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December 29, 2025

Minnesota Fraud Under Investigation As Nick Shirley Shines Spotlight, FBI Confirms

Minneapolis man sentenced to 24 years for kidnapping, fraud, and identity theft

St. Paul, MN – A Minneapolis man will spend 24 years in federal prison after a jury convicted him of kidnapping, bank fraud, and identity theft in a violent crime spree that…

Maryland man pleads guilty to $1.5M COVID fraud and drug-trafficking crimes involving machine guns and marijuana

Florida scuba captain gets 8 years for fatal propeller incident and pandemic loan fraud

Rogersville Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Child Sexual Exploitation, Illegal Firearms, Nearly $1 Million Investment Fraud Scheme

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Rogersville, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for three separate cases in which he was convicted of child sexual exploitation, a nearly $1 million investment fraud…

Jamaican Citizen Pleads Guilty To Passport Fraud

CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Caswell Richards, 55, of Jamaica, pleaded guilty to the use of a U.S. passport secured…

Crop Insurance Agency And CEO To Pay $500,000 To Settle Claims In Federal Fraud Investigation

Silveus Ins. Group, Inc. also agreed to a year-long monitoring period and CEO James Cameron Silveus agreed to a year-long exclusion from federal programs. GRAND RAPIDS –…

Indictment Charges Two Individuals, Including One Who Posed as a Lawyer, with Wire and Mail Fraud Conspiracy in Connection with Alleged Fraudulent Debt Elimination Scheme

Greenbelt, Maryland – A federal grand jury has indicted Willie Lamont Hicks, age 50, of Rockville, Maryland, and Mary Ann Mendoza, age 49, of Kensington, Maryland, on federal charges of conspiracy to…

Assumption Parish Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RODNEY ROUSSELL (“ROUSSELL”), age 40, of Belle Rose, Louisiana, pled guilty today to bank fraud, in violation of Title 18,…

Two Arkansas Men Sentenced to Over 23 Years Combined in Federal Prison For Fraud and Money Laundering in Connection with Proposed Elm Springs, Arkansas Wind Farm

FAYETTEVILLE – Two Arkansas men were sentenced today to federal prison for Wire Fraud, Aiding and Abetting Wire Fraud, Money Laundering and Aiding and Abetting Money Laundering in connection with the development…

Santa Paula Doctor and Lancaster Patient Recruiter Arrested in Hospice Fraud Scheme that Received Over $30 Million from Medicare

LOS ANGELES – Authorities today arrested a physician and a marketer on federal charges stemming from a scheme that bilked Medicare out of more than $30 million for medically unnecessary hospice…

Former Tennessee State Representative Charged With Honest Services Wire Fraud

NASHVILLE – Former Tennessee State Representative Robin Smith, 58, of Hixson, Tennessee, pleaded guilty today to a single count of honest services wire fraud, following charges filed on Friday, announced U.S. Attorney…

Tewksbury Woman Charged in Superseding Indictment with Tax and Unemployment Fraud

BOSTON – A Tewksbury woman has been charged in a superseding indictment for allegedly embezzling more than $1.8 million from her employer and collecting unemployment assistance while employed fulltime. Joanne Dinoto a/k/a…

Pikeville Man Sentenced for Wire Fraud and Healthcare Fraud

PIKEVILLE, Ky.- Eugene Sisco, III, 36, of Pikeville, Ky., was sentenced Tuesday to serve 125 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Robert E. Wier, after a jury convicted him in November…

Turkish National Sentenced to 27 Months for Orchestrating “Birth Tourism” Health Care Fraud Scheme on Long Island

Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Ibrahim Aksakal was sentenced by United States District Judge Joanna Seybert to 27 months’ imprisonment for conspiring to commit health care and wire fraud…

Texas Woman Sentenced for Unemployment Fraud Related to COVID-19 Pandemic

BOSTON – A Texas woman was sentenced today for her involvement in a scheme to fraudulently claim COVID-19-related unemployment assistance. Donna Wasson, 37, of San Antonio, Texas, was sentenced by U.S. District…

Abingdon Man Pleads Guilty to Bankruptcy Fraud

ABINGDON, Va. – An Abingdon man, who concealed bank accounts from a federal bankruptcy court during his Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, pleaded guilty last week to one count of bankruptcy fraud. Ronald…

Spring Hill Sisters Charged In Tax Fraud Conspiracy

NASHVILLE – A federal indictment unsealed today, charges two Spring Hill, Tennessee women with conspiracy to commit tax fraud and 12 counts of employment tax fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Mark H. Wildasin…

Tennessee Man Indicted in Erie on Wire Fraud and ID Theft Charges

ERIE, Pa. – A resident of Knoxville, Tennessee has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Cindy K.…

City of Kenner Former Director of Inspection and Code Enforcement Pleads Guilty to Using an Interstate Facility with Intent to Carry on Unlawful Activity and Tax Fraud

NEW ORLEANS, LA – The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that JAMES MOHAMAD, 52, of Kenner, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to use an interstate facility with intent to carry on unlawful activity…