Newark Police Find Stolen Mail in Car of Hit and Run Crash Suspect
NEWARK, DE – On October 12, 2020, at about 0733 hours, Newark Police responded to the James F Hall Trail, in the area of Apple Road, for a report of a vehicle…
Delaware State Police Seek ID on Possible Rehoboth Beach Felony Suspect
REHOBOTH BEACH, DE – Delaware State Police are attempting to identify the pictured subject who is wanted for felony theft. On October 6, 2020, the suspect stole construction equipment from the Wawa…
Toms River Woman Accused of Stealing $100,000 from Law Firm in Wall Township
WALL TOWNSHIP, NJ – An Ocean County woman is facing theft charges following a 10-month investigation that revealed she stole more than $100,000 from the law firm where she was formerly employed…
Trenton Postal Employee Guilty of Stealing Mail
NEW BERN , N.C. – A Havelock man pleaded guilty today to Theft of Mail by a Postal Employee. According to the United States, William E. Lundy, Sr., 41, worked as a…
Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing $1.5M to Fund Marijuana Operation in Oregon
EUGENE, Ore.—A California woman pleaded guilty today to participating in a complex multistate credit card “bust- out” conspiracy that funded an illicit Interstate Marijuana Operation, and defrauded banks for over a $1,500,000,…
$5M Reward for ICE Most Wanted Fugitive
NEW YORK – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York announced Friday that a former Venezuelan official and member the agency’s Most Wanted List has been designated as a…
Selbyville Teen Charged for Felony Drug and Weapons Charges
Selbyville- Delaware State Police have charged 19 year-old Darren Leager of Selbyville, DE with felony drugs and weapon charges. The incident occurred on October 10, 2020, at approximately 9:15 a.m., when Troopers responded to a…
Shore Woman Charged for Raising Money for Her Dead Son, Who Was Alive, and Given Up for Adoption
LITTLE EGG HARBOR, NJ – Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief David King announced that a 33-year-old Little Egg Harbor woman has been charged with creating a fictitious…
NJ Postal Worker Charged for Throwing Out Mail, Stealing Checks
NEWARK, N.J. – A U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee was arrested today for stealing mail and committing bank fraud, including stealing checks sent through the mail and fraudulently depositing those checks without…
Stony Brook University Professor Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Cancer Research Funds
BROOKLYN, NY – Dr. Geoffrey Girnun Used Government Funds to Make Personal Mortgage and Tuition Payments. Geoffrey Girnun, a former Associate Professor and cancer researcher at Stony Brook University’s Department of Pathology…
Two NJ School Employees Get Prison Time for Health Benefit Fraud
MARMORA, NJ – Two former New Jersey state public education system employees were sentenced today to prison terms for defrauding New Jersey state health benefits programs by submitting fraudulent claims for medically…
VA Therapist Caught Stealing $132,000 in COVID-19 Supplies, Selling on eBay
Seattle – A respiratory therapist at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Seattle pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to theft of government property, announced U.S. Attorney Brian T.…
Notorious Video Game Pirates Arrested
Seattle — Two leaders of one of the world’s most notorious videogame piracy groups, Team Xecuter, have been arrested and are in custody facing charges filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle. MAX…
Only In America: Prison Inmates Illegally Filed for COVID-19 Unemployment Assistance…and Got It!
PHILADELPHIA – First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that twelve Chester County Prison inmates and their accomplices were charged federally with fraudulently applying for and obtaining emergency unemployment benefits…
Man Who Robbed Cell Phone Store, Tied Employees With Zip Ties, Gets 19 Years in Prison
FREEHOLD – A Philadelphia man was sentenced to 19 years in state prison today after his conviction in February on charges he robbed employees at an Ocean Township AT&T store in 2016, announced Monmouth…
Man Charged with Stealing Intellectual Property from Luxury Boat Manufacturer
BASS RIVER, NJ – Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and New Jersey State Police Colonel Patrick J. Callahan announced that a Bordentown City man has been charged with stealing proprietary intellectual property…
Jersey Man Conspires to File at Least 18 Fraudulent Tax Returns in Victims’ Names to Obtain Tax Refund
NEWARK, N.J. – A Bergen County, New Jersey, was charged today for his role in a conspiracy to file phony tax returns in order to illegally obtain tax refunds, U.S. Attorney Craig…
IRS Employee Sentenced for Stealing Tax Refunds
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A former IRS employee was sentenced in federal court today for stealing tax refunds. Tamara R. Miller, 40, of Kansas City, Missouri, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge…
North Tonawanda Man Charged With COVID-19 Relief Fraud
BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Kornaker, 50, of North Tonawanda, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with wire fraud in relation to a national…
Two men accused of fraud against Warm Springs Tribe
PORTLAND, Ore.—U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that two men have been charged with Fraud crimes against the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Oregon. A federal grand jury in Portland has…