Financial-gains
Wendell Lynn Smallwood, Jr., 30, a former running back from Wilmington, Del. and resident of New Jersey, pleaded guilty to wire fraud, conspiracy, and defrauding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), according to Smallwood’s plea agreement.
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.
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.
Katherine Mott-Formicola, 54, from Pittsford, N.Y., pleaded guilty on Dec. 3 to charges related to a scheme to inflate various bank accounts artificially, according to a DOJ press release. Mott-Formicola pled guilty to money laundering and financial institution fraud for her “check kiting” scheme that cost the banks millions of dollars.
A mother and son spent a month casing a salon in preparation for a jewelry heist that rocked Southern Florida.
Joseph Ponzo, a 51-year-old former police officer from Stoneham, Mass., and his younger brother Christoper, 50, pleaded guilty to a bribery and kickback scheme that netted them millions of dollars from Mass Save contracts, according to a DOJ public statement.
The owner of Red Barn Diesel Performance installed illegal software to circumvent emission control systems required by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Ilya Lichtenstein, 36, a Russian-U.S. national living in New York City, was sentenced on Nov. 14 to five years in prison for his part in a conspiracy to steal around 120,000 Bitcoins from the global cryptocurrency exchange Bifinex, according to a DOJ press release.
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.
Darren Barr, 39, from Philadelphia, was sentenced to 57 months in prison on Nov. 6 for his part in a scheme to defraud the Lucas County Auditor’s Office, according to a DOJ press release. Barr organized and collaborated with other co-conspirators, pretending to be county-approved vendors to get over $620,000.
The Justice Department reached a settlement with NH Learning Solutions Corporation (NHLS) over allegations that the company inflated Post-9/11 GI Bill claims.
A man admitted to stealing thousands of dollars from sports betting investors for years.
Handing over a counterfeit iPhone to Apple so they can replace it with a real one is not a foolproof plan.
Taking $70,000 in donations for a statue dedicated to fallen officers and spending it on yourself and your family won’t impress a jury of your peers.
A former American Airlines mechanic was sentenced to nine years in prison earlier this month for his role in a conspiracy to import and possess cocaine, according to a press release by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of New York.
A North Carolina auto parts business owner violated the Clear Air Act twice in two years, according to a recent settlement agreement with the DOJ.
A Romanian national stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from families who can barely make ends meet.
Jonathan Freeze, a 65-year-old man accused of conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud, pleaded guilty on Sept. 4 before United States District Judge Robert J. Colville, according to a plea agreement obtained by The Daily Muck.
Daniel Jarrett Ridlinghafer, 37, of Marana, Ariz., was indicted on 11 charges of bank, wire and mail fraud by a federal grand jury in Tuscon on Aug. 14, according to a DOJ press release. Ridlinghafer defrauded homeowners out of more than $695,000, prosecutors say.
Despite thousands of investigations and interdictions, prisoners still retain the ability to smuggle drugs into incarceration facilities– at least in Georgia state prisons.
In March 2016, federal agents seized a 2000-year-old, one-ton ceramic mosaic piece of floor that had been illegally brought into the United States several months earlier.
Two Virginia men found guilty of stealing mail from U.S. Post Office mailboxes will be sentenced later this year, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Eastern Virginia reported in an Aug. 16 press release.
If you are an intelligence analyst who wants to be Jason Bourne, selling U.S. military secrets to China isn’t the way to go.
Alcides Roman, a 65-year-old man from Lebanon, Tennessee, has been indicted on charges of defrauding investors out of more than $1 million.
In the military, “Gold Star” families are those who have made the ultimate sacrifice– the loss of their loved ones in the service of their nation.
A coalition of state Attorneys General and the U.S. Justice Department are suing Apple for what they call “anticompetitive and exclusionary” business practices, according to a new lawsuit.
The government is serious about stopping cyber threats to U.S. infrastructure– so serious that the State Department is offering millions under its Rewards for Justice Program for information leading to the identification or location of members of the ALPHV BlackCat ransomware group, according to a March 27 announcement.
Over the last few years, NBA fans have grown increasingly upset at some of the league’s biggest stars. No, it’s not because they were losing games, it’s because they weren’t playing in them.
