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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Troy Barnes, 53, of Riverview, Michigan, was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for operating a multi-million dollar Internet Ponzi scheme that defrauded more than 10,000 investor victims worldwide, announced Jill…

Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARK W. ERRICO, 64, of Norwalk, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to federal embezzlement and tax evasion…

(Seattle, WA) A 10-year cyber investigation led by the U.S. Secret Service and Seattle Police Department, culminated today in Seattle federal court with the sentencing of Roman Seleznev (AKA“Track2”). Seleznev, 32, of Vladivostok, Russia, was…

HOUSTON – A 25-year-old Nigerian man who was residing in Houston has pleaded guilty to perpetuating a wire fraud scheme involving various Internet scams, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.

Wiseman Oputa pleaded guilty to one…

Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Judge Harvey E. Schlesinger has sentenced Wilbert Theodore (33, Miami) to four years and nine months in federal prison and Ralph August Lohier (30, Miami) to three years and six months in federal prison…

BOSTON - A New York man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with a fraudulent scheme to obtain and re-sell more than $330,000 worth of new cell phones and for resuming the scheme after being indicted and released…

Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RANDOLPH B. MARTIN, age 39, of Metairie, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information with violation of the Federal Gun Control Act.

According to the court documents, Special…

Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced eight individuals for their roles in a money laundering scheme. They were indicted in May 2015.

According to court documents, between May 2012 and January…

Washington, D.C. – Wednesday, April 19, 1995, was a tragic day for the United States and no less for the Secret Service. Timothy McVeigh, a former Army Gulf War Veteran, and his coconspirator, Terry Nichols, detonated a bomb inside a rental…

Jacksonville, Florida – Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the return of an indictment charging Joseph Xavier Murphy (27, Tampa) with trafficking in credit card manufacturing equipment. If convicted, he faces a maximum…

TRENTON, N.J. – A New York man today admitted his role in one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever charged by the Justice Department, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.

Habib Chaudhry, 49, of Valley Stream…

NEWARK, N.J. – A member of a scheme that used secret card-reading devices and pinhole cameras on PNC and Bank of America ATMs to steal at least $428,581 pleaded guilty today in Newark federal court.

Acting…

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Roosevelt Williams Jr., 25, of Miami, Florida, has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison after pleading guilty in December 2016 for crimes arising from the filing of fraudulent federal income tax returns. The…

PITTSBURGH - A foreign national residing outside of the United States pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of money laundering and aggravated identity theft, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.

Yoandy Perez…

CINCINNATI – Angelia Zwick, also known as Angelia Strunk, 46, of Cincinnati, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to charges related to an embezzlement scheme that defrauded her employer. Specifically, she pleaded guilty to one count of…