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…
Eagle Butte Man Charged with Theft from an Indian Tribal Organization
United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota. man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Theft from an Indian Tribal Organization. Conroy Clown, age…
Previously Deported Haitian Citizen Arrested at the Cyril E. King Airport
St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands – U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that a citizen of Haiti was arrested on February 14, 2022, at the Cyril E. King Airport on a…
Eagle Butte Man Charged with Theft from an Indian Tribal Organization
United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Theft from an Indian Tribal Organization. Robert Chasing Hawk,…
Boston-Area Real Estate Developer Sentenced for Tax Evasion
BOSTON – A Tewksbury real estate developer was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for defrauding the government of more than $480,000 by engaging in a multi-year tax evasion scheme. Arnold…
Man Sentenced to More Than 9 Years for Possessing a Handgun as a Felon After Altercation at Grocery Store
RALEIGH, N.C. – A Tarboro man was sentenced today to 114 months in prison for possessing a handgun as a convicted felon. On September 22, 2021, Bernard Eugene Phillips pled guilty to…
Virginia Woman Who Fled To Nicaragua With Her Child For More Than A Decade Pleads Guilty To International Parental Kidnapping
BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorneys Trini E. Ross, of the Western District of New York, and Nikolas Kerest, of the District of Vermont, announced today that Lisa Miller, 53, formerly of Virginia,…
Albany Woman Pleads Guilty to Unemployment Insurance Fraud
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Jamie Johnson, age 36, of Albany, pled guilty today to conspiring to commit mail fraud and aggravated identity theft. Johnson admitted to filing false unemployment insurance applications online…
Ithaca Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Gun and Drug Charges
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – William L. Marshall, 40, of Ithaca, New York, pled guilty yesterday to possessing a loaded semiautomatic handgun as a prior convicted felon, and possessing marihuana with intent to…
Saratoga County Woman Sentenced for Filing False Tax Returns
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Elizabeth Doyle, age 49, of Burnt Hills, New York, was sentenced today to a year of probation, and to pay restitution in the amount of $94,522 and a…
Rochester Man Pleads Guilty to Naturalization Fraud
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Simarjeet Singh, age 50, of Rochester, New York, pled guilty today to naturalization fraud for providing false identification information during efforts to avoid deportation and become a United…
St. Croix Man Sentenced for Fleeing from Park Rangers After Shots Were Fired on Buck Island
St. Croix, USVI – U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that a St. Croix man, Aneudis Acevedo, age 33, appeared before Judge Wilma A. Lewis, in District Court, and was sentenced today…
Three Men Guilty in Scheme to Defraud Elderly and Vulnerable Victims of More Than $5 Million
United States Attorney Leonard C Boyle, Inspector in Charge Ketty Larco-Ward of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s Boston Division, and J. Russell George, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, today announced…
Citrus County Man Indicted For Unlawfully Possessing A Machinegun
Ocala, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Dean Dumont (23, Inverness) with possession of an unregistered National Firearms Act firearm (machinegun). If convicted, Dumont…
St. Joseph Man Sentenced to 15 Years for $4 Million Meth Conspiracy, Illegal Firearms
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A St. Joseph, Missouri man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a $4 million drug-trafficking conspiracy that distributed more than 520 kilograms of methamphetamine…
Chillum Drug Dealer Caught with Two Kilograms in Cocaine Sentenced to Over Five Years in Federal Prison
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Ludin Alfredo Ipina-Ipina, age 33, of Chillum, Maryland, today to 66 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for…
New Castle Man Admits Distributing Crack Near Elementary School
PITTSBURGH – Melvin Dorsey-Pace pled guilty to distributing crack cocaine within 1,000 feet of an elementary school, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. Dorsey-Pace, age 29 of New Castle, Pennsylvania,…
Nigerian National Pleads Guilty to Role in Online Scams
BOSTON – A Nigerian national residing in Dorchester pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to his role in online romance scams targeting individuals in the United States. Mike Oziegbe Amiegbe,…
Ravenna Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking of a Minor
Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that Andrew Wirth, 33, of Ravenna, Ohio, was sentenced on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, to 14 years in prison by U.S. District Judge John R.…
Former Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith Sentenced to Prison for Obstruction of Justice
DETROIT – Former Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith, 53, of Macomb Township, was sentenced today to 21 months in federal prison after having pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice, announced United States…
A Southfield Woman Has Been Charged with Unemployment Insurance Benefit Fraud Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic
DETROIT – A Southfield, Michigan woman was charged in a criminal complaint for allegedly making false and fraudulent unemployment insurance (UI) claims filed in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, announced United States…
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