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…
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Man for Weapons Violations
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced on Friday, December 10, 2021, that PERCY SMITH, age 43, resident of New Orleans, LA, was charged in a two-count indictment for…
Former Analyst Pleads Guilty To Securities Fraud For Committing Insider Trading By Front-Running Employer’s Pending Trades
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that SERGEI POLEVIKOV, a former analyst employed by an asset management firm, pled guilty to one count…
Four People Sentenced to Prison for Roles in Multimillion-Dollar Health Care Fraud Conspiracy Targeting State Health Benefits Programs
CAMDEN, N.J. – Four people who participated in a scheme to defraud New Jersey state health benefits programs and other insurers by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions have been sentenced…
Four Charged in $35 Million COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme
A federal grand jury in Houston returned a superseding indictment, which was unsealed today, charging four additional individuals for fraudulently obtaining and laundering millions of dollars in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)…
Columbus Man Convicted of Tampering with a Witness in a Federal Gun Case
COLUMBUS, Ga. – A Columbus resident with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced to prison after he orchestrated others from jail to compel a witness in a separate federal case against him…
Armed Career Criminal Sentenced to 15 Years for Possessing a Firearm on the Outer Banks
NEW BERN, N.C. – An Elizabeth City man was sentenced today to 180 months in prison as an Armed Career Criminal after being found with a stolen firearm in Kill Devil Hills,…
Monroe County Man Sentenced To 10 Years’ Imprisonment For Attempted Online Enticement Of A Minor To Engage In Sexual Activity
SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Earnest Lee Pittman, Jr., age 46, of Cresco, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on December 14, 2021 to ten years’…
Philadelphia Attorney Charged With Pandemic Relief Fraud
SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on December 13, 2021, Jonathan Olivetti, age 41, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged by criminal information with wire…
Baltimore Woman Facing Federal Indictment for Allegedly Obtaining More Than $1.6 Million in Federal Funds Intended to Relieve Financial Distress Caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic
Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Nichelle Henson, age 35, of Baltimore, Maryland, for false statements and bank fraud in connection with fraudulent applications Henson allegedly…
Augusta man convicted of multi-million-dollar scheme to defraud a mortgage lender
AUGUSTA, GA: An Augusta man has been convicted of fraud by a federal jury who found he committed fraud when he borrowed nearly $3 million to refinance an Augusta apartment complex, and…
Mishawaka Man Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison
SOUTH BEND – Antonio Wells, 32 years old, of Mishawaka, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Robert L. Miller after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of…
Davenport Uncle and Nephew Sentenced to Prison for Drug and Firearm Charges
DAVENPORT, Iowa – Two Davenport men, Donnie Spencer, age 70, and Rafiel Lee Owens, age 35, were sentenced on Monday, December 13, 2021 by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose.…
DC Man Sentenced for Multi-Kilogram Cocaine Conspiracy
A Washington, DC man was sentenced yesterday to 70 months in prison for conspiring to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. According to court documents, since at least July 2019, Marcelin…
San Diego Man Indicted for Multimillion-Dollar Investment Scheme
Assistant U. S. Attorney Andrew J. Galvin (619) 546-9721 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – December 14, 2021 SAN DIEGO – A indictment unsealed today charges San Diego resident Denny Bhakta with securities fraud…
Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Investigation Leads to 30 Years in Prison for Shreveport Man
SHREVEPORT, La. – United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that a Shreveport man was sentenced today by United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote for his involvement in a drug trafficking…
Illegal Possession of Firearm Lands Man in Federal Prison
SHREVEPORT, La. – United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Christopher D. Smith, 25, of Shreveport, Louisiana, has been sentenced by Chief United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. to…
Mexican National Found Guilty of Transporting Undocumented Noncitizens Near Van Horn
PECOS – Today a federal jury convicted Pedro Ramirez-Urbina, 41, a Mexican national on one count of conspiracy to transport illegal aliens and one count of transportation of illegal aliens in violation…
Former Netflix Executive Sentenced To 30 Months For Bribes And Kickbacks From Netflix Vendors
SAN JOSE –Michael Kail, the former Vice President of IT Operations at Netflix, was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison for his convictions for honest services wire, mail fraud, and…
KC Man Crashed Stolen Car Into House, Sentenced for Illegal Firearm
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Missouri, man who crashed a stolen car into a house after smoking methamphetamine was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm. William…
