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Jun

23

2017

Greenbelt, Maryland – On June 23, 2017, U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Hussain Abdullah, age 39 of Forestville, Maryland, to 60 months in prison, followed by 3 years supervised release, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud,…

Jun

23

2017

(Buffalo, NY) – The United States Secret Service Buffalo Electronic Crimes Task Force recently hosted a Cyber and Operational Resilience Tabletop Exercise. The training was facilitated by Secret Service cyber investigations subject matter experts…

Jun

21

2017

Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell today sentenced Fontella James (37, Plant City) to two years and eight months in federal prison for conspiracy and aggravated identity theft. She pleaded guilty on April 11, 2017.…

Jun

20

2017

CHICAGO — Six suburban men have been indicted on fraud charges for their alleged roles in a “card cracking” scheme that targeted members of the U.S. military and defrauded a federally-insured savings bank out of more than $830,000.

The…

Jun

20

2017

CAMDEN, N.J. – A Riverside, California, man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to steal 94,000 credit and debit cards from customers at approximately 80 Michaels’ Stores and use that information to make fraudulent withdrawals from the…

Jun

20

2017

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office today honored more than 100 law enforcement officers, agents, and investigators for their outstanding work on dozens of cases that led to the convictions of murderers, sexual predators, fraudsters, and…

Jun

20

2017

Abingdon, VIRGINIA – Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced today that Operation Rolling Thunder, a joint investigation conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, has resulted in twenty-four arrest…

Jun

20

2017

ALEXANDRIA, La. – Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Georgetown woman pleaded guilty last week to making fake U.S. $20 bills.

Gena Armstrong, 20, of Georgetown, La., pleaded guilty Friday before U.S. District…

Jun

19

2017

 

SAN DIEGO – Two local tax preparers and their recruiter were sentenced today in federal court to 30 months in prison for their involvement in a tax preparation scam that resulted in the filing of hundreds of false…

Jun

19

2017

DALLAS – A McKinney, Texas, man, Moiz Mumtaz Ali, 36, appeared last week before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater and pleaded guilty to one count of failure to develop, implement, and maintain an anti-money laundering program, announced…

Jun

16

2017

Orlando, Florida – U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Audrey Montserrate (50, Dania), Benancio Lopez (53, St. Cloud), Richard Ellis (30, Miami), and Donald S. Sutliff (42, Kissimmee) to federal prison terms for laundering proceeds…

Jun

15

2017

Tampa, Florida – Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Rebecca Smith (46, Spring Hill) today pleaded guilty to mail fraud. She faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set…

Jun

14

2017

Jacksonville, Florida – Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the return of a superseding indictment charging Guarino Edwards Broccoli, a/k/a Gary Broccoli, a/k/a Gary Edwards (53, Fort White), with three counts of theft of…

Jun

14

2017

PITTSBURGH – Five residents of the Western District of Pennsylvania have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy and passing and uttering counterfeit money, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced…

Jun

14

2017

El Dorado, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Gregory A. Taylor, age 51 of Clanton, Alabama, was sentenced on Monday to 66 months in federal prison followed by three years of…