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Colorado Man Sentenced for Kansas Bank Robbery
Albert Lawrence Vaughan, of Loveland, Colorado, was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for the armed robbery of a bank in Salina, Kansas.
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Texas Man Pleads Guilty in Corruption Investigation
Patrick Woods, a former member of the Board of Directors for the National Center for the Employment of the Disabled, pled guilty to embezzlement in connection with a large-scale corruption investigation in El Paso, Texas.
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Maryland Pawn Shop Owner Guilty in $20 Million Money Laundering Scheme
Pawn shop owner Louis Leitch, Sr., of Baltimore, Maryland, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and attempting to evade taxes in connection with his participation in a scheme to launder $20 million in proceeds of stolen merchandise.
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Maryland Man Charged with Embezzling Over $1.6 Million from His Company
Dwayne Wells, of Potomac, Maryland, was charged with wire fraud in connection with a scheme to embezzle over $1.6 million from a mechanical engineering firm in which he was a part owner. Wells allegedly used some of the stolen funds to buy an interest in a restaurant and the Baltimore Mariners indoor football team.
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Virginia Bank Employee Sentenced for Role in $17 Million Fraud Scheme
Sissaye Gezachew, of Springfield, Virginia, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in a massive bank fraud conspiracy. Gezachew, who worked as an assistant vice president-senior credit analyst at United Bank during the time frame of the scheme, assisted Osama El-Atari, of Ashburn, Virginia, in defrauding the bank of more than $17 million from 2007 to 2009.
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New York Neurosurgeon Pleads Guilty to Illegal Distribution of Prescription Drugs
Neurosurgeon Frank H. Boehm, Jr., of Utica, New York, pled guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute prescription drugs.
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Connecticut Heroin Trafficker Sentenced
Lashawn Ruff, of Stratford, Connecticut, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for trafficking heroin in the Bridgeport area.
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Mexican National Convicted in Arizona of Assaulting Border Patrol Agents
Jaime Martinez-Garcia, of Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, was found guilty in Tucson, Arizona of two counts of assault on a federal officer and one count of illegal re-entry after deportation.
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Minnesota Man Sentenced for Robbing Credit Union
Herman Wilson, of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, was sentenced to 71 months in prison for robbing the Minnesota Building Trades Federal Credit Union in Inver Grove Heights on October 8, 2009.
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Six Indicted in Human Trafficking Scheme that Exploited 400 Thai Farm Workers
Six individuals were charged in Honolulu, Hawaii with engaging in a conspiracy to commit forced labor and document servitude. The defendants allegedly coerced the labor and services of approximately 400 Thai nationals brought by the defendants to the U.S. from Thailand to work on farms across the country under the U.S. federal agricultural guest worker program.
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Former Engineering Firm Exec Sentenced in Texas for $3 Million Embezzlement
Christopher McCullough, currently of Frederic, Colorado and formerly of Houston, Texas, was sentenced to 51 months in prison for his embezzlement of more than $3 million while serving as the chief financial officer of LJA Engineering, a Houston-based company.
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Military Contract Employee Guilty in Bribery Scheme Related to Contracts for Iraq War
Dorothy Ellis, of Texas City, Texas, a former senior employee of a U.S. military contractor, pled guilty to conspiracy to pay $360,000 in bribes to U.S. Army contracting officials stationed at a U.S. military base in Kuwait.
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Polar Air Cargo LLC to Plead Guilty, Pay $17.4 Million in Price Fixing Conspiracy
Polar Air Cargo LLC has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $17.4 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix the cargo rates charged to certain customers for international air cargo shipments between the United States and Australia.
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Founder and President of Medical Equipment Company Charged with $87 Million Fraud
Charles K. Schwartz, the founder and president of Allied Health Care Services Inc., an Orange, New Jersey durable medical equipment corporation, was charged with fraudulently obtaining more than $87 million from banks based on phony lease agreements.
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Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty to Operating $80 Million Ponzi Scheme
Corey N. Johnston, of Lakeville, Minnesota, pled guilty to operating a Ponzi scheme that defrauded at least 17 lenders in Minnesota and several other states. According to the government's investigation, the lenders suffered losses in excess of $79 million.
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Pennsylvania Man Sentenced for Crimes that Targeted Asian Community
Rickey Phillips, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 108 months in prison for his role in crimes that targeted members of the Asian community in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania.
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Washington Man Sentenced for Receiving Child Pornography
Richard Lloyd Parham, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced to five years in prison for receiving child pornography over the Internet.
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Utah Man Indicted for Role in Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Christopher D. Hales, of Midvale, Utah, was indicted on charges of mail, wire, and bank fraud and money laundering in connection with an alleged mortgage fraud scheme.
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Eleven Texas Residents Indicted in Connection with Corruption Investigation
A federal grand jury in El Paso, Texas indicted 11 individuals in connection with a large-scale corruption investigation which began in 2004. To date, 13 individuals have pled guilty to criminal conduct stemming from the investigation.
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Pennsylvania Crack Cocaine Dealer Sentenced
Michael Simms, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to five years in prison and five years of supervised release on his conviction of distribution of crack cocaine.
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Texas Woman Charged with Defrauding American Red Cross Following Katrina
Tamara Sheretha Morris, of Houston, Texas, was charged in New Orleans, Louisiana with mail fraud relating to her applications to the American Red Cross for financial assistance during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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Louisiana Man Sentenced for Heroin Distribution
Kevin Lewis, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin and the distribution of heroin.
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Missouri Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Producing Child Pornography
Casey Nanez, a former Noel, Missouri police officer, pled guilty to sexually exploiting a child and to possessing child pornography.
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Minnesota Woman Sentenced for Role in $3.7 Billion Ponzi Scheme
Deanna Lynn Coleman, of Plymouth, Minnesota, was sentenced to a year and a day in prison for her role in a $3.7 billion fraud scheme, which was orchestrated by Wayzata businessman Tom Petters.
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Rhode Island Town Councilman Indicted for Extorting Gambling Payments
Former North Providence, Rhode Island Town Councilman Raymond L. Douglas, III was indicted for using extortion as a means to collect gambling debts owed him. Douglas allegedly operated an illegal gambling business in North Providence which accepted illegal sports wagers over the telephone on various college and professional sports, and he used extortion to collect gambling debts owed his business.
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