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Nov

04

2016

Two Michigan men were indicted for credit card fraud for having 94 cards with stolen account numbers and names, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.

Timothy Darnel Keith, 25, of Canton, Michigan, and…

Nov

04

2016

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Juan Vasquez, 53, of Providence, the mastermind behind a long-running scheme to use the stolen identities of more than 400 individuals on fraudulent tax returns resulting in the receipt of more than $2.6 million in…

Nov

03

2016

LAFAYETTE – United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Lafayette man was sentenced Monday to 57 months in prison for stealing approximately $1.5 million from an insurance settlement his sister received while she was…

Nov

02

2016

COEUR D’ALENE – Matt Eugene Ruck, 49, of Moscow, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court to 60 months in prison followed by 3 years supervised release for wire fraud and theft of government money, unlawful possession of…

Nov

02

2016

TRENTON, N.J. – A Hicksville, New York, man was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for his role in one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever charged by the Justice Department, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Ijaz Butt, 57…

Nov

02

2016

NEW BERN - United States Attorney John Stuart Bruce announced that today in federal court United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced MAURICE ANTHONY DRUMMOND, 30, of Charlotte, to serve a total of 75 months in prison, followed…

Oct

31

2016

ALEXANDRIA, VA – Karen Holtz, 50, of Haymarket, was arrested today on charges related to her role in a financial fraud and identity theft scheme while working for JMS Ventures, Inc.

Holtz, who was indicted on October 26, is charged with…

Oct

31

2016

Baltimore, Maryland – Martin Aleksandrov Enev, age 27, a Bulgarian national residing in Randallstown, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to possession of device-making equipment with the intent to defraud.

The guilty plea was announced by…

Oct

27

2016

A mother and son from Toledo were charged for their roles in a conspiracy to defraud people out of tens of thousands of dollars and then launder the stolen money, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.

Oct

25

2016

Charlotte McEwen, 50, of Nashville, Tenn., pleaded guilty yesterday to eight counts of wire fraud in connection with a scheme to embezzle approximately $466,331 from her former employer, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the…

Oct

21

2016

WASHINGTON – Antwon Pitt, 22, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 60 years in prison on charges involving two home invasions, including one in which he sexually assaulted a woman in Southeast Washington, announced U.S. Attorney…

Oct

20

2016

Markeith L. Milton, 24, and Dominic L. Hudson, both of Chicago, was indicted for using other people's credit card numbers to obtain property, said U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon.

If convicted, the defendant’s sentence will be…

Oct

20

2016

NORFOLK, Va. – Lindsay Kneff, 36, of Virginia Beach, was indicted by a federal grand jury today on six counts of wire fraud, six counts of mail fraud, one count of falsely altering Postal Service money orders and three counts of engaging in…

Oct

20

2016

DALLAS — Following a four-day trial before Chief U.S. District Judge Barbara M. G. Lynn, a federal jury has convicted Latonya Carson, 42, of Dallas, on several federal offenses stemming from her role in a scheme to steal personal identifying…

Oct

17

2016

Baltimore, Maryland – On October 14, 2016, U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Junaidu Saljan Savage, a/k/a James Kamara, age 30, of Lanham, Maryland, to 87 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for…