WATSON was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud, three counts of bank fraud, three counts of wire fraud, and four counts of aggravated identity theft. According to today’s indictment, the investigation was…
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May
03
2019
May
02
2019
According to the guilty plea, Lewis worked as a bookkeeper for a Crowley equipment company from March 2014 to May 2016. She used accounting software to transfer funds from the company’s bank account to accounts and debit cards she…
May
01
2019
Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan of the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge George L. Piro of the FBI’s Miami Field Office,…
May
01
2019
“This is an exciting and invigorating time at the Secret Service and it is an honor to have been selected for this position,” said James Murray, Director of the Secret Service. “I look forward to the opportunity to lead this extraordinary…
Apr
30
2019
Ariana Fajardo Orshan, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, Brian Swain, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service (…
Apr
30
2019
United States Attorney Jaquith said, “The jury unanimously found that Taubert targeted former President Obama and Representative Waters because of their race. Racist threats to kill present and former public officials are not protected free…
Apr
30
2019
Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan of the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge George L. Piro of the FBI’s Miami Field Office,…
Apr
30
2019
Angel L. Morales, 51, of Bronx, New York, traveled to the Dominican Republic in September 2018, shortly after federal agents executed search warrants at the New Jersey apartment of one of his alleged co-conspirators. Morales returned to the…
Apr
30
2019
Francisco Oscar “Frank” Grullon, 52, was convicted following a six-day jury trial of one count of conspiracy, 15 counts of theft or conversion of United States property, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. U.S. District…
Apr
29
2019
Elvis E. Roman, 33, of Romania, pleaded guilty to a two-count Indictment and one-count Information before United States District Judge Nora Barry Fischer. In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that, in September and October…
Apr
29
2019
In a “card cracking” scheme, a group of people create counterfeit checks and recruit complicit bank account holders who allow use of their bank accounts to deposit the bogus checks and the use of their ATM cards to withdraw funds prior to the…
Apr
25
2019
In a one-count information filed in U.S. District Court, the United States Attorney charged DELAINE DAWSON SUMMERVILLE, 50, with wire fraud for her role in an embezzlement scheme targeting one of her accounting firm’s clients, the Best Western…
Apr
24
2019
Lawrence Espaillat, 41, of Clifton, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan in Trenton federal court to an information charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. According to documents filed…
Apr
24
2019
Ikponmwosa Eugene Idemudia, 40, of Rancho Cucamonga, was sentenced at a Monday hearing by United States District Judge Percy Anderson, who also ordered him to pay $1,328,982 in restitution. Idemudia pleaded guilty in October 2018 to one felony…
Apr
23
2019
U.S. District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell sentenced Shaun Cruz Conine, 46, to 30 years in federal prison for his crimes. Conine previously pleaded guilty on Jan. 17, 2019, admitting to possessing with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of…