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Talala Man Sentenced for Writing String of Counterfeit Checks at 4 Oklahoma Dealerships
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: A Talala man who knowingly wrote counterfeit checks to purchase vehicles at dealerships in Tulsa, Sand Springs, and Collinsville was sentenced in federal court, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
Hull Man Arrested on Fraud Charge Arising From Fraudulent CARES Act Small Business Loans
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 5, 2021
News Release: Defendant allegedly submitted fraudulent documentation purporting that he was president of two LLCs when he was actually in federal custody
Four Charged in Scheme Employing Homeless to Cash Bogus Checks
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE Four men from the Atlanta, GA, area have been charged in federal court in Providence, RI, for allegedly operating a long-running scheme in which homeless and transient individuals from the Providence area were recruited to cash counterfeit business checks in exchange for a cash payment.
Catoosa Woman Charged with Defrauding 7 Banks of $735,396
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: A Catoosa woman has been indicted for defrauding seven Oklahoma banks when she falsified and submitted documents to apply for $735,396 in loans, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty To Central Florida Investment Fraud
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: Orlando, Florida Jeremy Kee Anderson (50, Minnesota) has pleaded guilty to 12 counts of wire fraud, 7 counts of mail fraud, and 1 count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud. He faces up to 20 years in federal prison on each count. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
Faron K. Paramore Named U.S. Secret Service Deputy Director
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, U.S. Secret Service Director James M. Murray announced that Faron K. Paramore has been named as the agencys 22nd Deputy Director, effective March 14.
Pennsylvania man indicted on false ID charges
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA Ray Roberto Carrion-Susana, of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, appeared today in federal court to face charges of fraud involving false identification, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
Guilty Plea Entered in Wide-Ranging Bank Fraud Conspiracy
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE A Lawrence, MA, man, one of nine individuals indicted by a federal grand jury in Providence, RI, in July 2020, for their alleged participation in a wide-ranging conspiracy to defraud financial institutions in several states, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Providence.
Romanian National Sentenced to 45 Months Imprisonment For Bank Fraud and Identity Theft Offenses
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 3, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON The United States Attorneys Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on March 2, 2021, Costel Aparaschivei, age 38, of Romania, was sentenced to 45 months imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, for bank fraud and identity theft offenses.
Local woman charged with fraudulently receiving millions under CARES Act
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON A 37-year-old Houston resident is set to appear in federal court for her alleged submission of two Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
Capitol Heights Man Pleads Guilty to Manufacturing and Passing Counterfeit Currency following Secret Service Investigation
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: Loss to Retailers Was At Least $95,000
Elizabethtown Man Sentenced To 25 Years In Federal Prison For Child Exploitation
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: Convicted of online enticement, sex trafficking, production, and distribution of child pornography
Houston resident charged with fraudulently receiving millions under CARES Act after Secret Service Investigation
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON A Secret Service investigation led to a criminal indictment of a 37-year-old Houston resident. The indictment alleges the fraudulent submission of two Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, and was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
Prince Georges County Felon Facing Federal Charge After Firing a Weapon at Security Guards at a U.S. Secret Service Facility in Beltsville, MD
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: Fired the Gun at Security Officers After Being Asked to Leave the Front of the Facility; Defendant is on Probation for a Previous Felony Conviction and is Prohibited from Possessing a Firearm or Ammunition
U.S. Attorney's Office Files Civil Complaint Seeking The Forfeiture Of Over $1 Million Seized From A Money Mule Bank Account Used To Defraud A Virgin Islands Business
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, announced today the filing of a federal civil complaint seeking the forfeiture of $1,047,535 seized from a money mule bank account being used to defraud a Virgin Islands business via a business email compromise scheme.
Virginia Man Charged With Passing Counterfeit Currency
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorneys Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Dale Richard Estep II, age 34, of Woodbridge, Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Feb. 24, 2021, for passing counterfeit currency.
Final Member of Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 14 Years In Prison
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. James Sebastian, a member of a conspiracy that trafficked methamphetamine from the West coast into Southwest Virginia, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Abingdon to 168 months in prison, Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar announced.
Local, state and federal prosecutors launch Georgia Cyber Fraud Task Force
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA The U.S. Attorneys Office for the Northern District of Georgia has joined forces with Metro-Atlanta District Attorneys, the Office of the Attorney General, the FBI Atlanta Field Office, U.S. Secret Service, state, and local law enforcement to combat the criminal movement of cyber fraud proceeds through banks in the Atlanta area by employing Business Email Compromise (BEC) fraud schemes.
Peoria Sex Offender Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Receiving, Possessing Child Pornography
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 22, 2021
News Release: Homeless Defendant Used Local Police Wi-Fi to Download Child Pornography
New Orleans Man Sentenced To Six Years in Prison for Charges Related To Credit Card Fraud Conspiracy
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 19, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced thatJEFFERY JOSEPH, age 26, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced on Feb. 18, 2021 to 74 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Barry W. Ashe. He was the fourth defendant to be sentenced in this seven-defendant conspiracy case.