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Former Child Soldier General Lied to Get Green Card

On Jan. 17, Laye Sekou Camara, a 46-year-old man from Mays Landing, New Jersey, who served as a general in a rebel group in Liberia, pleaded guilty to using and possessing a green card he unlawfully obtained, according to a Justice Department press release.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Feb 27, 2025

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Racketeering

‘Crypto Godfather’ Pleads Guilty to Tax Crimes, Violating Civil Rights Via Off-Duty Cops

On Jan. 17, a cryptocurrency businessman calling himself “The Godfather” and a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy pleaded guilty to federal charges, including extortion, illegal search warrants and civil rights violations, according to a Justice Department press release.

Report Matthew Koelher | Feb 24, 2025

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Medical Fraud

Largest COVID Scam Ever: Scammers Allegedly Filed for 600 Million of Fake Benefits

Tiffany Williams, Janine Davis, Keith Williams, James Hames Jr., Morais Dicks, Ewendra Mathurin and Jamari Lewis, all from New York, have been charged in an indictment unsealed on Jan. 22 for tax fraud related to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a DOJ press release.

Report Jessika Saunders | Feb 21, 2025

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Multiple People Plead Guilty in Scam to Rig Bids of Commercial Roofing Projects

Four individuals and one company pleaded guilty in a conspiracy to rig commercial roofing bids around central Florida in a scam that prosecutors say undermines fair competition, according to a Jan. 10 Justice Department press release.

Report Nik Mebane | Feb 14, 2025

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Misrepresentation

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

Bribery

Feds: Sheriff Sells Badges for Bribes

Scott Howard Jenkins, 53, a former Republican sheriff of Culpeper, Va., was convicted on Dec. 18, 2024, by a jury in Charlottesville, Va., of taking bribes from people in exchange for appointing them to auxiliary deputy sheriff positions, according to a DOJ press release. Jenkins had three co-conspirators, Rick Tariq Rahim, Fredric Gumbinner and James […]

Report Jessika Saunders | Jan 29, 2025

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Influence Peddling

Feds: Another Chinese Agent Cozied Up to U.S. Politician

John Chen, 71, a Chinese national living in Los Angeles, was sentenced on Nov. 19, 2024, to 20 months in prison for bribing the IRS to target a Falun Gong practitioner living in the U.S. and acting as an unregistered agent of China, according to a DOJ press release.

Report Jessika Saunders | Jan 27, 2025

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Misrepresentation

Elvis Sentenced for Stealing Cars, Reselling Them on Facebook Marketplace

Elvis Perez, aka “Pops,” 60, from Bridgeport, Conn., was sentenced on Dec. 17, 2024, to 60 months in prison for his part in a family scheme to scam dozens of people and businesses out of $1 million, according to a DOJ press release. The identity theft scheme spanned multiple states and involved his spouse, Stephanie […]

Report Jessika Saunders | Jan 24, 2025

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Misrepresentation

Watch the Fish in Mississippi: Company and Execs Sentenced for Lying about Seafood

Todd A. Rosetti and James W. Gunkel, both from Ocean Springs, Miss. and their company Quality Poultry and Seafood (QPS), were sentenced after being charged for their role in food mislabeling that prosecutors say lasted over two decades. QPS is regarded as the top seafood wholesaler on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, according to court documents.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Jan 24, 2025

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Misrepresentation

Chinese Man Allegedly Illegally Exported DOD Data, Illegally Imported Rare Earth Materials

A man allegedly lied to two U.S. defense contracting companies by concealing that the products he sold to them from his American-based company were repacked goods from the China-based company he owned.

Report Jessika Saunders | Jan 15, 2025

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Identity Theft

Man Sentenced to Life for Murdering and Dismembering Roommate in to Collect Life Insurance Benefits

A New York man was sentenced to life in prison on Nov. 6 for murdering and dismembering a woman in a plot to cash in on her $200,000 life insurance policy.

Report Nik Mebane | Dec 9, 2024

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Bribery

North Carolina Man Launders $2 Billion in Insurance Scam

Greg Lindberg, 54, currently living in Tampa, Fla., pleaded guilty on Nov. 12 to conspiracy to commit money laundering for his part in a scheme to scam insurance policyholders and regulators, according to a DOJ press release. The scheme took place in multiple areas, including Malta, Bermuda and North Carolina.

Report Jessika Saunders | Nov 26, 2024

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Former Child Soldier General Lied to Get Green Card

‘Crypto Godfather’ Pleads Guilty to Tax Crimes, Violating Civil Rights Via Off-Duty Cops

Largest COVID Scam Ever: Scammers Allegedly Filed for 600 Million of Fake Benefits

Multiple People Plead Guilty in Scam to Rig Bids of Commercial Roofing Projects

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

Feds: Sheriff Sells Badges for Bribes

Feds: Another Chinese Agent Cozied Up to U.S. Politician

Elvis Sentenced for Stealing Cars, Reselling Them on Facebook Marketplace

Watch the Fish in Mississippi: Company and Execs Sentenced for Lying about Seafood

Chinese Man Allegedly Illegally Exported DOD Data, Illegally Imported Rare Earth Materials

Man Sentenced to Life for Murdering and Dismembering Roommate in to Collect Life Insurance Benefits

North Carolina Man Launders $2 Billion in Insurance Scam

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