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 Indictment Charges PRC-Based Telecommunications Company with Conspiring with Former Motorola Solutions Employees to Steal Technology
A federal indictment was unsealed today in the Northern District of Illinois, charging a telecommunications company with conspiracy to commit theft of trade secrets. The indictment alleges that a telecommunications company conspired…
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Announces Justice Department Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking
DES MOINES, IA — U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland has released the Justice Department’s new National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking pursuant to the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act. Rooted…
Atlantic County Company and its Owner Admit Taking Improper Paycheck Protection Program Loan
NEWARK, N.J. – An Atlantic County, New Jersey, construction company and one of its owners entered into a settlement agreement with the United States in which they admitted violating the False Claims…
Chicago Man Sentenced to More Than Four Years in Prison for Cyberstalking Federal Probation Officer
CHICAGO — A Chicago man has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for cyberstalking his federal probation officer. ISAAC MYLES partially exposed his genitals to an officer from the…
Wagner Woman Charged with Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Felony Child Abuse
United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Wagner, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for two counts of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and one…
Nebraska Man Charged with Failure to Register as a Sex Offender
United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Newcastle, Nebraska, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. Joseph Ross Burks, age…
Bakersfield Resident Pleads Guilty for Attempting to Sell Fentanyl
FRESNO, Calif. — Keisean Rockmore, 27, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, on Jan. 19,…
Former Coachella Valley Woman Pleads Guilty in $44 Million Scheme that Fraudulently Billed Cosmetic Surgeries to Insurance
SANTA ANA, California – A former Rancho Mirage resident pleaded guilty this morning to federal charges related to a scheme that fraudulently billed insurance companies tens of millions of dollars for…
Former Account Executive Charged with Stealing $3 Million from Employer
CAMDEN, N.J. – A Camden County, New Jersey, woman was charged with embezzling millions of dollars from a New Jersey-based company where she was the senior accountant, accounting manager and senior financial…
Detroit man admits to drug charge
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Richard Kirkland Johnson, of Detroit, Michigan, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Johnson, 25, pleaded guilty today to one count of “Possession…
Jefferson County man admits to failing to register
MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Patrick Allen Darlington, of Charles Town, West Virginia, has admitted to a failure to register charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Darlington, 43, pleaded guilty today to…
Randolph County woman admits to drug charge
ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Cheyanne Mary Katherine Winning, of Montrose, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Winning, 30, pleaded guilty today to one count…
Baltimore Man Facing Federal Arson Charges for Allegedly Setting a House on Fire While Three People Were Inside
Baltimore, Maryland – A federal criminal complaint was filed yesterday charging Luther Moody Trent, age 21, of Baltimore, Maryland, for a federal charge of malicious destruction of property used in and affecting…
Bosque Farms man pleads guilty to assault and firearms charges
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Everett Paquin, 59, of Bosque Farms, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Isleta, pleaded guilty on Feb. 3 in federal court to assault with a…
Four Indicted For Burglary Of Asheville Firearms Dealer
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A grand jury in Asheville has indicted four individuals on federal charges in connection with the burglary of an Asheville firearms dealer, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for…
Porterville Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Distribution
FRESNO, Calif. —Renato Aguilera, 30, of Porterville, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, between Jan. 1, 2020, and…
Highest Paid MTA Employee In 2018 Sentenced To 8 Months In Overtime Fraud Scheme
Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that THOMAS CAPUTO, a longtime employee of the Long Island Rail Road (“LIRR”) who in 2018 was the…
Florida Man Sentenced for Paying Bribes and Kickbacks and Defrauding the United States
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Florida man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for orchestrating a bribery and kickback conspiracy and committing fraud in connection with a contract for the U.S.…
Bakersfield Resident Pleads Guilty to Unlawfully Possessing Firearm
FRESNO, Calif. — Sabino Ramos, 46, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, on July…
Undocumented Individual Sentenced for Filing Fraudulent Claims in Unemployment Insurance Benefits
LAS VEGAS – An undocumented individual was sentenced today to 20 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to use over 100 victims’ identities (without their consent) to unlawfully submit…
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