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…
Leader of Rollin’ 30s in Roanoke Pleads Guilty to Racketeering and Conspiracy Charges
ROANOKE, Va. – Sean Denzel Guerrant, a Roanoke man who led the Rollin’ 30s Crips in Roanoke, pleaded guilty today to one count of racketeering conspiracy that included responsibility for a murder…
Ex-L.A. Special Counsel Agrees to Plead Guilty to Accepting Nearly $2.2 Million Kickback for Arranging Collusive Lawsuit Against LADWP
LOS ANGELES – A New York City lawyer, who simultaneously represented the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and a ratepayer suing it in the wake of the department’s…
Former Air Force Employee Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing More Than $1.1 Million in Government Funds
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm today sentenced Eddie Ray Johnson, Jr., age 60, of Brandywine, Maryland, to 16 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised…
Former Temple Business School Dean Convicted of Fraud
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Moshe Porat, 74, of Bala Cynwyd, PA, the former Dean of Temple University’s Richard J. Fox School of Business and Management (“Fox”)…
Individual Who Portrayed Himself as Experienced Stock Trader Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Investor
Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Gonzalo Ortiz pleaded guilty to investment adviser fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud an investor of nearly $600,000 by making false representations…
KC Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Carjacking, Illegal Firearm in Two Cases
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today in two separate cases, including carjacking and using the victim’s debit card to withdraw $500 from his…
Maryland man admits to drug charge
MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Kevin Joseph Young, of Baltimore, Maryland, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William J, Ihlenfeld, II announced. Young, 55, pleaded guilty today to one count…
Owner of cockfighting venue sentenced to prison for running illegal animal fighting operation
STATESBORO, GA: An Emanuel County man has been sentenced to prison after admitting to operating a cockfighting venue. Wendell Allan Strickland, 67, of Swainsboro, Ga., was sentenced to 27 months in prison…
Former South Bay Executive Sentenced to Nearly Three Years in Federal Prison for Insider Trading and Securities Fraud
LOS ANGELES – A former executive at a Hawthorne-based company was sentenced today to 35 months in federal prison for trading in options contracts using inside company information and illegally purchasing…
Leader Of Cocaine Conspiracy Sentenced To More Than 10 Years In Federal Prison
Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis today sentenced Eddie “Macho” Martinez-Marquez (33, Kissimmee) to 10 years and 1 month in federal prison for conspiring to possess with the intent…
Manchester Man Sentenced to 100 Months for Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Trafficking
CONCORD – Jason Hart, 48, of Manchester, was sentenced to 100 months in federal prison for possession of fentanyl and methamphetamine with intent to distribute, Acting…
