Former Fox News Commentator Pleads Guilty to Fraud
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Wayne Shelby Simmons, 62, of Annapolis, Maryland, a former Fox News commentator who has falsely claimed he spent 27 years working for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), pleaded...
View ArticleFederal Grand Jury Indictments
Contact Person: Beth Drake (803) 929-3000United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that a Federal Grand Jury in Florence, South Carolina, returned Indictment(s) against the following:Man...
View ArticleTwo Florida Residents Charged In Jamaican Lottery Scheme
Orlando, Florida – United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the filing of a criminal complaint and arrests of Yanique Chantel Coach (25, Orlando) and Dwayne Breary (31, Ft. Lauderdale) for...
View ArticleMEDIA ADVISORY-- New Mexico Hope Initiative Partners to Discuss Impact of...
ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Bernalillo County Commissioner Maggie Hart Stebbins, City Councilor Diane Gibson, and Ryan P. Cangiolosi, Chief Strategic Advisor for UNM’s Health...
View ArticleFort Apache Man Sentenced to Prison for Sexual Abuse
PHOENIX – On April 18, 2016, Jerome Remijo Reano, 21, of Whiteriver, Arizona, a member of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton to 336 months in...
View ArticleTwo Elkins men plead guilty to participating in counterfeit money scheme
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Robert R. Teter, 30, and Jonathan J. Ross, 30, both of Elkins, West Virginia, pled guilty in federal court in Clarksburg today to fraudulently using counterfeit money to...
View ArticleMichigan man pleads guilty to selling prescription painkillers
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Jeremy Colby Vickerson, 27, of Canton, Michigan, pled guilty in federal court in Clarksburg today to oxycodone trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II,...
View Article"Pimp" Pleads Guilty in Child Sex Trafficking Case
DALLAS— Edric Norvell Robinson, Sr., 45, of Dallas, pleaded guilty this week, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul D. Stickney, to one count of sex trafficking of children as charged in an indictment...
View ArticleNew Orleans Businessman Charged with Defrauding Investors
U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JOHN F. KELLY III, age 57, of Metairie, was charged today in a one-count Bill of Information with wire fraud.According to court documents, from 2011...
View ArticleOwners of Boston-Area Fried Chicken Restaurant Charged in Tax Fraud Scheme
BOSTON – Three men who operated two Boston-area fried chicken restaurants have been charged with conspiring to file false tax returns as part of a long-running scheme to avoid paying payroll and income...
View ArticleU.S. Attorney, Caddo Parish Sheriff partner to observe Reentry Week with...
SHREVEPORT – United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley and Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator partnered to hold roundtable discussions, a tour and other events for National Reentry Week.The program,...
View ArticleNew Orleans Woman Sentenced for Misprision of a Felony
U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that BRIDGET MARIE MILES, age 47, of New Orleans, was sentenced yesterday after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Superseding Bill of Information for...
View ArticleGeorgia Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Possess Fraudulent Identification...
U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JARED HARRIS, age 26, of Riverdale, Georgia, was sentenced yesterday after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Superseding Bill of Information...
View ArticleJoliet Man Charged with Arson for Allegedly Setting Fire to His Employer’s...
CHICAGO — A Joliet man was charged with arson today for allegedly causing a fire that destroyed his employer’s furniture distribution center in west suburban Woodridge.RUBEN ANTONIO OCHOA CRUZ, a high...
View ArticleMan Pleads Guilty to Lying and Concealment in Connection with the Mother...
Contact Person: Beth Drake (803) 929-3000Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles announced today that Joseph Carlton Meek, 21, of Lexington, South Carolina, plead guilty to an...
View ArticlePrescription Drug Take Back Day Nets More Than 5,000 Pounds of Unwanted and...
(MINNEAPOLIS) – Federal and local officials today in Minneapolis hosted a prescription drug take back event as part of the DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Minnesotans disposed of more...
View ArticleFormer Employee Of Shuttered Financial Services Firm, Barbara Jean Kelsey,...
Investigators Recover and Return Over $1 million to Victims GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN—U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr. announced today that Barbara Jean Kelsey of Elkhart, Indiana was...
View ArticleDominican Man Pleads Guilty To Misrepresenting A Social Security Number
CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE–United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that Sergio Yeremi Martinez-Mejia, of the Dominican Republic, pleaded guilty to falsely claiming that he was assigned a...
View ArticleNew Orleans Jury Convicts Company Owner for Directing $3 Million Fraud and...
WASHINGTON – On Saturday, a jury in New Orleans convicted the owner of a health care company for her role in a $3.2 million Medicare fraud scheme operating in and around New Orleans. Assistant Attorney...
View ArticleUnited States Attorney’s Office Conducts Onsite Review of Various Polling...
ALBANY, NEW YORK – United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced today that his office’s Civil Division conducted a review of polling locations in Albany and Onondaga Counties to determine...
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