Collin County Man Guilty of Federal Tax Violations
PLANO, Texas – A 48-year-old McKinney, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Peter...
View ArticleBay Area Fraudster Sentenced To 30 Months In Prison For Duping Investors Out...
SAN FRANCISCO- Marc Christopher Harmon was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch,...
View ArticlePhysician and Owner of Atlanta Pain Clinic Sentenced for Illegally...
ATLANTA –Nisar A. Piracha, the former primary physician and owner of Piracha Wellness Clinic in Atlanta, Georgia, has been sentenced to seven years and three months in federal prison for conspiring to...
View ArticleFormer O.C. Superior Court Clerk Pleads Guilty to RICO Charge in Bribery...
SANTA ANA, California – A former clerk of the Orange County Superior Court pleaded guilty this afternoon to federal racketeering charges stemming from a scheme in which he accepted more than a...
View ArticleFormer Deputy Executive Director Of Port Authority Sentenced To 24 Months In...
Misused Government Property to Punish Fort Lee Mayor for Not Endorsing Gov. Christie’s Re-electionNEWARK, N.J. – A former top official of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and a former...
View ArticleGonzales Pleads Guilty to Possession of Ammunition; Agreement Includes...
SALT LAKE CITY – Sentencing is set for June 7, 2017, for Aldo Gonzalez, 26, of Salt Lake City, who pleaded guilty to possession of ammunition after a previous felony conviction. The plea agreement...
View ArticleGrand Jury Returns Three-Count Indictment Charging Ogden Couple in FBI Child...
SALT LAKE CITY – A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment last week charging Jason David Lott, age 32, and his wife, Camila Mae Bergeson, age 22, both of Ogden, in connection with a child...
View ArticleConnecticut Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing Over $250,000 from Her Employer
BOSTON – A Windsor, Conn. woman pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Springfield, Mass. in connection with her theft of over $250,000 from her employer. Angela M. Craig, 55, pleaded guilty...
View ArticleCalifornia Resident Convicted Of Supplying Fake Ids To Cash Stolen And...
OAKLAND– A federal jury convicted Janel McDonald today for her role in a conspiracy to cash stolen and fraudulently obtained U.S. Treasury checks, announced U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Acting...
View ArticleWest Springfield Man Charged with Child Pornography Offenses
BOSTON – A West Springfield man was charged today in federal court in Springfield in connection with sexually exploiting a five-year-old girl. Justin Germaine was indicted on five counts of sexual...
View ArticleFugitive Wanted on Federal Child Exploitation Charges Captured in Denver
BOSTON – A federal defendant, who fled in 2015 while on pre-trial release, was captured yesterday in Denver, Colo. In May 2015, Scot Letourneau, 44, formerly of Quincy and Maine, was arrested and...
View ArticleFormer Director Of Oakland Charter Schools Charged In Grant Application...
SAN FRANCISCO – Benford Chavis, the former director of three Oakland charter schools, collectively known as the American Indian Model Schools, was charged with mail fraud and money laundering in...
View ArticleFour Arrested for Heroin Trafficking
BOSTON – Four men were arrested this morning on charges of heroin distribution and possession with intent to distribute heroin. Richard R. Fernandez, 26, believed to reside in Lawrence; Jose C. Torres,...
View ArticleFormer Eagle Pass City Manager Admits Lying to FBI in Connection with...
This afternoon, 68-year-old former Eagle Pass City Manager Hector Chavez, Sr., admitted to lying to FBI agents during their investigation into a “pay-to-play” scheme involving Maverick County...
View ArticleLaw Enforcement Authorities Arrest 10 Members and Associates of 18th Street...
LOS ANGELES– Federal and local authorities have arrested 10 members and associates of the 18th Street gang, primarily on federal narcotics charges. In a sweep that began Tuesday...
View ArticleFormer Orange County Resident Who Fled United States to Avoid Prosecution in...
LOS ANGELES– A medical doctor who fled the United States nearly 15 years ago and faked his own death to avoid prosecution in a healthcare fraud case was sentenced late this afternoon to 29...
View ArticleSanta Rosa Man Pleads Guilty To Role In North Bay Drug Distribution And Money...
SAN FRANCISCO – Eutimio Reyna-Ceron (a/k/a “Tony,” a/k/a “Gordo,” a/k/a “Little Tony”) pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco yesterday to charges of conspiracy to distribute heroin and...
View ArticleIllinois Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Being a Felon in Possession of a...
Randal L. Mamino, 49, of Collinsville, Illinois, was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern...
View ArticleGuilty Plea in Scheme to Defraud the State of California of $2.5 Million
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Kyn K. Naope, 41, of Sherman Oaks, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit mail fraud for a scheme that submitted fraudulent unemployment benefit claim forms to the California...
View ArticleOwner of Trash Company Charged with Fraud
BOSTON – The owner of a trash company was charged today in federal court in Boston in connection with defrauding the operator of the Fall River Landfill out of approximately $473,000 in disposal fees....
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