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Secret Service Hosts Cyber Incident Response Simulation
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today the U.S. Secret Service hosted a Cyber Incident Response Simulation with executive business leaders, law enforcement and other government agencies focused on cyberattacks, ransomware and incident response plans.
Jury Finds Husband and Wife Guilty of Participating in International Fraud Ring
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: Memphis, TN-Caesar Oruade, 38, and Ayana Saunders, 36, of Hawthorne, California, have been convicted of wire fraud conspiracy and conspiracy to launder money. Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., United States Attorney, announced the conviction today.
Former Claims Manager for Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency Pleads Guilty In COVID-19 Fraud Scheme
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: DETROIT- Jermaine Rose, a former lead claims examiner for the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (MUIA), pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud arising out of his participation in a pandemic-related unemployment insurance fraud scheme, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
Essex County Man Convicted of Using Credit Cards Stolen from U.S. Mail to Defraud Banks and Commit Identity Theft
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. An Essex County, New Jersey, man was convicted today for his role in scheming with at least one U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee and others to steal credit cards from the mail and then steal victims identities in order to use the stolen cards to make hundreds of thousands of dollars of retail and online purchases, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced.
Rhea County Man Pleas Guilty To CARES Act Wire Fraud
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. On April 21, 2022, George Thacker, 59, of Spring City, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
Federal Civil Complaint Seeks The Forfeiture Of Funds Stolen From A California-Based Business And Transferred by Money Mules
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: Charlotte, N.C. Today, U.S. Attorney Dena J. King announced the filing of a federal civil complaint seeking the forfeiture of $597,891.46, seized as part of an investigation of at least three individuals operating as money mules responsible for transferring over $1.2 million in funds stolen from a business located in San Diego, California.
Kentwood Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Employer and Filing False Taxes
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on April 19, 2022MICHAEL J. GOLL, age 46, of Kentwood, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and filing false federal tax returns.GOLLentered his guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Wendy B. Vitter. Judge Vitter scheduledGOLLs sentencing for July 26, 2022, at 1:30 p.m.
Massachusetts Woman Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2022
News Release: CONCORD -Niurka Lebron, 45, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in federal court to bank fraud on Wednesday, United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
Cumberland County Man Charged With Threatening President Biden And Former President Trump
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 20, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG The United States Attorneys Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Mohamed Farah, age 32, of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury for threatening the President and a former President.
Three Sentenced to Prison in Nationwide Card Fraud, Money Laundering Scheme
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 20, 2022
News Release: SAN DIEGO Three men were sentenced in federal court today for engaging in a years-long, nation-wide fraud conspiracy that stole victims financial information from ATMs and gas pumps in San Diego and across the country, and then used the stolen information to make fake credit and debit cards.
Orleans Parish Financial Manager Charged with Embezzling Over $200,000
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 20, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS,LOUISIANA U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced thatKATIE LAROCHE, age 53, from New Orleans, was charged on April 19, 2022 with wire fraud, based on her embezzlement of $233,363.53 from a client.
Preliminary Statement on Critical Incident
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 20, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Shortly before 8:00 a.m., Secret Service Uniformed Division police officers responded to the diplomatic residence of the Peruvian Embassy for a report of a burglary in progress. Upon arrival, officers encountered a subject armed with a long metal pole. Despite numerous commands for the ...
Four more defendants charged in COVID-19 fraud schemes
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: Southern District of Georgia continues prosecutions targeting millions in pandemic relief fraud
Former Maui Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Child Enticement Charge
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 19, 2022
News Release: HONOLULU Brandon Charles Saffeels, 37, a former Maui Police Department officer, pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court to attempted child enticement. U.S. District Court Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi took Saffeels guilty plea and scheduled sentencing for September 7, 2022.
Laplace Woman Charged With Wire Fraud
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS,LOUISIANA U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced thatANITAWILLENE HOBDY, age 67, from LaPlace, was charged on April 15, 2022 with wire fraud, stemming from fraudulent charges made from First Baptist Church of LaPlace.
Louisville Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Child Exploitation Crimes
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 15, 2022
News Release: LOUISVILLE, KY Joseph Samir Zakhari, 34, was sentenced this week to 15 years in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for multiple child exploitation offenses. There is no parole in the federal system.
Fort McCoy Man Indicted For Attempting To Entice A 12-Year-Old Child To Engage In Sexual Activity
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 14, 2022
News Release: Ocala, Florida United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a grand jury has returned an indictment charging Jorge Mojocoa (69, Fort McCoy) with attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sex. Mojocoa faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years, and up to life, in federal prison, and a potential life term of supervised release. Mojocoa is being held in federal custody pending trial.
Meriden Woman Who Embezzled More Than $400K is Sentenced
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 14, 2022
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CRYSTAL KLATT, 36, of Meriden, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 12 months and one day imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for embezzling more than $400,000 from her employers clients.
Amarillo Men Plead Guilty to Defrauding Cattle Feed Supplement Company
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
News Release: Two Amarillo men who defrauded a manufacturer of cattle feed supplements out of more than $474,000 pleaded guilty today to wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
Four Individuals Charged with Conspiring to Launder Money Obtained from Romance Scams
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 13, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. Four individuals were charged with conspiring to launder money taken from victims across the United States, many of whom were elderly, as a part of a series of romance scams, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.