News from December 2020
Former St. Albans Property Developer Sentenced to Prison for Wire Fraud
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Jeremy Fairbanks, 44, formerly of St. Albans, Vermont, was sentenced on Dec. 18, 2020 upon his guilty plea to two counts of wire fraud: one stemming from his conduct in Vermont, and one relating to a subsequent fraud in Tennessee.
Member of Monument Street Drug Trafficking Organizations in East Baltimore Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison and Another Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Distribution Charges
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: Defendant Agrees to Sentence of Ten Years in Federal Prison; Law Enforcement Seized Kilo Quantities of Drugs, a Loaded Gun, and More Than $41,000 in Drug Proceeds
Two Oregon Men Face Federal Charges for COVID-Relief Fraud
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.In separate criminal cases, two Oregon men are facing federal charges for fraudulently converting to their personal use loans intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams.
Miami Ringleader of Nationwide Counterfeit Check Cashing and Identity Theft Scheme Sentenced to Over 10 Years in Federal Prison
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: Miami, Fl. A federal district judge has sentenced a Miami man convicted of running a nationwide counterfeit check cashing and identity theft scheme while illegally possessing a firearm to 129 months in prison. The man, who used fraud proceeds to buy personal luxury items, including a 39-foot Midnight Express powerboat with triple 400 horsepower Mercury engines, also was ordered to pay over $1.8 million in restitution to victims.