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ANDREI TYURIN, a/k/a “Andrei Tiurin,” was extradited from the country of Georgia. TYURIN was arrested by Georgian authorities at the request of the United States for charges arising from his participation in a massive computer hacking campaign…

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said: “The defendant spent most of his adult life profiting from his victimization of girls and women through extreme physical and psychological abuse. All the while, he bragged about…

U.S. District Judge Abdul K. Kallon sentenced RIKKI ROSS, 38, of Hoover, on one count of federal program fraud for stealing from an agency that received more than $10,000 in federal benefits annually between 2012 and 2017 through grants or…

Caal was sentenced to 10 months in prison, Teruel was sentenced to 1 year, and Valido was sentenced to nine months. The defendants were also ordered to serve three years of supervised release upon their release from prison. The defendants…

Secret Service Uniformed Division Officers apprehended Hensley and transported him to Metropolitan Police Department. Hensley was processed and charged with Unlawful Entry and Failure to Obey. For additional details regarding this incident…

Barnwell, of Whitehouse, Texas entered guilty pleas in Peoria before U.S. District Judge Joe Billy McDade on Aug. 29. Sentencing is scheduled on Jan. 9, 2019. According to admissions made in connection with his guilty plea, Barnwell, a…

Barnwell, of Whitehouse, Texas entered guilty pleas in Peoria before U.S. District Judge Joe Billy McDade on Aug. 29. Sentencing is scheduled on Jan. 9, 2019. According to admissions made in connection with his guilty plea, Barnwell, a…

Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Yvonne DiCristoforo, Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service, and Dayton Police Chief Richard S. Biehl announced the sentence imposed today by U.S.…

According to the charging instrument, from calendar years 2015 to 2016, Michael B. Gaines, branch manager of Tri-State, developed a scheme to activate many dormant accounts and withdraw funds from said accounts with the help of another…

The Secret Service is leading the charge to protect U.S. consumers against this growing cyber-enabled financial crime. Skimming is a technique that uses electronic devices to steal encoded information on credit cards to commit fraud. Criminals…

Upon his release from prison, he will be supervised by U.S. Probation for three years. Campanon was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $21,114.84. In April 2018, Campanon pleaded guilty to three counts of a September 2017 federal…

Martin Smith, age 38, from Center Point, Iowa, was convicted of Aiding and Abetting the Obstruction of the Examination of a Financial Institution. At the plea hearing, Smith admitted that he backdated a refinancing loan to obstruct an FDIC…

According to court documents, Ruslan Yeliseyev, 42, of Odessa, Ukraine, made his living selling stolen financial information on underground Russian-speaking criminal websites. The information that Yeliseyev sold, which had been stolen from…

The one-count indictment alleges that the offense occurred in Waterloo on or about February 15, 2017. Earlier today, Brueggemann made his initial appearance in federal court. Brueggemann pleaded not guilty to the charge and was released on…

ELIO ARTURO RODRIGUEZ-MENDEZ of Miami, Florida, and JEAN JESUS RODRIGUEZ-SILVA of Louisville, Kentucky, both pleaded guilty on May 10, 2018, to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Each was sentenced by United States District Judge…