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Staged Accidents Lead to Murder Charges in New Orleans Auto Fraud Crackdown

When Cornelius Garrison agreed in 2019 to be an undercover informant in a federal fraud investigation, he was to be the prosecution’s key witness. He was indicted in September 2020 on charges related to the fraud scheme. Four days later, someone shot him 10 times at his New Orleans home.

Feature Raymond L. Daye | Jan 31, 2025

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Missouri Man Burns Morman Church

Christopher Scott Pritchard, a 48-year-old man from Missouri, committed a hate crime and arson after he set the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on fire on April 28, 2021, according to a charging document obtained by The Daily Muck.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Jan 30, 2025

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California Man Indicted for Business Email Compromise Scam that Defrauded Millions of Dollars

Alec Tahir Baker, A 60-year-old man from California, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Rhode Island for his participation in a conspiracy to commit money laundering, bank fraud and identity theft, according to a Justice Department press release.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Jan 30, 2025

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Feds: South Carolina Duo Harassed and Sextorted Family of Intellectually Disabled Man

On Dec. 11, federal authorities charged Trysten Anthony Cullon, 26, and Jade Ashlynn Stone, 25, both from South Carolina, with conspiracy to commit extortion, cyberstalking and wire fraud for a scheme to defraud a vulnerable victim and his family using threatening text messages, which led to a tragic suicide, according to a Department of Justice […]

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Jan 21, 2025

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Man Convicted of Counterfeiting Money… Again

Jacob R. Kirkley, a 48-year-old man from Bismarck, Ill., was found guilty on Dec. 4 of five counts of counterfeiting U.S. currency and selling and possessing counterfeit U.S. currency, according to a Justice Department press release.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Jan 14, 2025

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Massachusetts Man Admits to Threats Against Jewish Children, Synagogues

John Reardon, a 59-year-old man from Millis, Mass., pleaded guilty on Nov. 25 to one count of obstruction of free exercise of religious beliefs by threat of force, one count of transmitting in interstate commerce a threat to injure a person and one count of stalking using a facility of interstate commerce, according to a […]

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Jan 8, 2025

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Florida Man (and His Mom) Stole $750,000 in Gold in an Armed Robbery

A mother and son spent a month casing a salon in preparation for a jewelry heist that rocked Southern Florida.

Report Jessika Saunders | Dec 18, 2024

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Men Who Try to Allegedly Steal Federal Land Busted

The Colorado U. S. Attorney’s Office filed a lawsuit on Nov. 26 against two men, Patrick Pipkin of Colorado and Brian Hammon of Utah, along with a group of unidentified people, for erecting a fence on federal public lands without permission, according to a DOJ press release. The federal lands are called the Hallar Deed […]

Report Jessika Saunders | Dec 17, 2024

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Feds Interdict Planned Mass Shooter in Texas

Cameron Darrick Peterson, 20, from New Braunfels, Texas, pleaded guilty on Oct. 21 in a San Antonio federal court to one count of attempting to obtain a firearm to commit a federal crime, according to a DOJ press release. The plea came four months after Peterson was arrested after he made false statements on an […]

Report Jessika Saunders | Nov 14, 2024

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Feds: Romanian Fraudster Stole Hundreds of Thousands in SNAP and Other Benefits from Low-Income Families

A Romanian national stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from families who can barely make ends meet.

Report Jessika Saunders | Oct 3, 2024

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Tax Evasion

New Hampshire CEO Pleads Guilty to $14.3M Federal Payroll Tax Fraud Over Several Years

Nobody likes to pay income taxes, but they do because it is their civic duty as citizens of this country – and, of course, it’s the law. Imagine the hard-earned money you thought was going to Uncle Sam to pay for our nation’s defense and other essential purposes never reached Washington, D.C.

Report Raymond L. Daye | Sep 18, 2024

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Mississippi Felon Imprisoned for Gun Violations, Was National Constitutional Militia Member

A trip to Georgia can turn into years in prison if you are a convicted felon carrying illegal firearms.

Report Jessika Saunders | Sep 13, 2024

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Staged Accidents Lead to Murder Charges in New Orleans Auto Fraud Crackdown

Missouri Man Burns Morman Church

California Man Indicted for Business Email Compromise Scam that Defrauded Millions of Dollars

Feds: South Carolina Duo Harassed and Sextorted Family of Intellectually Disabled Man

Man Convicted of Counterfeiting Money… Again

Massachusetts Man Admits to Threats Against Jewish Children, Synagogues

Florida Man (and His Mom) Stole $750,000 in Gold in an Armed Robbery

Men Who Try to Allegedly Steal Federal Land Busted

Feds Interdict Planned Mass Shooter in Texas

Feds: Romanian Fraudster Stole Hundreds of Thousands in SNAP and Other Benefits from Low-Income Families

New Hampshire CEO Pleads Guilty to $14.3M Federal Payroll Tax Fraud Over Several Years

Mississippi Felon Imprisoned for Gun Violations, Was National Constitutional Militia Member

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