the eighth kickback settlement since January in the Northern District of Oklahoma. The civil settlements ...
Guilty Plea from Kent Man Who made Multiple Online Threats to Kill
By Homeland Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: CHASE BLISS COLASURDO, was arrested May 1, 2019. Chief U.S. District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez scheduled sentencing for Aug. 23, 2019. According to the criminal complaint, in March 2019, a member of the public reported to the FBI concerns about Instagram and other social media posts where COLASURDO ...
U.S. Secret Service Agents Receive U.S. Attorneys Office Prestigious Award
By Homeland Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: Investigation efforts led to arrest and prosecution of fraudsters who ran bogus fundraising scheme for wounded military veterans