fraud

PROVIDENCE , RI – An Abington, Maryland, woman appeared in U.S. District Court in Providence, RI, on Thursday and admitted that she used the stolen identity of a customer of …

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Edmond Andrew Yahnahki Shanta, 23, of Mescalero, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, was sentenced on March 3 in federal court to …

MIAMI, FLORIDA  – Federal prosecutors have charged 43-year-old Christopher C. Pinkston of Miami with robbing two banks in South Florida last month. According to allegations in the criminal complaint affidavit, …

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett Dehart announced today that Ashley Shay Cook, 38, of Lexington, was sentenced to ten years in federal prison after pleading …

TOLEDO, OHIO – Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland returned a four-count indictment charging Sir Maejor Page, a.k.a. Tyree Conyers-Page, …

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Cory Davonta Smith, Jr., of Barberton, Ohio, was sentenced today to 57 months of incarceration for his role in a drug distribution operation, Acting United States …

NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT – Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JIMMIE WILLIAMSON, also known as “James Land,” 38, of Durham, North …

BENTON, ILL – Shawn E. Whitecotton, 50, of Herrin, Illinois, was sentenced to 16 months confinement today, consisting of 8 months in federal prison and 8 months of home confinement …

BOSTON , MASS – A Lawrence man was sentenced yesterday for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Nathaniel Toribio, 22, was sentenced by U.S. District Court …

BECKLEY, W.VA. – Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston announced that Honorable United States District Judge Frank W. Volk sentenced Cornelius Pope, 24, of Detroit, Michigan to 12 months …

CLEVELAND, OHIO – A federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland has handed down an indictment charging Richard Gould, 65, of Strongsville, with two counts of making and subscribing false tax …

SHREVEPORT, LA. – Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that James Coleman, 44, of Ringgold, Louisiana, was sentenced by United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote to 132 months …

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – Acting U.S. Attorney John Childress announced today that Buster Hernandez, 29, of Bakersfield, California, was sentenced to 75 years in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Tanya …

BOSTON, MASS – An Everett man has been charged in connection with committing armed bank robbery. Jamaine Howell, 35, was charged by criminal complaint with bank robbery and using a …

SIOUX CITY,  IOWA – A man who possessed a loaded pistol was sentenced March 12, 2021, to more than one year in federal prison. David Devall, age 43, from Sioux …

BILLINGS , MT — A Crow Agency man today admitted stabbing another man last year on the Crow Indian Reservation, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said. Dee Bad Bear, 59, …

JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA – Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the return of an indictment charging Kristopher Justinboyer Ervin (41, Orange Park) with possession of an unregistered machinegun conversion device.  …

BOSTON , MASS – A West Boylston man was indicted yesterday in federal court in Worcester in connection with illegal possession of ammunition and cocaine. Augustus “Bobo” Kormah, 30, was …

TUSCON, ARIZONA – A federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland returned a one-count indictment on March 11 charging Benjamin Ortiz Ledezma, 38, of Tucson, Arizona, with possession with the intent …

LYNN HAVEN, FL –  A general manager at InstaLoan in Lynn Haven has been caught skimming money from the company by falsifying customer accounts. Lynn Haven Police today said that …

SPRINGFIELD, MO – An elected Missouri state representative has been indicted by a federal grand jury for a fraud scheme in which she made false claims about a supposed stem …

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Two contractors who entered into agreements to repair homes damaged during Superstorm Sandy bilked victims out of more than $2 million without performing the work, prosecutors …

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Criminal rehabilitation is gaining popularity among many who are forward-thinking. Such forms of rehabilitation can help to reduce the number of repeat offenders who return to …

The U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the distribution of hoarded personal protective equipment (PPE), including approximately 192,000 N95 respirator masks, …

Christopher Parris, a 39-year-old Atlanta, Georgia resident, was arrested today and charged in federal court in the District of Columbia with fraud for attempting to sell millions of nonexistent respirator …