Missouri Men Plead Guilty to Conspiring with Bankers to Evade AML Controls
KANSAS CITY, MO – Kevin Brandes, 60, and William Graham, 56, both of Kansas City, Missouri, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring with bankers to willfully fail to implement appropriate anti-money laundering (AML)…
Two Men Indicted For Conspiring To Commit A Drug Related Robbery That Resulted In The Murder Of Two Men
Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Jy’Quale Samari Grable (20, Tampa) and Aquavious Smith (19, Palmetto) with conspiracy and interference with commerce…
Former Comptroller And Compliance Specialist At Investment Adviser Firm Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Defraud Clients
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that VANIA MAY BELL, the former comptroller and chief compliance officer of Executive Compensation Planners, Inc. (“ECP”), a…
Laplace Man Sentenced to 72 Months in Federal Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Cocaine Hydrochloride, Fentanyl, Cocaine Base, Heroin and Methamphetamine
NEW ORLEANS, LA – United States District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon sentenced ELLIS BATISTE SR., age 50, of LaPlace, Louisiana, on March 24, 2022, to 72 months in the Bureau of…
New Orleans Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Stage Automobile Accident in Order to Defraud Insurance and Trucking Companies
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that on March 23, 2022 ISHAIS PRICE (“PRICE”), age 41, of New Orleans, Louisiana, entered a plea of guilty today…
Two Plead Guilty to Operating Illegal Gambling Business in Northern California and Conspiring to Launder Money
Two Los Angeles-area residents pleaded guilty today to operating an illegal gambling business and conspiring to launder money, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. Pleading guilty today were Yosef Yitzchak Beshari, 29,…
PICC Inmate Sentenced to Seven Years for Conspiring With Corrections Officer to Smuggle Contraband Into Prison
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced Kennard Murray, 37, of Philadelphia, PA, a currently incarcerated inmate at the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center (PICC), was sentenced to seven years in…
Disbarred Attorney Sentenced To Four Years For Conspiring To Commit Bankruptcy Fraud And Defrauding Clients Of $1.3 Million
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Thomas Barber has sentenced James Lee Clark (61, Wilton Manors) to 48 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit bankruptcy fraud and wire fraud. Clark…
Essex County Man Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Fraudulently Obtain More Than $700,000
NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for conspiring to fraudulently obtain more than $700,000, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Jefferson…
Sheldon Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possessing a Firearm
A Sheldon man who sold large amounts of methamphetamine received through the mail was sentenced on March 11, 2022, to more than 12 years in federal prison. Scott Demers, age 39, from…
Georgia Man Sentenced for Conspiring to Launder $2.5 Million in Romance Scam Proceeds
RALEIGH, N.C. – A Smyrna, Georgia man, Oluwadamilare Kolaogunbule, was sentenced today to 71 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit money laundering. On October 21,…
Delaware County Ticket Broker Sentenced to Six Months for Conspiring to Sell Stolen U.S.G.A. Open Tickets Worth Over $1.2 Million
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that James Bell, 70, of Glen Mills, PA, who owns and operates Sherry’s Theater Ticket Agency, Inc. (“Sherry’s Tickets”), was sentenced today by…
Naval Flight Officer Sentenced To Four Years In Prison For Conspiring To Violate Firearms Law And Lying During Security Clearance Background Investigation
Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Judge Harvey E. Schlesinger today sentenced Fan Yang (37, Jacksonville) to 48 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years’ supervised release, for conspiring with his co-defendants…
Former Government Official In The Dominican Republic Sentenced To 15 Years For Conspiring To Import Cocaine Into The United States
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that the Dominican Republic’s former Consul General to Jamaica, JEREMIAS JIMENEZ CRUZ, was sentenced today to 179 months…
Former CEO And COO Of JHL Biotech Sentenced For Conspiring To Steal Trade Secrets And Commit Wire Fraud Exceeding $101 Million
SAN FRANCISCO – Racho Jordanov, the co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer of JHL Biotech, and Rose Lin, another of the company’s co-founders and former Chief Operating Officer, were sentenced today for…
Clearfield Man Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A resident of Clearfield, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to a total of 8 years in prison followed by 4 years supervised release on his conviction of…
MS-13 Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Kill Rival Mexican Mafia Inmate
ABINGDON, Va. – The last of five federal prisoners charged with conspiring to kill a fellow inmate at United States Penitentiary – Lee, a high-security federal prison for male inmates, pleaded guilty…
Mill Hall Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine and Money Laundering
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A resident of Mill Hall, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to a total of 5 years in prison followed by 4 years supervised release on his conviction…
Member of “Boogaloo Bois” Sentenced to Prison for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Hamas
MINNEAPOLIS – Michael Robert Solomon, 31, of New Brighton, was sentenced today to 36 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to provide material support and resources,…
Four Los Angeles Residents Indicted for Operating Illegal Gambling Business and Conspiring to Launder Money
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A three-count indictment was unsealed yesterday charging four defendants in connection with an illegal gambling business and conspiracies to launder the proceeds of the illegal gambling business, U.S. Attorney…
Philipsburg Man Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A resident of Philipsburg, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to a total of 21 months in prison followed by 3 years supervised release on his conviction of…
United States Citizen Residing in Dominican Republic Sentenced to 178 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Import Cocaine into United States
NEWARK, N.J. – A United States citizen who had been residing in the Dominican Republic was sentenced today to 178 months in prison for conspiring to import hundreds of pounds of cocaine…
Former Public Utility Executives Indicted For Conspiring To Steal Millions Of Dollars From The City Of Jacksonville Upon The Sale Of The Jacksonville Electric Authority
Jacksonville, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging former Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Aaron Zahn (42, Jacksonville…
Monmouth County Brother and Sister Arrested for Conspiring to Evade Payment of $1.5 Million in Payroll Taxes
TRENTON, N.J. – A Monmouth County, New Jersey, brother and sister were arrested today on charges of tax evasion, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Enrico Cifelli, 51, of Holmdel, New Jersey,…
Pike Road Man Sentenced for Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine
Montgomery, Alabama – On March 1, 2022, Jermaine Mizell Jones, a 38-year-old man from Pike Road, Alabama, was sentenced to 188 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance,…
Clearfield Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A former resident of Clearfield, PA pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. Nicole Gaines,…
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