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Atlanta CEO sentenced to prison for securities fraud

News Release: ATLANTA - Richard J. Randolph, III has been sentenced for securities fraud he committed while CEO of Randolph Acquisitions, Inc.


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New Orleans Man Sentenced for Wire Fraud

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA JASON PICK, age 40, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced on August 5, 2021 for committing wire fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343 announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. The Honorable Eldon Fallon sentencedPICKto 2 months incarceration, 10 months of home detention, 2 years of supervised release, a mandatory $100 special assessment fee and payment of $140,791.21 in restitution.


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New Orleans Man Admits to Defrauding Customers Through Bitcoin Sales

News Release: NEW ORLEANS U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced thatMICHAEL YUSKO, III, age 46, a resident of New Orleans, pleaded guilty today to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business before U.S. District Judge Barry W. Ashe.



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Gaithersburg Man Pleads Guilty to Laundering More Than $6 Million Taken from Victims of Elder Romance Scheme

News Release: Annor and His Co-conspirators Laundered More Than $6,200,000 Taken from Over 200 Victims in the United States and Overseas


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Two Montana men charged with $1 million COVID-19 relief fraud scheme

News Release: BILLINGS Two Montana men were arraigned recently on charges in connection with a scheme to defraud a bank of approximately $1 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and to use those funds for their personal benefit, including buying property and vehicles, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said today.



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Homicide Investigation Yields Multiple Charges

News Release: The Sarasota County Sheriffs Office charged two men including a convicted felon in connection with a fatal shooting that took place Sunday afternoon in Sarasota.


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Organizer of fraud and identity theft schemes pleads guilty to 10 federal counts

News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio A Columbus man pleaded guilty in federal court today to a range of federal crimes, including fraud conspiracy, aggravated identity theft, money laundering, false claims to United States citizenship and firearms violations.


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New York Woman Sentenced To 10 Months Imprisonment For Counterfeit Currency

News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorneys Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on July 29, 2021, Courtney Murray, age 23, of Slingerlands, New York, was sentenced to 10 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release, by United States District Judge Robert D. Mariani, for conspiring to pass counterfeit currency.


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Inmate Serving Lengthy Sentence for Third Degree Murder Gets Additional Time for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Fraud

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A former resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in connection with a conspiracy to commit mail fraud, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.


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Former Security Supervisor Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud Scheme Using the Stolen Identity Information of Coworkers and Job Applicants From His Company

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland Ricardo Carter II, age 37, of Camp Springs, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to federal charges of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, in connection with a check kiting and credit scheme using the stolen identity information of coworkers and job applicants to open fraudulent bank and credit accounts, causing more than $119,000 in losses to victim financial institutions.


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California Man Sentenced to Over Six Years in Prison For Credit Card-Skimming Fraud Scheme

News Release: PHILADELPHIA Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Verzh Movsisyan, 43, of Glendale, CA, was sentenced to six years and three months in prison, five years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $599,000 in restitution by U.S. District Court Judge Paul S. Diamond for his involvement in a theft scheme using stolen debit card information.


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Inmate Indicted on Assault Charge

News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. A federal grand jury today indicted an inmate on an assault charge, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Patrick Davis.


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SCI Fayette Inmate Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Obtain Pandemic Unemployment Assistance

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has pled guilty on a charge of conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.


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Local man guilty in $317 million N95 mask scam

News Release: HOUSTON A 56-year-old Houston resident has pleaded guilty to a scheme to fraudulently sell 50 million non-existent N95 facemasks to the Australian government, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


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Tampa Woman Sentenced In Credit Card Fraud Scheme

News Release: Tampa, Florida U.S. District Judge William Jung has sentenced Ariel Tillman (37, Tampa) to two years and eight months in federal prison for credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft. As part of her sentence, the court also entered a money judgment of $225,271.04, the proceeds of the fraud.


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Barnstable Man Indicted on Child Exploitation Offenses

News Release: BOSTON A Barnstable man was arrested on Friday, July 23, 2021 on child exploitation offenses.


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Bond Denied for Alleged 77th Street Gang Member Charged with Federal Gun and Covid-19 Fraud Crimes

News Release: Miami, Florida Reversing a federal magistrate judges ruling, United States District Judge Robert N. Scola, Jr. has ordered that Kenny Terlent, 19, will remain in a federal detention center without bond pending his trial on charges of illegally possessing a machine gun, identity theft, and Covid-19 benefit related fraud.


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South Carolina Woman Admits to Conspiracy and Fraud Charges

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Columbia, South Carolina, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States, including theft of mail, possessing forged securities, and bank fraud, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.