Pennsylvania victims receive restitution in settlement with online lending platform
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Over 1,300 Pennsylvania consumers who borrowed money through SoLo Funds, Inc., an online peer-to-peer lending platform, have received restitution payments following a settlement with the state, Attorney General Michelle…
Waterville Man Sentenced to 9 Months Time Served, $38,000 Restitution for Downloading Child Sexual Abuse Material
BANGOR, Maine: A Waterville man was sentenced on Monday in U.S. District Court in Bangor for possessing child sexual abuse material. U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker sentenced Terrence Talbot, 57, to…
Criminal Fine and Restitution Ordered for Company Operating Aluminum Processing Facility in the Dalles for Clean Air Act Violations
PORTLAND, Ore.—An Illinois-based company that operates an aluminum processing facility in The Dalles, Oregon, was ordered to pay a fine and restitution today for violating the Clean Air Act by negligently releasing…
Jenks Woman Sentenced and Ordered to Repay More than $1.2 Million in Restitution
U.S. District Judge Terence C. Kern sentenced Lauren Michelle Owen, 40, of Jenks, to 27 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release. In January, Owen pleaded guilty to bank…
Former Church Employee Sentenced to Pay Restitution and Serve Two Years in Federal Prison for Defrauding Church Out of More Than $450,000
OKLAHOMA CITY – Yesterday, DARLA BRALLEY, 59, of Oklahoma City, was sentenced to serve 24 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $450,000 from St. Paul The Apostle Catholic Church, announced…
Compounding pharmacy owner sentenced to 18 months and over $6 million in restitution
TULSA, Okla. – A former Jenks resident has been sentenced to 18 months for conspiracy to offer and pay health care kickbacks, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. U.S. District Judge George K.…
Babysitter in Lancaster Sentenced to a Decade in Prison and Ordered to Pay Restitution
LANCASTER, PA – Kayla Tucker, 34, a resident of Lancaster City, was sentenced to a prison term of 4 ½ to 10 years and ordered to pay restitution amounting to $305,812.94 on…
Former Haverstraw Deputy Mayor Sentenced, Ordered to Pay Restitution
ROCKLAND COUNTY, NY – District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II announced on Tuesday that Emily Dominguez, the former Deputy Mayor and Village Trustee of Haverstraw, was sentenced today for stealing over $11,000…
Indiana Man Ordered to Pay Restitution and Serve Probation for Defacing the Washington Monument
Defendant Was Arrested With Paint Brush In-Hand WASHINGTON – Shaun Deaton, 44, of Bloomington, Indiana, was sentenced today to one year of probation and was ordered…
Montgomery Defendant Sentenced to 60 Years and Ordered to Pay Over $950,000 in Restitution for Sex Trafficking Scheme Involving Forced Prostitution
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA – Today, U.S. District Court Judge R. Austin Huffaker Jr. of the Middle District of Alabama, sentenced defendant Lonnie Mitchell, 36, of Montgomery, Alabama, to 60 years in prison…
Charleston Man Ordered to Pay Restitution for COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Malik Breckenridge, 26, of Charleston, was ordered today to pay $41,666 in restitution and sentenced to five years of federal probation, including eight months on home detention, for wire…
Ponte Vedra Beach Man Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion And Agrees To Pay IRS More Than $1.9 Million In Restitution
Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Patrick Brian Hines has pleaded guilty to willful evasion of the payment of taxes. Hines faces a maximum penalty of 5…
Kanawha County Woman Ordered to Pay Restitution for Social Security Fraud
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Melissa Waller, 45, of St. Albans, was ordered today to pay $84,509 in restitution and sentenced to probation for five years, with the first year to be served on…
Tri-Cities Rancher Sentenced to Eleven Years in Federal Prison and Ordered to Pay $244 Million in Restitution for “Ghost Cattle” Fraud
Defendant Sentenced in the Largest-Ever Criminal Fraud Scheme in the Eastern District of Washington Yakima, Washington – Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today…
Full Restitution Payment Obtained from Three Former Portland-Area Strip Club Operators Convicted of Fraud
PORTLAND, Ore.—The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon announced today that full restitution of over $600,000 was obtained from the former operators of two Portland-area strip clubs who were convicted…
Leader of Sex Trafficking Ring Sentenced to 60 Years in Federal Prison, Ordered to Pay Over $14 Million in Restitution
MIAMI – A South Florida federal district judge has sentenced William D. Foster, 50, to 60 years in prison for running a sex trafficking organization for more than 20 years that exploited…
Michael Avenatti ordered to pay $148,750 in restitution to Stormy Daniels
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Michael Avenatti, the brash celebrity lawyer who rose to fame taking on Donald Trump before a slew of criminal charges destroyed his legal career, was…
Cleveland Heights Man Sentenced to Prison and Ordered to Pay $177k in Restitution for Credit Card Fraud Scheme
CLEVELAND – Carlos Dashawn Brown, 28, of Bowling Green and Cleveland Heights, Ohio, was sentenced on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, to 38 months in prison and ordered to pay $177,716.07 in restitution…
Mingo County Woman Ordered to Pay Restitution For Federal Fraud Crimes
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Diana Cisco, 70, of Delbarton, was ordered today to pay $46,356 in restitution for theft of government benefits and making materially false statements to federal agents. Cisco was also…
Ghanaian National Ordered to Pay $156,073 in Restitution for Role in Romance Fraud Scheme
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Banabas Ganidekam, 25, of Ghana, was sentenced today to three years of federal probation, including eight months on home detention with electronic monitoring, and ordered to pay $156,073 in…
Midland Businessman Sentenced to Prison and to Pay Over $12M in Restitution for Failure to Pay Employee Withholding Taxes
MIDLAND – Yesterday, a Midland man was sentenced to 24 months in prison for failure to pay over employment taxes. According to court documents, Thomas Valdez Rodriguez, 45, was the owner of…
Georgia nurse practitioner sentenced to prison, ordered to pay more than $1.6 million in restitution in complex telemedicine fraud scheme
AUGUSTA, GA: A Rockdale County, Ga., nurse practitioner has been sentenced to federal prison and ordered to pay more than $1.6 million in restitution for her role in a massive telemedicine fraud…
New York man whose behavior caused flight to be diverted to St. Louis sentenced to 40 days in jail, $8,000 in restitution
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge John A. Ross on Tuesday sentenced a New York man to 40 days in jail for causing a Las Vegas-bound American Airlines flight to be diverted…
Keller Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison and Ordered to Pay $14M in Restitution for Ponzi Scheme
MIDLAND – A Keller man was sentenced yesterday to 168 months in prison and ordered to pay $14,538,967.27 in restitution for operating a Ponzi scheme. According to court documents, Marco Perez Jr.,…
Foreign National Sentenced to More Than Four Years in Federal Prison and Ordered to Pay Restitution for Fraud
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher sentenced Olatunde Vincent, age 35, of Pikesville, Maryland, to 50 months in federal prison yesterday, followed by 2 years of supervised release, for…
Israel, Poland to restore relations strained by Holocaust restitution row
JERUSALEM/WARSAW -Israel and Poland have agreed to improve relations that had deteriorated after Warsaw introduced a law last year limiting the ability of Jews to recover World War Two properties, saying on…
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