News from 2019
Southern District takes part in largest-ever nationwide elder fraud sweep
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: Attorney General focuses on threats posed by technical-support fraud
Four Romanian Nationals Indicted for Using the Identity of Another to Obtain "Skimmer" Equipment
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: On Feb. 13, 2019, officers with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department discovered a package that was being mailed to a UPS store in Richmond Heights, Missouri. After obtaining a search warrant for the package they discovered that it contained two point-of-sale terminals with skimming devices ...
Secret Service Director Names Alfonso Dyson Sr. as Assistant Chief of the Uniformed Division
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: Dyson is a veteran of the Secret Service with over 29 years of experience in the agency. He began his career with the Secret Service in February 1990 as an Officer assigned to the White House Branch.
Romanian National Sentenced for ATM Skimming
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: Group Used Skimming Devices to Steal Debit Card Numbers, PINs from ATMs in Olathe, KCK, Riverside
Page County Man Sentenced to Prison for Counterfeiting
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: In March 2018, Clarinda Police were called to Caseys General Store regarding a patron that passed a counterfeit bill. Upon review of the surveillance tape, officers identified Alexander Milledge as the person who passed the counterfeit money. A search warrant was obtained for his residence and officers recovered numerous computers, printers, printer paper and approximately $35,000 in counterfeit Federal Reserve notes in different stages of manufacturing.
Equine Insurance Agent Sentenced in $1.3 Million Fraud Scheme
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: At sentencing, U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell, Jr., also ordered Randall N. Levesque, 57, of Middletown, owner of Equine Insurance Services, LLC and Randall Levesque Agency, to serve 3 years supervised release upon completion of his term of incarceration and to pay restitution to the victims of his schemes totaling $1,382,815.08.
North Carolina Woman Admits to Embezzling More Than $130K from Connecticut Company
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
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 her personal benefit. Through this scheme, she stole $133,870.55.
Five Argentine Men Charged with Illegally Operating Online Pharmacies and Importing and Distributing Oxycodone
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Conrado Adolfo Frenzel, aka Otto (age: 50), Jorge Alejandro Paura, aka Larry (age: 51), Santiago Videmato, aka James Duggan (age: 35), Luciano Brunetti, aka Biff Tannen (age: 30), and Lucas Daniel Paura, aka Carl Carlson (age: 31), all from Buenos Aires, Argentina, were charged with conspiracy to distribute ...
South L.A. Man Sentenced to More than 10 Years in Federal Prison for Armed Robbery of Undercover Secret Service Agent
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: Tyre Jordan Simmons, a.k.a., Reckless, 23, was sentenced by United States District Judge John A. Kronstadt.
Fake Nurse Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud, Social Security Fraud and Aggravated Identity Fraud
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: According to court documents, Danneman was not a nurse, but used the name and nursing license number of an actual licensed registered nurse to obtain work in the St. Louis area at Alexian Brothers Sherbrooke Village, the Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis, and Des Peres Healthcare. Danneman was hired ...
Fraud felony nets more than 12 years in prison
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: Career criminal committed latest felony while on supervised release for previous fraud conviction
Third and Final Defendant Pleads Guilty in Pawn Shop Scheme to Sell Stolen Goods
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: The guilty pleas were announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert K. Hur; Special Agent in Charge Sung Jimmy Yi of the United States Secret Service - Baltimore Field Office; and Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey R. Gahler.
Charlotte Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Transporting Stolen Property
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: Reginald A. DeMatteis, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Secret Service, Charlotte Field Office, and Chief Kerr Putney of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department join the U.S. Attorneys Office in making todays announcement.
Greenville Woman Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison Following Second Counterfeiting Conviction
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: Evidence presented to the court established that in the summer of 2018, Dishinger passed counterfeit federal reserve notes at various locations throughout the Upstate of South Carolina. Based on a local investigation, Greenville City Police officers developed probable cause and executed a search warrant ...
Jury Convicts Syracuse Man For Threatening to Kill
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: Stephen Taubert Found Guilty of Making Telephonic Death Threats
Bookkeeper Pleads Guilty To Stealing More Than Half A Million Dollars from Metairie Architect
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: The indictment alleged that starting in 2007 and continuing through 2017 through a series of fraudulent activities SCHMIDT committed the offense. The indictment further alleged that she used two different schemes to purloin the funds, which were in the care, custody of and control of several federally insured banks in the New Orleans area.
DEA Task Force Investigation Dismantles Waterbury Drug Ring; 29 Charged
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: As alleged in court documents and statements made in court, the arrests stem from a joint investigation headed by the DEA New Haven Task Force and the Waterbury and Naugatuck Police Departments. The investigation, which began last year and has included the use of court-authorized wiretaps, physical surveillance ...
Leader Of Local Hip-Hop Group Is Sentenced To Nine Years For Bank And Wire Fraud Conspiracy And Aggravated Identity Theft Charges
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Murray is joined in making todays announcement by David M. McGinnis, Inspector in Charge of the Charlotte Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service; Reginald DeMatteis, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Secret Service, Charlotte Field Office; and Chief Kerr Putney of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department.
Irving, Texas Man Sentenced To 5 Months For Conspiracy To Commit Wire Fraud
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 21, 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, ...
Former Oroville Resident Sentenced to Home Detention for Making a False Bomb Threat
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: According to court documents, in August 2017, while Xiong was living in Oroville, Xiong mailed a letter to a company in Sunnyvale, informing the company that Xiong and others were going to bomb the location. The bomb threat was reported to the Sunnyvale Police Department who responded to the scene to ...