News from September 2021
SWGA Woman Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud in Whole Life Policy Scheme
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 1, 2021
News Release: VALDOSTA, Ga. A Norman Park, Georgia, resident pleaded guilty to wire fraud for defrauding a life insurance settlement company after falsely claiming herself as the recipient of a large policy on an individual who was in fact alive at the time of the fraud.
Batavia Woman Arrested, Charged With COVID Fraud
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 1, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Danielle Tooley, 36, of Batavia, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with wire fraud and theft of government funds. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
U.S Secret Service Thwarts Loan Scam Totaling More Than $21 Million
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 1, 2021
News Release: Secret Service Continues to See Rise in Real Estate Business Email Compromise
Nigerian hacker and a repeat offender sentenced to federal prison for unemployment fraud and tax fraud scheme
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 2, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA Bamidele Muraina, a Nigerian national who hacked into tax preparation firms and filed fraudulent unemployment benefit claims and tax returns using stolen personally identifiable information, and Gabriel Kalembo, a previously convicted fraudster who laundered the fraudulent assets, have been sentenced to federal prison.
Lehigh Acres Couple Indicted For COVID Relief Fraud
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 2, 2021
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Amber Rewis Bruey (34) and Anthony James Bruey (35), a married couple from Lehigh Acres, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and illegal ...
Florida Man Guilty in Transnational East Texas Call Center Fraud Scheme
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 3, 2021
News Release: Scheme Targeted Over 2000 Victims and Involved Approximately $3.2 Million
West L.A. Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Running Massive Telemarketing Scheme that Targeted Businesses and Charities
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 3, 2021
News Release: SANTA ANA, California A West Los Angeles man was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison plus an additional 28 months of home confinement for orchestrating a decades-long, multimillion-dollar telemarketing scheme that defrauded more than 50,000 victims, including small businesses and charities, by posing as their regular supplier of printer toner and selling them toner at greatly inflated prices.
Dayton man sentenced to federal prison for fraudulently obtaining Social Security, COVID relief funding in his deceased fathers name
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 7, 2021
News Release: DAYTON, Ohio A 55-year-old Dayton man was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 15 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining Social Security and COVID-19 relief funding in his deceased fathers name.
Parkersburg Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Financial Institution
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 8, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. A Parkersburg man pleaded guilty today to defrauding a financial institution by making false statements on a loan application.
International Money Launderer Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Prison for Laundering Millions of Dollars in Cyber Crime Schemes
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 8, 2021
News Release: Defendant Ordered to Pay Victims in U.S. and Elsewhere More Than $30 Million in Restitution
Effingham Man Sentenced to 58 Months in Prison for Manufacturing Counterfeit Money
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 9, 2021
News Release: An Effingham man was sentenced yesterday to four years and ten months in prison and a $1,000 fine for manufacturing counterfeit money.
Louisiana Woman Sentenced in $4.8 Million Elder Fraud Scheme
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 14, 2021
News Release: TYLER, Texas A Shreveport, Louisiana woman has been sentenced to federal prison for her role in an elder fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
Two Defendants Arrested For Operating Narcotics Delivery Service Responsible For Three Overdose Deaths
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 16, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Dermot Shea, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (NYPD), and Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), announced that JOSE LUIS TEJADA ...
Baker City Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing Covid-Relief Funds
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 16, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.A Baker City, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for fraudulently converting to his own personal use federal money intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Three Employees of a Long Island Information Technology Company Plead Guilty to Criminal Copyright Infringement
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 16, 2021
News Release: Constructure Technologies, LLC Also Enters into Deferred Prosecution Agreement to Resolve Charge Related to Illegal Installation of Software between 2011 and 2018
Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty today to one count of attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
Illinois Man Sentenced and Ordered To Pay Over $5 Million In Restitution
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 17, 2021
News Release: HAMMOND- Mohammad Zaidan, 53, of Palos Heights, Illinois, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon upon his guilty plea to wire fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tina L. Nommay.
South Florida Man Charged with Defrauding After-School Program for Underprivileged Immigrant Children Appears in Federal Court
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 20, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida Friday, Miami resident Ramon Caridad Rodriguez, 28, made his first appearance in South Florida federal court to face a grand jury indictment charging him with defrauding his former employer, a religious charity organization that runs after-school programs for underprivileged immigrant children to help them avoid gangs and gang violence.
New Jersey Man Admits Stealing more than $450,000 in Unemployment Insurance Benefits
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 20, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. A Union, New Jersey, man today admitted that he illegally obtained more than $450,000 in unemployment insurance benefits, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
Fraudster Sentenced to Prison for Long Running Phone Unlocking Scheme that Defrauded AT&T
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 21, 2021
News Release: Overall Loss to AT&T Estimated at more than $200 Million