Titusville Man On Federal Supervision Indicted On Aggravated Identity Theft And Fraud Charges

Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Carmel Linot (32, Titusville) with bank fraud, mail fraud, two counts of aggravated identity theft, and…

Federal Grand Jury B Indictments Announced- August 2022

United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the results of the August 2022 Federal Grand Jury B. The following individuals have been charged with violations of United States law in indictments returned…

Batavia Woman And Buffalo Woman Both Going To Prison In Separate COVID Fraud Cases

CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 ROCHESTER/BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Danielle Tooley, 37, of Batavia, NY, who was convicted of wire fraud, was sentenced to…

Spokane Man Sentenced to Probation for COVID-19 Relief Fraud

Spokane, Washington – Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that Roshon Edward Thomas, age 42, of Spokane, was sentenced to a 5-year term…

Tulsa Man Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Sending Emails Threatening to Kill President Biden

A Tulsa man was sentenced Monday in federal court for sending threatening emails to KOTV Channel 6 directed at President Joseph Biden and unnamed members of the Congress and their families, announced…

Ex-employee sentenced for stealing $284,000 from St. Louis County bank

ST. LOUIS – The former assistant manager of a bank in Wellston, Missouri on Tuesday was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White to a year and a day in prison…

St. Augustine Man Pleads Guilty To Remotely Deleting Contents Of His iPhone After Federal Agents Seized It During The Execution Of A Search Warrant

Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Gabriel Basart (33, St. Augustine) today pleaded guilty to destroying evidence with the purpose of preventing and impairing the United States’…

Two Defendants Charged With Firearms And Narcotics Trafficking

Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Frank A. Tarentino III, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), and…

Two Men Convicted of Laundering Proceeds of a Business Email Compromise Scheme

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A federal jury convicted two individuals yesterday on charges of money laundering as part of a business email compromise (BEC) scheme. According to court records and evidence presented at…

Operation “Titan Fall” Charges Thirteen In Central Florida Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

Orlando, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of two indictments charging 13 individuals in 2 drug conspiracies in the Orlando area. According to the redacted indictments, the…

Las Vegas Mail Carrier Pleads Guilty To Mail Fraud Conspiracy

LAS VEGAS – A Las Vegas woman pleaded guilty today to her role in a conspiracy to commit mail fraud in connection to the illegal possession of unemployment benefit debit cards issued…

Leader of Lottery and Romance Fraud Scheme Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that FAROUQ FASASI, 28, of Manchester, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 168…

Alleged Russian Cryptocurrency Money Launderer Extradited to United States

SAN FRANCISCO – The alleged operator of the illicit cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e was extradited yesterday from Greece to the United States to face charges in the Northern District of California. “After more…

Four Defendants Indicted in Little Rock Mail Theft

LITTLE ROCK—Four defendants have been indicted for their alleged involvement in stealing mail from mail receptacles. Byrannia Burks, 20, James Miller, 26, Kobe Powell, 24, and Eshawn Tucker, 21,…

Illinois man admits depositing hundreds of worthless checks in $157,000 bank fraud scheme

ST. LOUIS – A man from Granite City on Tuesday admitted a bank fraud scheme that cost Commerce bank more than $150,000. Clarence Wigfall Jr., 32, admitted that beginning on March 14,…

D.C. Man Pleads Guilty to Carrying Out Conspiracy to Impersonate Federal Law Enforcement Officer

WASHINGTON – A District of Columbia man pleaded guilty today to charges stemming from a scheme in which he pretended to be a federal law enforcement…

San Diego Man Pleads Guilty After Fatally Stabbing Boyfriend

A San Diego man who stabbed his boyfriend 93 times pleaded guilty today to a federal crime, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham. Alexander Yoichi Duberek,…

Bakersfield Resident Sentenced to Over 13 Years in Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine

FRESNO, Calif. — David Delgado Gonzalez, 38, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today to 13 years and nine months in prison for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl,…

Yakima Resident Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining More Than $59,000 in COVID-19 Relief Funds

Yakima, Washington – Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that Karla Padilla, age 48, of Yakima, Washington, has pleaded guilty to felony charges…

Las Vegas Man Pleads Guilty To Unemployment Benefits Fraud Scheme

LAS VEGAS – A Las Vegas man pleaded guilty today to participating in a scheme to fraudulently obtain nearly $70,000 in unemployment benefits issued by the State of Massachusetts’s Employment Security Department…

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