News from August 2022
San Bernardino County Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison for Multimillion-Dollar Investment Fraud and Cheating on His Taxes
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 30, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES A Highland man who used his work history as a San Bernardino County sheriffs deputy to gain investors trust and later invest millions of dollars with him, only to use their money to fund his extravagant lifestyle, was sentenced today to 168 months in federal prison.
Man Sentenced to Two Years in Federal Prison for Wire Fraud
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 30, 2022
News Release: SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA Sung Wook Kim, also known as Paul, 36, of Lexington, was sentenced to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud.
Fairfield Woman Admits Embezzling $1.5 Million
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 30, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CAROLINA GUERRENO, 49, of Fairfield, waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to a fraud charge related to her embezzlement of approximately $1.5 million from her employer.
Five additional defendants charged with fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief funding
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: Nearly 40 individuals so far charged with fraud in Southern District
Four Georgia Men Sentenced in Bank Fraud Conspiracy That Exploited Providence Area Homeless
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE Four Georgia men who admitted to a federal judge in Rhode Island that they participated in a scheme that exploited Providence-area homeless and transient individuals by recruiting them to cash hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of counterfeit business checks at banks in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Maine, have been sentenced to federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.