News from February 2022
Three Defendants Arrested For Operating Narcotics Delivery Service Responsible For Three Overdose Deaths From Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Tim Foley, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and Keechant Sewell, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (NYPD), announced that BILLY ...
Springfield Woman Pleads Guilty to Unemployment Fraud Related to COVID-19 Pandemic
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: Defendant and co-conspirator submitted 100 PUA claims in others' names resulting in more than $1.2 million in payments
California Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Passing Counterfeit Currency
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: BOISE A San Leandro, California man was sentenced to four months in federal prison and four months of home confinement for passing counterfeit currency.
Licking County man charged with committing $1 million in fraud
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio Jeremie Adam Elkins, 44, of Newark, Ohio, was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly causing approximately $1 million in fraud while employed as a network engineer at Verizon, Inc.
Arkansas Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Mailing a Communication Threatening To Blow Up The Federal Courthouse in Fayetteville, Arkansas, And The White House
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: FORT SMITHA Fort Smith man was sentenced today to 36 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Mailing a Threatening Communication. The Honorable Judge P.K. Holmes III presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fort Smith.
Seven Minneapolis Men Face Federal Charges for Violent Crimes
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: Charges include carjacking, firearms violations, and drug trafficking occurring in the area of Chicago and Franklin
Bradenton Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Passing Counterfeit Federal Reserve Notes
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Dennis Michael Aigotti (54, Bradenton) to 36 months in federal prison for possessing and passing counterfeit Federal Reserve notes. The court also ordered Aigotti to forfeit a laptop and color printer, which are traceable to proceeds of the offense.
Retired Firefighter Charged with Making Threats to Injure
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. A former Warwick firefighter made an initial appearance in federal court in Providence on Wednesday, charged by way of a federal criminal complaint with threats to injure the person of another transmitted in interstate or foreign commerce, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
Federal Grand Jury Returns Indictment in Benton County Email Fraud Case
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: Defendant Charged with Directing Co-Conspirators in Theft of More Than $740,000 from Benton County
Secret Service Arrests Home Depot Employee for Passing $387,500 in Counterfeit Currency
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: PHOENIX United States Secret Service agents arrested Tempe Home Depot employee Adrian Jean Pineda for passing $387,500 in counterfeit U.S. currency. Pineda will appear in federal court in Phoenix for violation of 18 USC 472 Uttering of Counterfeit U.S. Currency.
St. Thomas Business Owner Sentenced on Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Wire Fraud Conviction
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: ST. THOMAS, USVI U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that Mashama Ferdinand, 38, of St. Thomas was sentenced on Friday to 33 months incarceration by Judge Robert A. Molloy on her wire fraud conviction. Judge Molloy also order Ferdinand to pay $383,397.00 in restitution to the United States. Ferdinand was remanded to the custody of the United States Marshals, and upon release from prison, must serve a term of four years on supervised release.
Former Little Rock School District Administrator Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 9, 2022
News Release: Defendant Admits Spending Over $230K of School Funds on Personal Items
Former Mexican Federal Police Commander Sentenced to 10 Years Imprisonment for Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 9, 2022
News Release: Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, Ivan Reyes Arzate, a former Mexican Federal Police Officer and Commander of the Mexican Federal Polices Sensitive Investigative Unit (SIU), was sentenced by United States District Judge Brian M. Cogan to 10 years imprisonment for participating in a drug trafficking ...
Secret Service investigation uncovers multi-million dollar money laundering operation
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: Victor Ahaiwe sentenced to 84 months in prison
Nine Members Of Downtown Mafia Indicted For Cocaine Trafficking
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Ricky J. Patel, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New York, and Keechant L. Sewell, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (NYPD), announced the unsealing of an indictment ...
Romanian National Sentenced for Role in Multi-State ATM Skimming Scheme
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 14, 2022
News Release: BOSTON A Romanian national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston on racketeering conspiracy charges relating to an ATM skimming operation that stretched throughout Massachusetts and other states including Connecticut, New York and South Carolina.
Hillsboro Man Sentenced to 120 Months in Prison for Enticement of a Minor
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. A Hillsboro, Illinois, man, Andrew Collins, 32, of the 200 Block of Main Street, was sentenced on Feb. 14, 2022, to 120 months of imprisonment and 10 years of supervised release for enticement of a minor. The sentencing hearing was held before U.S. District Court Judge Sue E. Myerscough,
A Southfield Woman Has Been Charged with Unemployment Insurance Benefit Fraud Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: DETROIT A Southfield, Michigan woman was charged in a criminal complaint for allegedly making false and fraudulent unemployment insurance (UI) claims filed in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
Three Men Guilty in Scheme to Defraud Elderly and Vulnerable Victims of More Than $5 Million
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Leonard C Boyle, Inspector in Charge Ketty Larco-Ward of the U.S. Postal Inspection Services Boston Division, and J. Russell George, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, today announced that a federal jury in Bridgeport has found three men guilty of offenses related to their participation in lottery and romance scams that defrauded primarily elderly victims across the country of millions of dollars.
Local man sentenced for $317 million N95 mask scam
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON A 56-year-old Houston resident has been ordered to federal prison for scheming to fraudulently sell 50 million non-existent N95 facemasks to the Australian government, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.