Three Charged with Conspiracy to Defraud Five People of $3.25 Million in Investment Fraud Scheme

CAMDEN, N.J. – Three men were charged by indictment with conspiring to defraud five victims out of approximately $3.25 million through an investment fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.…

Gunman Sentenced to 20 Years for Shooting Port Arthur Man During Carjacking

BEAUMONT, Texas – A Port Arthur man has been sentenced to federal prison for violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Charles Robert Knatt, 20, pleaded…

Former Brookfield Business Owner Sentenced to Federal Prison for Tax Offense

United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling announced that on May 27, 2022, United States District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller sentenced Kimberly Zulkowski (age: 43) to 15 months’ imprisonment, followed by three years of…

Tulsa Man Sentenced for Defrauding Investor and Banks of Millions

A man who defrauded an investor and two banks out of at least $8.4 million was sentenced Wednesday in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. Chief U.S. District Judge John F.…

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

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…

FBI Impersonator Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Impersonating a Federal Officer, Wire Fraud, and Stalking

FRESNO, Calif. — Ivan Isho, 44, of Peoria, Arizona, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to five years in prison for wire fraud, false impersonation of a federal…

Biden Conveniently Forgets To Mention Oil, Gas Production In His Plan To Address Energy Prices

Biden Conveniently Forgets To Mention Oil, Gas Production In His Plan To Address Energy Prices Thomas Catenacci on May 31, 2022 President Joe Biden neglected to mention domestic oil and natural gas…

U.S. Attorney’s Office and Fulton County District Attorney launch Summer Initiative to support youth as part of violence-prevention strategy

ATLANTA – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia and the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office launched the second annual Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Credible Messenger Youth Summer Violence Intervention…

South Florida Caretaker Who Stole Hundreds of Thousands From Elderly Couple Pleads Guilty to Federal Crimes

Miami, Florida – Yesterday, in federal district court in Fort Pierce, Sherri Lynn Smith, 52, admitted that she committed bank fraud and aggravated identity theft when she used the private financial information of two…

New Jersey Democrats Shut Down Murphy Nursing Home Investigation

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Senate President, Democrat Nick Scutari silenced the senate chamber and dismissed a motion to form a committee to investigate the nursing home deaths that resulted from Governor…

‘If Abortion Isn’t Safe, You Aren’t Either’: Vandal Attacks Pregnancy Center

‘If Abortion Isn’t Safe, You Aren’t Either’: Vandal Attacks Pregnancy Center Bryan Babb on May 27, 2022 A suspect vandalized a Washington state crisis pregnancy center by breaking the building’s windows and…

Washington State Man Indicted After Escape From Federal Prison Camp

PORTLAND, Ore.—A federal indictment was unsealed today charging an Edmonds, Washington man for escaping from a satellite prison camp at the Federal Correctional Institute (FCI) in Sheridan, Oregon. Andrew Cain Kristovich, 38,…

Men Charged with Trafficking 16-Year-Old Runaway

Two men who allegedly trafficked teenage girls have been federally charged, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham. LaDarius Alton Smith, 33, and Ulises Rene Garcia, 22,…

Doctor Selling COVID-19 “Cure” Sentenced to Prison

SAN DIEGO – Jennings Ryan Staley, a physician who attempted to profit from the pandemic by marketing what he described as a “miracle cure” for COVID-19, was sentenced today to 30 days…

Former Marine Pleads Guilty to Three Counts of Cyberstalking

LOS ANGELES – A South Bay man pleaded guilty today to cyberstalking multiple young women in a “sextortion” campaign he waged while he was an active-duty member of the United States…

Five Arrested from Lakewood, Brooklyn in Violent Forced Eviction in Jackson Home

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – Jackson Police were called to a home owned by Brooklyn residents Yecheskel Landau and Basha Wolpin on Wednesday on the report of a violent home invasion where a…

Chesterfield Man Pleads Guilty to $1.3 Million Tax Fraud

RICHMOND, Va. – A Chesterfield man pleaded guilty today to failing to pay over to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) payroll taxes that were deducted from his employees’ paychecks. According to court…

Cruise Ship Employee from South Florida Charged With Sexually Exploiting Minor He Met on Alaskan Voyage

Miami, Florida – Federal prosecutors in Fort Pierce, Florida have charged a 38-year-old cruise ship employee from Stuart, Florida with enticing an underage girl he met on the ship into having sex…

Multi-Kilogram Drug Trafficker Convicted At Trial, After Spending More Than Four Years On The Lam

Tampa, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Derrick Samuel Lewis (51, Sarasota) guilty of conspiracy, possession with the intent to distribute five kilograms or…

A fourth member of a network that operated and facilitated a large-scale “grandparent scam” pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy. According to court documents, Joaquin Lopez, 46, of Hollywood, Florida, was a member of a…

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