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Feds Charge 19 Defendants with Pandemic Fraud of over $24 Million

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero, together with other federal law enforcement officials announced today charges against 19 defendants for defrauding federal programs funded by the CARES Act and designed…

June 22, 2022

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Former bank teller admits to taking nearly $100,000 from bank

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CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – David Paul Ritter, a former bank teller at Summit Community Bank in Salem, West Virginia, has admitted to taking nearly $100,000 from customer accounts, United States Attorney William…

June 22, 2022

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Marketing Agency Owner Sentenced to 12 Months for Kickback Scheme

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MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Ryan Weckerly, 48, Sycamore, Illinois, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to…

June 17, 2022

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Salem Man Found Guilty on All Counts in Decade-Long Mortgage Fraud Scheme

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BOSTON – A former self-proclaimed Salem real estate developer has been convicted by a federal jury in Boston in connection with a 10-year mortgage fraud scheme involving at least two dozen fraudulent…

June 1, 2022

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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Suburban Chicago Police Chief for Allegedly Corruptly Accepting Money From Local Businessman

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CHICAGO — The Chief of Police in the village of Summit, Ill., corruptly accepted money from a local businessman intending to be influenced and rewarded in connection with the transfer of a…

May 25, 2022

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Refund Fraud Schemers Sentenced to Prison

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PHOENIX, Ariz. – Yesterday, Freddy Danilo Naranjo, 48, formerly of Avondale, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James A. Teilborg to 10 months in prison. Naranjo previously pleaded guilty to Making…

May 19, 2022

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Two New Yorkers plead guilty in scheme to bribe Amazon employees for inside information and platform manipulation

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Seattle – Two significant players in a scheme to bribe Amazon employees and contractors pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to various federal charges, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. …

May 16, 2022

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Marietta man charged in massive PPP fraud scheme

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ATLANTA – Carl Delano Torjagbo, a/k/a Karl Lucius Delano, has been arrested on federal bank fraud and money laundering charges arising from a scheme to defraud a bank by obtaining a $9.5…

May 13, 2022

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Former Bank Teller Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud Charges

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NEW ORLEANS, LA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that KAREN FARRELL TIGLER, age 35, of Harvey, Louisiana, pled guilty today to Bank Fraud in violation of Title 18, United…

May 11, 2022

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Texas Man Sentenced for Defrauding Cisco Systems and Other Companies Out of Over $1.9 Million in Computer Hardware and Electronics

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PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Vaugh Simon, 29, of Pearland, TX, was sentenced today to one year and three months in prison, and was ordered to pay…

May 6, 2022

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Jury Convicts Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Professor of Concealing Foreign Bank Account from the Internal Revenue Service

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Benton, Ill. – Dr. Mingqing Xiao, 60, of Makanda, Illinois, was convicted by a federal jury on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, in connection with lying to federal authorities about a foreign bank account in…

May 6, 2022

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Former Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Chairman and Architecture Firm Owner Convicted of Bribery

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BOSTON – The former Chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the owner of an architecture-and-design firm in Providence, R.I. were convicted today by a federal jury in connection with bribery involving…

May 5, 2022

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Former Mercyhealth Executive Sentenced to 3 1/2 Years for Kickback Scheme

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MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Barbara Bortner, 57, Milton, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley…

May 4, 2022

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Longtime Employee of a Harford County, Maryland Manufacturer Pleads Guilty to Leading a $29 Million Kickback Scheme

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Baltimore, Maryland – Eugene Andrew DiNoto, age 51, of Bel Air, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, engaging in an illegal monetary transaction, and filing a false tax…

May 4, 2022

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Former Federal Agent Found Guilty of Participating in Bribery Scheme that Brought Him Approximately $100,000 in Ill-Gotten Gains

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LOS ANGELES – A former special agent with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) was found guilty by a federal jury today of dozens of criminal charges for accepting cash payments and other…

May 3, 2022

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Former Assistant Controller Charged With Embezzling Over $3 Million From Pennsylvania-Based Metal Salvage Company

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PHILADELPHIA –United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Tammy Simpson, 49, of Pocono Lake, PA, was charged by Indictment with wire fraud and filing false tax returns. These charges stem from…

April 28, 2022

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Real Estate Developer Agrees to Plead Guilty to Bribery Related to $45 Million Government Lease and Other Preferential Contracts

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LOS ANGELES – A real estate developer has agreed to plead guilty to a federal criminal charge for offering to buy a million-dollar home for a Los Angeles County public official…

April 27, 2022

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Former Nevada Business Owner And Salesman Sentenced For Conspiring To Defraud The United States

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LAS VEGAS – Two Nevada men were sentenced to prison today for conspiring to defraud the IRS. Saud Alessa was sentenced to 13 months in prison and Jeffrey Bowen was sentenced to…

April 21, 2022

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Longtime Employee of a Harford County, Maryland Manufacturer Pleads Guilty to Participating in a $20 Million Kickback Scheme

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Baltimore, Maryland – Elliott Dennis Kleinman, age 68, of Bel Air, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and tax evasion, in connection with a kickback scheme that defrauded…

April 20, 2022

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FORMER ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLING FUNDS FROM JOHNSON CO. DISTRICT COURT

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KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A Kansas woman pleaded guilty today to federal charges of wire fraud and filing a false tax return related to a scheme to embezzle money from the Johnson…

April 19, 2022

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