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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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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 ...
Kansas Man Facing Federal Charges in Maryland for Making Threats to Harm the President of the United States and United States Secret Service Agents
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 31, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland A criminal complaint was filed on Jan. 28, 2022, charging Scott Ryan Merryman, age 37, of Independence, Kansas, for federal charges of making threats against the President of the United States and interstate communication containing a threat to harm. Merryman is expected to have an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Baltimore today at 3:45 p.m. before U.S. Magistrate Judge Pamela Meade Sargent.
Downtown Los Angeles Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining Credit Cards He Used at Luxury Retail Shops
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 31, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES A Los Angeles man was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison for leading a conspiracy that fraudulently obtained American Express credit cards and then used the cards to purchase more than a half million dollars in goods at luxury stores.
Virginia Inmate Sentenced for Role in Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Scheme
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 31, 2022
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. A Virginia inmate was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for his involvement in a scheme to obtain pandemic-related unemployment benefits by using the personal identifying information of over 30 other Virginia prison inmates.
Secret Service Swears in New Uniformed Division Chief
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 31, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. Today, Alfonso M. Dyson Sr. was officially recognized as the 21st Chief of the U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division in a formal Assumption of Command ceremony.
Park Hills Missouri man pleads guilty to possession of child pornography
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS United States District Court Judge Rodney W. Sippel accepted a plea of guilty from Scott E. Reid on todays date for possession of child pornography. A grand jury in the Eastern District of Missouri previously indicted Reid for the charge. Judge Sippel set sentencing for April 29, 2022.
Paducah Man Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison for Cares Act Fraud
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 28, 2022
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky A Paducah man was sentenced on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, to 12 months in prison and an ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $7,500 for fraud related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
Former Everett Man Indicted on Wire Fraud, Social Security Misuse and Identity Theft
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 27, 2022
News Release: Defendant allegedly used stolen identity to apply for apartment and pandemic relief loan
Twenty Arrested, Charged in Operation Shut Down Corner
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: Twenty alleged drug dealers and their associates have been arrested and charged in Operation Shut Down Corner, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
New York Man Arrested for COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: BOSTON A New York Man was arrested today on charges arising from a scheme to fraudulently obtain business loans and unemployment pandemic relief funds made available under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
CEO of Major Online Cryptocurrency Exchange Company Indicted for Defrauding Companys Customers, Destroying Evidence, and Tax Evasion
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: Miami, Florida A 17-count indictment was unsealed in federal court in Miami, Florida charging Paul E. Vernon, 48, the founder, operator, and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Project Investors Inc., doing business as Cryptsy, with criminal violations for his involvement in a sophisticated theft scheme ...