News from July 2021
Altoona Man Sentenced for $1.2 Million Fraud Scheme and Failing to Pay Taxes
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Blair County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on charges of tax evasion and wire fraud, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
Secret Service Hosts Cyber Incident Response Simulation
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today the U.S. Secret Service hosted a virtual Cyber Incident Response Simulation with business leaders, law enforcement and other private sector partners focused on ransomware and cryptocurrency attacks and mitigation strategies.
$1.3 Million Fraud Ringleader Sentenced to Federal Prison
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI The leader of a multi-state conspiracy that executed multiple schemes to defraud banks, finance companies, car dealerships, and retailers of more than $1.3 million was sentenced today to more than seven years in federal prison.
Marine Corps Official Sentenced to Prison for Taking $100,000 In Bribes in Exchange for Directing Over $2,000,000 Worth of Transportation Contracts to Associate
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced thatERIK MARTIN, aged 49, was sentenced on June 29, 2021 to 45 months in prison by the Honorable Wendy B. Vitter for taking bribes in exchange for directing transportation contracts to Darrel Fitzpatrick, an Atlanta businessman, after ...
Fort Myers Businessman Sentenced To Three Years In Federal Prison For COVID Relief Fraud And Mortgage Fraud
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida Senior U.S. District Judge John Steele has sentenced Casey David Crowther (35, Fort Myers) to three years and one month in federal prison for two counts of bank fraud, two counts of making a false statement to a lending institution, and two counts of money laundering. The court also ...
Secret Service Hosts Cyber Incident Response Simulation
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today the U.S. Secret Service hosted a virtual Cyber Incident Response Simulation with business leaders, law enforcement and other private sector partners focused on ransomware and cryptocurrency attacks and mitigation strategies.
Naples Pill Mill Doctor Pleads Guilty And Agrees To Forfeit 9 Luxury Vehicles And More Than $400,000
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 2, 2021
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida Gerald Michael Abraham (76, Naples) has pleaded guilty to three counts of dispensing controlled substances for no legitimate medical purpose. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on each count.
Detroit Man Pleads Guilty in Unemployment Fraud Scheme
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 6, 2021
News Release: DETROIT - A Detroit man pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme aimed at defrauding the State of Michigan, other states, and the U.S. Government of funds earmarked for unemployment assistance during the COVID19 pandemic, announced Acting United States Attorney Saima Mohsin.
Tampa Man Pleads Guilty To Possessing Credit Card Manufacturing Equipment
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 6, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida Eugene Stephan Cole (31, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to possession of credit card manufacturing equipment. He faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison and payment of restitution to victims that he defrauded. Cole also agreed to forfeit to the United States various equipment and computer media he had used to produce counterfeit debit and credit cards.
Identity thief who used bitcoin, burner phones, and digital wallets to steal more than $500,000 sentenced to prison
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: Bought credit card info on the dark web, used it to buy luxury goods or items fenced for bitcoin
Army Reservist Sentenced To 40 Months In Prison For Participating In Money Laundering Scheme
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that EMEKA NNAWUBA, a/k/a Benjamin Alabie, who is a member of the United States Army Reserves, was sentenced yesterday to 40 months in prison for participating in a scheme to launder over $1 million in proceeds ...
Gates Mills Man Pleads Guilty to Role in Bookmaking Conspiracy
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that William Mangelluzzi, 48, of Gates Mills, Ohio, pleaded guilty in federal court today to a Bill of Information charging him for his role in a conspiracy to operate an illegal gambling business and attempted income tax evasion.
Leicester Woman and Man Charged in Superseding Indictment in COVID-19 Pandemic Scheme
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: BOSTON A Leicester woman and man were charged in a superseding indictment by a federal grand jury in Worcester in connection with their alleged involvement in a pandemic unemployment fraud scheme.
Eight Defendants Sentenced in Counterfeit Check Case
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: Investigators and Responsive Bank Employees Credited for Preventing Further Loss
Husband And Wife Convenience Store Owners Sentenced To Prison And Ordered To Pay Restitution For Fraud Involving SNAP Program
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida U.S. District Judge Maria Morales Howard has sentenced Russell Leroy Dotson, Jr. (63, Jacksonville) and his wife, Maria Luisa Dotson (66, Jacksonville), to 18 months in federal prison each for conspiracy to commit wire fraud involving the U.S. Department of Agricultures Supplemental ...
United States Government Launches First One-Stop Ransomware Resource at StopRansomware.gov
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 15, 2021
News Release: New website provides cybersecurity resources from across the federal government
Baltimore County Man Sentenced to Over Four Years in Prison Related to His Impersonation of a U.S. Secret Service Agent and The Commission of Credit Card Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 16, 2021
News Release: Rosenteel Also Impersonated a Central Intelligence Agency Agent and Committed Additional Acts of Identity Theft While on Pre-Trial Release
Portsmouth Man Sentenced for Firearm and Fraud-Related Crimes
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. A Portsmouth man was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for illegal possession of a firearm as a convicted felon, aggravated identity theft, and credit union fraud.
Man Arrested in Connection with Alleged Role in Twitter Hack
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: A citizen of the United Kingdom was arrested today in Estepona, Spain, by Spanish National Police pursuant to a U.S. request for his arrest on multiple charges in connection with the July 2020 hack of Twitter that resulted in the compromise of over 130 Twitter accounts, including those belonging to politicians, celebrities and companies.
Illinois women indicted on counterfeit charges
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA Clarissa Mosley, of Chicago, Illinois, and Asante James, of Freeport, Illinois, were indicted today on counterfeit charges, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.