BURLINGTON, Vt. – Canadian law enforcement arrested 23 Canadian nationals on March 4 after they were indicted by a federal grand jury in Vermont for allegedly running a “grandparent scam”…
Manahawkin, NJ – Adam Nevius, 49, of Manahawkin, was sentenced to five years in New Jersey State Prison for Theft by Failure to Make Required Disposition. The Honorable Guy P.…
Sarah Lynn Tweedie, now 49, was indicted in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on June 21, 2018, with three counts of mail fraud, five counts of wire fraud and…
PERTH AMBOY, NJ – The Perth Amboy Police Department is alerting the community about an apartment rental scam that has defrauded multiple residents. Eridelbi Placencia, a 32-year-old resident of Perth…
JERSEY CITY, NJ – A New Jersey attorney is alleged to have defrauded a family out of approximately $2,000,000 when he was retained to repatriate money the family had saved…
NEW ALBANY – Anthony Todd Leonard, 55, of Clarksville, Ind., was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison today for wire fraud and money laundering offenses related to an investment…
CAMDEN, NJ – A Camden man was charged by a grand jury after scamming an elderly woman out of $16,000 by falsely claiming the money was needed to bail her…
LOS ANGELES – A Santa Clarita resident who invested in real estate and sold “coupon bonds” that promised regular interest payments on top of principal repayment has agreed to…
LOS ANGELES – A third-party seller on Amazon.com Inc. has admitted gaming the online retailer’s payment system in a scheme that defrauded the company out of more than $1.3…
TONAWANDA, NY – A Tonawanda contractor is heading to prison for up to 3 years after scamming customers and failing to reimburse his victims as directed by the court. Erie…
QUEENS, NY – Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that former lawyer Yohan Choi, 47, has pleaded guilty to grand larceny for bilking more than 50 clients – whom…
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, joined by Office of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Inspector General Carolyn Pokorny, announced today that James Laverty, 72, has been charged with grand larceny and…
CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Brian L. Schumacher, 57, of Penfield, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy…