According to court documents and statements made in court, this matter stems from a joint investigation headed by the DEA New Haven Task Force and the Waterbury and Naugatuck Police Departments. The investigation, which included the use of…
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Dec
05
2019
Dec
04
2019
Money mules assist fraud schemes by receiving money from victims, many of them elderly, and forwarding proceeds to foreign-based perpetrators. During the two-month initiative announced today, U.S. law enforcement disrupted mule networks that…
Dec
04
2019
According to court records, in December of 2018, Vicky Leclerc, 28, contacted a person who was selling clothes on Facebook. Leclerc stated that she wished to purchase the clothes for $20 and the seller agreed. Subsequently, Leclerc met with…
Dec
04
2019
Warren E. Shelton, 53, of Chesilhurst, New Jersey, is charged with one count of unlawful possession of imitation badges, identification cards, and other insignia prescribed for use by officers of a department or agency of the United States,…
Dec
03
2019
Additionally, the court ordered restitution for $54,806 payable to Belk and forfeiture of the proceeds of the offense. United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon stated, “Credit card fraud and identity theft crimes can place an enormous…
Dec
02
2019
According to United States Attorney David J. Freed, the jury deliberated for approximately six hours before finding Christy guilty of all charges.
The evidence showed that arrest warrants were issued for…
Nov
27
2019
Georgia man indicted in $6.5+ million dollar online romance scam and business email compromise fraud
“Online romance scams and business email compromise frauds have increasingly become the method of choice for transnational fraudsters targeting U.S. residents and companies,” said U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak. “In this case, a single…
Nov
26
2019
According to court documents, Amaud Brown, aka “Moe Gunz,” 24, is a convicted felon and self-admitted leader of the Gangster Disciples who used four co-conspirators, including the mother of his child, to straw-purchase at least seven firearms…
Nov
25
2019
Anthony Wade Evans, a.k.a. “Devine Evans,” 45, of Porter Ranch, was sentenced by United States District Judge R. Gary Klausner, who also ordered him to pay $34,810 in restitution to American Express.
Evans…
Nov
25
2019
Timothy Dalton Vaughn, 21, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, also admitted making false reports of a plane hijacking and conducting computer attacks, as well as possessing child pornography.
Vaughn – who used online handles that…
Nov
25
2019
Myron Crosby, 28, of Athens, was sentenced by United States District Judge S. James Otero, who also ordered Crosby to pay $110,221 in restitution. Crosby pleaded guilty on August 19 to one count of robbery of United States property.
On…
Nov
21
2019
According to court documents, members of the Louisiana Financial Crimes Task Force received information that NICHOLAS and his co-defendant, Terrence Nealy, would be flying to New Orleans from New York on the morning of June 21, 2019. Jefferson…
Nov
20
2019
Angel L. Morales, 52, of New York, N.Y, previously admitted to the Court that he and others used stolen personal identifying information to open bank accounts as part of a scheme to obtain fraudulent car loans. Once funds from the loans were…
Nov
20
2019
The Court set sentencing in this matter for March 10, 2020. For Count 1, ARMSTEAD faces a maximum term of imprisonment of thirty (30) years, a maximum $1,000,000 fine, up to five (5) years supervised release following any term of imprisonment…
Nov
19
2019
According to court records, Bozeman would falsely hold herself out as an Alabama Power employee or a close associate of an employee, and offer to pay the utility bills of individuals in exchange for an amount of cash that was less than they…