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…
Weymouth Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud Conspiracy and Identity Theft
BOSTON – A Weymouth man pleaded guilty yesterday to his involvement in a scheme to defraud a financial institution and to obtain money from its customers using fraudulent identification documents. Judemario Josaphat,…
Insurance Producer Charged with Failing to Remit $29.5 Million in Payroll Taxes
NEWARK, N.J. – A Suffern, New York, insurance producer was arrested today for failing to pay $29.5 million dollars in payroll and unemployment taxes, and benefit plan fraud, U.S. Attorney Philip R.…
KC Man Sentenced to 21 Years for Meth Trafficking at Camdenton Hotel
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for possessing methamphetamine to distribute when officers found large amounts of illegal drugs in his room at…
Lafourche Parish Man Pleads Guilty to Violating the Federal Controlled Substance Act
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – DONTRELL MATHEWS, age 42, a resident of Thibodaux, Louisiana, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier to a one-count superseding bill of information charging him with…
Charleston Man Sentenced to Prison to Five Years in Prison for Federal Gun Crime
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Charleston man was sentenced today to five years in prison for using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. According to court…
CFO of KC Company Pleads Guilty to $3 Million Embezzlement
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A former Overland Park, Kansas, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to embezzling $3.1 million from his employer and failing to pay nearly $1 million in taxes…
Charleston Felon Pleads Guilty to Possessing Firearm
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Denzil Weatherspoon, 29, of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to a single-count indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to court documents and statements…
Calloway County Man Sentenced for Illegal Firearms, Marijuana
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – An Auxvasse, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for growing marijuana and illegally possessing dozens of firearms. Darrin Dale Smithee, 56, was sentenced by U.S. District…
Columbia Man Sentenced for Enticing a Minor for Illicit Sex
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A Columbia, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for attempting to meet a law enforcement officer, posing online as a 14-year-old girl, for illegal sexual activity.…
Huntington Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Pound of Methamphetamine
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Huntington man, Trevor Davis, 29, pleaded guilty to distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made during the plea hearing, on January 9, 2020, Davis met…
Former Bank Employee Sentenced To 21 Months in Prison for Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud
WASHINGTON – Danielle Bartley, 26, a former Capital One Bank employee from Silver Spring, Maryland, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for conspiracy to…
Harrison Man Sentenced To 40 Years In Prison for Sexual Offenses Against Minors
BAY CITY – A Harrison man was sentenced to 480 months (40 years) in federal prison after having pleaded guilty to charges of sexual exploitation of children and for engaging in the…
Three Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing Unemployment Insurance Benefits
Miami, Florida – A federal district judge in Fort Lauderdale has sentenced three South Florida residents to prison terms for their roles in a conspiracy to defraud the State of Michigan of…
Kings County Man Charged with Distributing Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Through the U.S. Mail
FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment today against Martin Cervantes, 26, of Corcoran, charging him with four counts of distributing narcotics and one count of possessing methamphetamine…
Modesto Man Charged with Drug Trafficking, Illegal Firearms Possession
FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Joshua David Harrington, 35, of Modesto, charging him with one count of being a felon in possession of a…
Registered Sex Offender Sentenced to Prison for Possessing Images of Child Sex Abuse
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – A Virginia man was sentenced today to 180 months in prison for possessing images of the sexual abuse of children. Ian Andrew Zearley, 40, of Louisa County, pleaded guilty…
Four Indicted in Tulare County-Based International Drugs and Firearms Trafficking Ring
FRESNO, Calif. —Four defendants who were Sureno gang members and associates have been indicted today by a federal grand jury in Fresno, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. Jonathan Gallegos, 31,…
Jury convicts Dayton businessman of fraud
DAYTON, Ohio – A federal jury has convicted a Dayton businessman of crimes related to the fraudulent diversion of funds from an insurance claim. Brian Higgins, 50, was found guilty of…
Fresno Parolee Indicted for Illegal Firearm Possession
FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Desmond Lamar Divine, 20, of Fresno, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney…
Salem Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Federal Prison
PORTLAND, Ore.—On January 19, 2022, a Salem, Oregon man on federal supervised release was sentenced to federal prison after he was found in possession of more than 1.5 kilograms of methamphetamine and…
