Ex-NASA employees admit to luxury home mortgage fraud scheme
HOUSTON – A Missouri City couple who once worked at NASA admitted Friday to running a years-long mortgage fraud scheme tied to the financing of their luxury home, federal prosecutors said. Noreen…
Two Ashland Men Sentenced for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Charges
ASHLAND, Ky.— Two men, Ricardo Rothwell, 42, and Aaron McWhorter, 29, both from Ashland, were respectively sentenced to 72 months and 137 months in federal prison on Monday, by U.S. District Judge…
Evansville Man Sentenced to 16 Months in Prison for Using his Accounting Position to Embezzle More than $87,000 from his Gibson County Employer
EVANSVILLE – Patrick Garrett, 33, of Evansville, Indiana, was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges of wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering. According to court documents, Garrett was employed as a Sales…
Ohio woman admits lying about St. Louis romance scam
ST. LOUIS – A woman from Ohio on Monday admitted lying about a missing teen in an attempt to recover money that was intercepted on its way to romance scammers. Linda Matson,…
Conway Drug Supplier Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Federal Prison
FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA — Kimo Takarra Felton, 42, of Conway, was sentenced this week to more than 11 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a member of a 35-member conspiracy…
Las Cruces man charged for threatening to burn New Mexico State University
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced that John Oliver…
Jacksonville Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Selling Methamphetamine
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Timothy Mills, II (38, Jacksonville) to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and for…
Tampa Man Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison For Illegal Possession Of A Firearm
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Thomas Barber has sentenced Elijah Howard (22, Tampa) to eight years in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The court…
Norfolk Man Guilty of Stealing Identities to Defraud Navy Federal Credit Union
NORFOLK, Va. – A Norfolk man pleaded guilty today to aggravated identity theft and bank fraud in connection with a fraud scheme targeting Navy Federal Credit Union. According to court documents, Taimak…
Wolfeboro Man Sentenced to 60 Months for Possessing with Intent to Distribute 50 Grams of Fentanyl
CONCORD – David Carlton Hall, 39, of Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for possession of fentanyl with intent to…
Undocumented Mexican Citizen Sentenced To Two Years In Federal Prison For Aggravated Identity Theft
Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis today sentenced Armando Amaya-Lopez (36, Vera Cruz, Mexico) to two years in federal prison for aggravated identity theft. Amaya-Lopez had pleaded guilty on…
Kanawha County Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in Multi-State Methamphetamine Conspiracy
CHARLESTON, W.Va. –A Kanawha County man was sentenced today to seven years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for intent to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon…
Sand Springs Youth Group Leader Sentenced for Attempted Coercion and Enticement of a Minor
A church youth group leader was sentenced Thursday in federal court for engaging in a sexualized relationship with a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier sentenced…
Federal Jury Finds Man Guilty in Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – After three days of trial, a federal jury convicted Abdul Inusah, 31, of Ghana, for his role in a Huntington-based scheme that defrauded individuals in multiple states through the…
Virginia Beach Man Who USed Machine Gun During Norfolk Shootout Gets 7 Year Prison Term
NORFOLK, Va. – A man who used a machine gun in a shootout in Norfolk last July is going to prison for 7 years, according to the Department of Justice. According to…
Charleston Man Thought Undercover Agent Was 14-Year-Old Girl, He Was Wrong
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA — A Charleston man thought he was propositioning a 14-year-old girl from West Virginia online. Instead, he was chatting with a federal agent and later arrested. Scott Ashley Cascone, 48,…
MS-13 Gang Member Extradited from El Salvador to Face Racketeering and Murder Charges on Long Island
LONG ISLAND, NY (PRESS RELEASE – DOJ) – José Jonathan Guevara-Castro, also known as “Suspechoso” (Guevara-Castro), an alleged member of the violent transnational criminal organization La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the…
New Yorker Gets Nine Years for Threatening Federal Officials
RICHMOND, Va. – A New York man was sentenced today to more than 9 years in federal prison for mailing threatening letters to a federal law enforcement officer with the Naval Criminal…
Migrant Gets 20 Years for Scallop Boat Murder
BOSTON – It was murder on the high seas aboard a Massachusetts based scallop boat in 2018 and today, four years later, the Virginia man who committed the crime is finally heading…
Pittsburgh Felon Indicted on Robbery and Firearms Offenses
PITTSBURGH – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating various federal robbery and firearms laws, United States Attorney Cindy K.…
McLaughlin Man Convicted of First Degree Murder and Firearm Charge
United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that Casey Lynn Crow Ghost, age 44, of McLaughlin, South Dakota, was found guilty of First Degree Murder and Use of a Firearm During a…
