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U.S. Secret Service Statement on Mar-a-Lago Security
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: With the exception of certain permanently protected facilities, such as the White House, the practice used at Mar-a-Lago is no different than that long-used at any other site temporarily visited by the President or other Secret Service protectees.
Controller Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud, Tax Charge
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: Appearing before U.S. District Court Chief Judge William E. Smith, Jill Martinho, 43, of Swansea, Mass., pleaded guilty to wire fraud and willfully making a false tax return, announced United States Attorney Aaron L. Weisman, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Boston Division Joseph R. Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge of Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Kristina O'Connell, and Special Agent in Charge of the United States Secret Service Stephen Marks.
Brockton Man Sentenced for Fentanyl Distribution
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: Jorge Monteiro a/k/a Jay, 24, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to 51 months in prison and three years of supervised release. In December 2018, Monteiro pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl.
Members Of Fraudulent Jamaican Sweepstakes Ring Sentenced For Conspiracy, Money Laundering And Aggravated Identity Theft
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: A federal jury found Hassan and Alexander guilty on November 6, 2018.
Cynthiana Man Sentenced to 210 Months for Attempting to Entice Minors to Engage in Sexual Activity
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: Today, U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove sentenced Jeremy Wayne Martinez, 28, for using the Internet, with his cellular telephone, to knowingly attempt to persuade, induce, entice, and coerce a minor, to engage in sexual activity.
U.S. Citizen Led an International Counterfeit Currency Operation Headquartered in Uganda
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: Ryan Andrew Gustafson, aka Jack Farrel, aka WillyClock, age 31, pleaded guilty to three counts before Chief United States District Judge Mark Hornak.
Former Hedge Fund Manager Sentenced to 60 Months Imprisonment and Ordered to Pay $14.4 Million in Forfeiture for Role in International Securities Fraud and Computer Hacking Scheme
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: Hackers Traded on Press Releases Stolen from Major Newswire Companies
Former Oroville Resident Sentenced to Home Detention for Making a False Bomb Threat
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: According to court documents, in August 2017, while Xiong was living in Oroville, Xiong mailed a letter to a company in Sunnyvale, informing the company that Xiong and others were going to bomb the location. The bomb threat was reported to the Sunnyvale Police Department who responded to the scene to ...
Irving, Texas Man Sentenced To 5 Months For Conspiracy To Commit Wire Fraud
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: The Indictment alleged that in or about November, 2017, to on or about March 27, 2018, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma and elsewhere, the defendant knowingly and willfully conspired with others known and unknown to the Grand Jury, to transmit or cause to be transmitted by means of a wire communication, ...
Leader Of Local Hip-Hop Group Is Sentenced To Nine Years For Bank And Wire Fraud Conspiracy And Aggravated Identity Theft Charges
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Murray is joined in making todays announcement by David M. McGinnis, Inspector in Charge of the Charlotte Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service; Reginald DeMatteis, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Secret Service, Charlotte Field Office; and Chief Kerr Putney of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department.
DEA Task Force Investigation Dismantles Waterbury Drug Ring; 29 Charged
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: As alleged in court documents and statements made in court, the arrests stem from a joint investigation headed by the DEA New Haven Task Force and the Waterbury and Naugatuck Police Departments. The investigation, which began last year and has included the use of court-authorized wiretaps, physical surveillance ...
Bookkeeper Pleads Guilty To Stealing More Than Half A Million Dollars from Metairie Architect
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: The indictment alleged that starting in 2007 and continuing through 2017 through a series of fraudulent activities SCHMIDT committed the offense. The indictment further alleged that she used two different schemes to purloin the funds, which were in the care, custody of and control of several federally insured banks in the New Orleans area.
Jury Convicts Syracuse Man For Threatening to Kill
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: Stephen Taubert Found Guilty of Making Telephonic Death Threats
Greenville Woman Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison Following Second Counterfeiting Conviction
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: Evidence presented to the court established that in the summer of 2018, Dishinger passed counterfeit federal reserve notes at various locations throughout the Upstate of South Carolina. Based on a local investigation, Greenville City Police officers developed probable cause and executed a search warrant ...
Charlotte Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Transporting Stolen Property
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: Reginald A. DeMatteis, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Secret Service, Charlotte Field Office, and Chief Kerr Putney of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department join the U.S. Attorneys Office in making todays announcement.
Third and Final Defendant Pleads Guilty in Pawn Shop Scheme to Sell Stolen Goods
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: The guilty pleas were announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert K. Hur; Special Agent in Charge Sung Jimmy Yi of the United States Secret Service - Baltimore Field Office; and Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey R. Gahler.
Fraud felony nets more than 12 years in prison
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: Career criminal committed latest felony while on supervised release for previous fraud conviction
Fake Nurse Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud, Social Security Fraud and Aggravated Identity Fraud
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: According to court documents, Danneman was not a nurse, but used the name and nursing license number of an actual licensed registered nurse to obtain work in the St. Louis area at Alexian Brothers Sherbrooke Village, the Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis, and Des Peres Healthcare. Danneman was hired ...
South L.A. Man Sentenced to More than 10 Years in Federal Prison for Armed Robbery of Undercover Secret Service Agent
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: Tyre Jordan Simmons, a.k.a., Reckless, 23, was sentenced by United States District Judge John A. Kronstadt.
Five Argentine Men Charged with Illegally Operating Online Pharmacies and Importing and Distributing Oxycodone
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Conrado Adolfo Frenzel, aka Otto (age: 50), Jorge Alejandro Paura, aka Larry (age: 51), Santiago Videmato, aka James Duggan (age: 35), Luciano Brunetti, aka Biff Tannen (age: 30), and Lucas Daniel Paura, aka Carl Carlson (age: 31), all from Buenos Aires, Argentina, were charged with conspiracy to distribute ...