NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A Houston, Texas, woman was sentenced today to nearly 15 years in prison for her role in a $6 million fraud scheme involving "Mystery Shoppers."
Timeiki Hedspeth, 39, was found guilty of nine charges…
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Nov
03
2017
A Seattle man sentenced for mail fraud and wire fraud in 2009, changed his name and committed a new round of frauds resulting today in a 61 month federal prison sentence, three years of supervised release and restitution in the…
Nov
03
2017
Baltimore, Maryland – On November 2, 2017, United States District Judge Marvin J. Garbis sentenced Tara Kathleen Whyte, age 30, of Hollywood, Florida, and Gambrills, Maryland to 54 months in federal prison followed by 3 years…
Nov
03
2017
(Washington, D.C.) – Today at approximately 9:24 a.m., a male subject approached a U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division Officer on patrol along the north side of Pennsylvania Avenue near Lafayette Park. The individual stated…
Nov
02
2017
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The owner of American Auto Pros in Corpus Christi has admitted he used numerous credit card accounts belonging to others in order to obtain things of value without authorization, announced Acting United…
Nov
01
2017
Portland, Maine - United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Yaisder Herrera Gargallo, 24, of Miami, Florida, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to 40 months in prison and three years of…
Oct
31
2017
BIRMINGHAM – The U.S. Attorney’s Office today charged two Shelby County residents with conspiring to operate a large-scale pawnshop fencing ring, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge…
Oct
27
2017
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Karapet Damaryan, 66, of Tujunga, CA, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. to three years in prison for aggravated identity theft and bank fraud, United States Attorney…
Oct
27
2017
DALLAS — Today, U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater sentenced three defendants for their roles in a conspiracy involving fraudulent purchases in North Texas using counterfeit bank cards, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern…
Oct
27
2017
Anderson, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Kenneth Bearden, age 49, of Anderson, South Carolina, entered a guilty plea in federal court in Anderson to Manufacturing Counterfeit Federal Reserve Notes…
Oct
25
2017
Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that WAYNE SONIAT, age 61, of New Orleans, was charged in a two-count Bill of Information with wire fraud and making false statements on federal income tax returns.
According…
Oct
25
2017
Memphis, TN – A Memphis man has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for committing bank fraud against financial institutions in the Memphis area. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the…
Oct
25
2017
The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Katie Stygles, 29, of Piermont, New Hampshire, pleaded not guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to federal fraud charges. U.S. Magistrate…
Oct
25
2017
TRENTON, N.J. – A former financial advisor entrusted with advising clients on investments was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for defrauding his client, a former factory worker, out of his retirement savings and using the…
Oct
24
2017
Greenville, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Jamie Edward Cole, age 38, of Gray Court, S.C. entered a guilty plea today in federal court in Greenville, to Manufacturing Counterfeit Currency, in…