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On Jan. 15, Okezie Bonaventure Ogbata, a 36-year-old man from Nigeria, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud connected to a transnational inheritance scam in which more than 400 people were defrauded of over $6 million.
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Anthony Sanders, aka “Slanga,” a 28-year-old man from McRae-Helena, Georgia, and Marlita Andrews, a 28-year-old woman from Macon, Georgia, were charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, according to a Justice Department press release.
Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, a Japanese national and Yakuza Leader, pleaded guilty on Jan. 8 to his part in a conspiracy to traffic nuclear materials to other countries from Burma, along with weapons charges and narcotics trafficking, according to a DOJ press release.
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 […]
Liridon Masurica, a 33-year-old Kosovo native, was indicted by the U.S. and arrested by the authorities in Kosovo after he was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud and five counts of fraudulent use of unauthorized access devices.
A federal district judge has sentenced Danny Ray Boree, 39, of Keystone Heights, Fla., to 10 years and 10 months in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, according to a Justice Department press release.
Ten people were convicted in federal court for their participation in an identity theft and fraud ring that extended from South Carolina north to New York, south to Florida and west to Texas, touching down in North Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Virginia and Missouri along the way.
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Roberto Munoz, a 29-year-old man from Hialeah, Fla., and Jason Rhodes, a 34-year-old man from Flushing, N.Y., were arrested and charged for their alleged roles as couriers in so-called “grandparent scams” that targeted senior citizens in multiple states, including Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Babatunde Francis Ayeni, 33, a Nigerian national living in the United Kingdom, was sentenced to ten years in prison for his part in a years-long scheme that affected 400 people and stole nearly $20 million, according to a DOJ press release.
A federal court sentenced Ogheneofejiro Godswill Uzokpa, 28, of Warri, Nigeria, to seven years in prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from at least a dozen elderly women in a romance scheme, according to a DOJ press release. The sentence comes after Uzokpa pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and one count […]
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