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Jan
29
2018
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A former office manager of New England Anesthesiologists, Inc., and president of Anesthesia Management Consultants, LLC, was sentenced today to 37 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $700,000…
Jan
26
2018
(Washington, D.C.) – On this date, The United States Secret Service issued warnings to financial institutions about cyberattacks on ATM’s known as "jackpotting."
ATM jackpotting is a sophisticated crime in which thieves…
Jan
25
2018
PROVIDENCE – A Central Falls man who participated in a scheme to use the stolen identity of numerous individuals to open retail store credit cards and lines of credits, which he used to purchase tens of thousands of dollars worth…
Jan
25
2018
SHREVEPORT, La. – United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment charging a Shreveport businessman with scamming more than $96 million from investors and financial institutions…
Jan
25
2018
LITTLE ROCK—Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging Phillip Hill, a former Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) database manager, with…
Jan
25
2018
PROVIDENCE – A Central Falls man who participated in a scheme to use the stolen identity of numerous individuals to open retail store credit cards and lines of credits, which he used to purchase tens of thousands of dollars worth…
Jan
24
2018
Jackson, Miss. – Gonzalo De La Fuente, 23, and Alejandro Boynak, 35, both citizens of Argentina who came to the United States on tourist visas, were sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to serve 17 months in…
Jan
23
2018
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Two local men have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions of identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Vernon Sonsteng, 56, and Michael Anthony Villegas, 33, both of…
Jan
23
2018
Christopher R. Buse, 42, of Staunton, Illinois, was indicted on January 17, 2018 on one count of receipt of child pornography, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today. The…
Jan
23
2018
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – SUSAN MICHELLE TYSON, 51, of Yukon, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for stealing $467,352.43 from the Oklahoma Operating Engineers Welfare Plan, announced Robert J. Troester,…
Jan
19
2018
ATLANTA - Quentin Pickett has been sentenced for operating a credit card theft ring that stole hundreds of credit cards that were being mailed to accountholders. Pickett and his co-conspirators stole credit cards from the secured…
Jan
18
2018
HAMMOND – The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced that Elbert Johnson, age 40, of Crown Point, Indiana was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge James T. Moody. Johnson…
Jan
18
2018
SAN DIEGO – Daniel Stephen Wray pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting that he was the leader of an elaborate scheme to steal identities and make and use fraudulent credit cards at multiple San Diego retailers.
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Jan
18
2018
CINCINNATI – Rodney D. Cydrus, 48, formerly of Chillicothe, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to mailing threatening communications. Cydrus was an inmate at Lebanon Correctional Institution at the time of this offense.
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