CFO Of Two New Jersey Companies Charged With Participating In Multi-Million-Dollar Kickback Scheme To Defraud Williams Sonoma, Inc.
According to a superseding indictment returned by a federal grand jury on March 12, 2024, Nardone, 66, of Port St. Lucie, Florida, conspired with others to pay millions of dollars in kickbacks…
Smith County man sentenced for using stolen valor to defraud investors
TYLER, Texas – A Tyler man has been sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for multiple violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs…
Former and Present Owners of Standish Surveying Company Charged in Scheme to Defraud
BAY CITY – A federal grand jury indicted Andrew Semenchuk and Adam Ball, former owners and executives of Surveying Solutions, Inc. and Jeffrey Bartlett, a current owner and executive of Surveying Solutions,…
Suffolk County Attorney Indicted for Grand Larceny and Scheme to Defraud Clients
SYOSSET, NY – Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced the indictment of Syosset resident Daphna Zekaria, 54, a partner at the Huntington law firm of Sokolski and Zekaria, P.C.…
Great Falls man fined $70,000 for scheme to defraud Medicaid
GREAT FALLS — A Great Falls man who admitted to lying about his income to receive more than $75,000 in Medicaid health care benefits was fined $70,000 and sentenced to three years…
Four Men Convicted of Conspiracy and Schemes to Defraud the Small Business Administration, State Workforce Agencies, and Private Lenders
Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on October 17, 2023, defendants Aziz Hassan Bey, Letez Osiris Bey, Minister Zakar Ali, and Divine-Seven El were convicted…
Hotel Owner Sentenced for Conspiring with Bank President to Defraud First NBC Bank
NEW ORLEANS – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ARVIND “MIKE” VIRA (“VIRA”), age 77, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced on October 12, 2023 by Chief U.S.…
Essex County Man Indicted in Scheme to Steal Checks and Defraud Banks
NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County, New Jersey, man was charged for his role in a scheme to steal and alter checks from the mail and fraudulently obtain funds from banks by…
Owner Of Insurance Firm Pleads Guilty In $40 Million Scheme To Steal Client Healthcare Funds And Defraud Lenders
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ANTHONY RICCARDI, an owner and manager of the Connecticut insurance firm Employee Benefit Solutions LLC (“EBS”),…
CEO Of Cryptocurrency And Forex Trading Platform Pleads Guilty To Over $240 Million Scheme To Defraud Investors
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the guilty plea of EDDY ALEXANDRE, the leader of a purported cryptocurrency and foreign exchange (“forex”) trading…
New Jersey Tax Preparer and Arizona Man Charged with Conspiracy to Defraud and Identity Theft
NEWARK, N.J. – A New Jersey tax preparer and an Arizona man were charged for their roles in conspiracies to commit wire fraud and defraud the IRS, and for aggravated identity theft,…
Former Chief Financial Officer Of Email Security Company Pleads Guilty To $50 Million Scheme To Defraud Investors And Lenders
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that NIHAT CARDAK, the former Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Virginia-based email security company GigaMedia Access…
Former Louisiana State Senator and Chair of State Political Party, Sentenced to 22 Months Imprisonment for Role in Nearly Seven-Year Scheme to Defraud Campaign Entity, Donors, and Political Party Organization
NEW ORLEANS – The United States Attorney’s Office announced that former Louisiana State Senator and Chair of State Political Party “A,” KAREN CARTER PETERSON, age 53, from New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced…
Father And Son Owners Of Jacksonville Construction Firms Sentenced To Federal Prison For Conspiring To Defraud The IRS
Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard today sentenced Jacksonville residents Raul Solis (52) and Raul Solis-Martinez (33) to 33 months and 21 months in federal prison, respectively, for conspiring…
Businessman Admits to Conspiring with First NBC Bank President to Defraud First NBC Bank
NEW ORLEANS – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that FRANK J. ADOLPH (“ADOLPH”), age 63, a resident of Kenner, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on December 21, 2021 to conspiracy to defraud…
Providence Man Sentenced in Scheme to Defraud Home Depot
PROVIDENCE – A Providence man who admitted to participating in a conspiracy that defrauded Home Depot out of more than one half-million dollars in tools and building supplies was sentenced today to…
Las Vegas Woman Pleads Guilty in $7.1 Million Wire Fraud Scheme to Defraud Federal Pandemic Programs
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Las Vegas woman pleaded guilty today to one count of wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, from June 2020 through…
Beverly Hills Father and Son Sentenced to Prison for Scheming to Defraud COVID-Relief Programs Designed to Help Businesses
LOS ANGELES – A Beverly Hills father and son were sentenced today to federal prison terms for defrauding government programs designed to help businesses survive the economic shock of the COVID-19…
Former Government Official Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Defraud Government Program For Disadvantaged Small Business Owners
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on December 8, 2022, James A. Coccagna, age 67, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty before United States…
Chief Technology Officer Of Blockchain Company Charged With Scheme To Defraud The Company Of Over $1 Million And Cryptocurrency
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau…
Former Government Official Charged In Conspiracy To Defraud Government Program For Disadvantaged Small Business Owners
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that James A. Coccagna, age 67, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, was charged by criminal information on one count of…
Orange County Pharmacist Found Guilty of 22 Felonies for Her Role in $11 Million Scheme to Defraud the U.S. Military’s Health Care Plan
LOS ANGELES – A licensed Orange County pharmacist has been found guilty by a jury of nearly two dozen federal criminal charges for her role in a health care fraud scheme…
Milwaukee Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Defraud Medicare and Medicaid.
Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on November 18, 2022, David Guerrero, Jr., was sentenced to 32 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to defraud Medicare…
Two Essex County Men Sentenced to Prison for Using Credit Cards and Checks Stolen From U.S. Mail as Part of a Scheme that Attempted to Defraud Banks of Over $1 Million
NEWARK, N.J. – Two Essex County, New Jersey, men were sentenced yesterday and today for their roles in a scheme to steal credit cards, debit cards, and checks from the mail and…
KS Priest & NY Businessman Indicted in Scheme to Defraud Foster Care Program
TOPEKA, KAN. – A federal grand jury in Topeka returned an indictment charging a Kansas priest and a New York businessman in connection with a scheme to defraud a foster care organization…
Three Arrested for Illegal Scheme to Export Controlled Data and Defraud the Department of Defense
WASHINGTON – A federal indictment was unsealed today following the arrest of three defendants and their initial appearances in the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Kentucky. Phil Pascoe, 60,…
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