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Sep

29

2017

Twelve retail store owners, operators, and clerks, have been charged in connection with schemes to illegally redeem food stamp benefits in exchange for cash.

Benjamin G. Greenberg, Acting United States Attorney for the…

Sep

29

2017

BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK – Joshua Michael Furbeck, age 22, of Oswego, New York, was sentenced today to serve 42 months in prison for Threatening to Murder a Federal Law Enforcement Officer, and 42 months in prison for Threatening to Murder a…

Sep

29

2017

LEXINGTON, Ky. – A Savannah, Ga. woman, who previously admitted to her role in a conspiracy to unlawfully obtain federal tax refunds, was sentenced today to 24 months in prison. She is the fourth and final defendant to be sentenced in this…

Sep

29

2017

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Garik Voskanyan, 34, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. to 15 months in prison for bank fraud, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.…

Sep

27

2017

LITTLE ROCK — Patrick C. Harris, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Stephen G. Azzam, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New Orleans Field Division, and Diane Upchurch, Special…

Sep

27

2017

BOISE – Brian Ray McClure, 55, an inmate of the Idaho Department of Corrections, was sentenced yesterday to 33 months in federal prison for mailing threatening communications to a Washington state judge, U.S. Attorney Bart M.…

Sep

26

2017

MADISON, WIS. – Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Joseph Jakubowski, 33, Janesville, Wis., was convicted today of stealing 18 firearms and two silencers from a…

Sep

26

2017

LOS ANGELES – A Walnut resident has been arrested on federal charges of making a hoax threat by falsely reporting to airline and law enforcement officials that an acquaintance of his planned to blow up an airplane and posed a threat to the…

Sep

26

2017

Jerry Louis, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by Indictment with one count of bank fraud and one count of access device fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The Indictment alleges that in April 2012, Louis…

Sep

26

2017

LEXINGTON, Ky. – A Nicholasville, Ky. man was sentenced yesterday to 41 months in federal prison for manufacturing counterfeit Federal Reserve Notes.

U.S. District Court Judge Joseph M. Hood sentenced 39-year-old Thomas…

Sep

15

2017

RENO, Nev. – A Reno resident made his initial appearance in federal court Thursday for allegedly engaging in a $3.5 million fraud scheme involving over 8,000 fraudulent PayPal credit accounts, bank accounts, and prepaid credit and…

Sep

13

2017

AMARILLO, Texas — Michelle Renee Whitman, aka "Michelle Renee Weaver" and "Raven," 46, of Amarillo, Texas, was sentenced today for printing counterfeit checks that were used at various stores and banks, announced John Parker, U.S…

Sep

11

2017

KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A former owner of a restaurant in Lenexa was sentenced Monday for bank fraud, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.

Charles R. Waits, 56, Lenexa, Kan., was sentenced to three years on supervised release and…

Sep

08

2017

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Russian cyber-criminal who sold stolen credit card data and other personal information through the identity theft and credit card fraud ring known as "Carder.su" pleaded guilty yesterday in two separate…

Sep

08

2017

Four more defendants pleaded guilty to conspiracy and passport fraud charges during the past month for their roles in liquidating and laundering victim payments generated through a massive telephone impersonation fraud and money…