News Releases

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Two Central Falls women were sentenced to 3 years in federal prison today for their roles in a long-running scheme to use the stolen identities of more than 400 individuals on fraudulent tax returns resulting in the theft of…

Tampa, FL – United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Jordan Tito (23, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft. He faces a mandatory penalty of two years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.…

Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Tasha Ajibogun, age 35, of Mabelton, Georgia, pled guilty today in federal court in Florence, to passing counterfeit $50.00 Federal Reserve Notes, a violation of…

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Anthony Francis Silvester, III, 37, of Elkins, West Virginia, was charged by a grand jury sitting in Clarksburg in a five-count indictment with making and possessing counterfeit money, Acting United States Attorney…

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) and James P. O’Neill, the…

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 43-year-old Corpus Christi man has been ordered to federal prison for counterfeiting U.S. currency, credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Arturo Garcia pleaded guilty…

Two Miami residents pleaded guilty today to fraud charges stemming from their roles in a $20 million home health care fraud scheme.

U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida, Acting Assistant Attorney General…

WASHINGTON – Federal indictments were unsealed today in the District of Columbia charging 19 people with taking part in various international fraud and money laundering conspiracies that led to more than $13 million in losses, including one…

BOSTON – A Boston man pleaded guilty today in connection with his role in a scheme to steal personal information and bank account numbers to withdraw money from retirement accounts.

Kevin Marseille, 26, pleaded guilty to identity theft,…

Richard Denny Nofsinger, 37, most recently of Galax, previously pled guilty to three counts of producing images of child pornography. Today in United States District Court, Judge James P. Jones sentenced Nofsinger to 60 years in federal prison.…

NEWARK, N.J. – A Milford, Ohio, man today admitted using an Essex County, New Jersey, medical company’s credit card without the company’s permission or consent to fraudulently obtain more than $950,000, U.S. Attorney Paul J Fishman announced.…

BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jared Brown, 20, of Niagara County, NY, has been sentenced to serve 24 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo for violating the terms and…

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – An indictment was unsealed today charging DANIEL TIMOTHY JOHNSON, 33, of Bethany, Oklahoma, and BENJAMIN LEE JOHNSON, 31, of Oklahoma City, with conspiracy to counterfeit United States currency and drug charges,…

NEWARK, N.J. – A native of Romania who was arrested in Spain and extradited to the United States was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to steal bank account information from thousands of customers by installing…

Montgomery, Alabama- Two individuals are facing federal charges for using skimming devices on gas pumps, announced George Beck Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, and Steven T. Marshall, Attorney General for the State of…