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Cop and Brother Plead Guilty to Defrauding Energy Efficiency Program

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.

Report Strahinja Nikolić

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Financial Gains

Business Owner Pollutes Environment for Personal Gain

The owner of Red Barn Diesel Performance installed illegal software to circumvent emission control systems required by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Report Jessika Saunders

A Truck Spews Black Toxic Smoke From Its Exhaust Pipe Representing People Like Isaac Allen That Sell Emissions Defeat Devices That Harm The Environment and Circumvent the Law

Money Laundering

“Pump-and-Dumper” Pleads Guilty in International Stock Conspiracy

Ronald Bauer, a Canadian and United Kingdom citizen who resided in the UK, pleaded guilty for his role in a long-running so-called “pump-and-dump” stock manipulation scheme.

Report Strahinja Nikolić

Ronald Bauer Shown Here in a Aug. 26 Photo Taking a Selfie at the Gym Has Pleaded Guilty to U.S. Federal Charges in a Pump and Dump Scheme

Sex Trafficking

Little League Coach Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Entice Minor for Sex

A volunteer Little League coach tried to solicit sex online from a 13-year-old. That 13-year-old was actually an undercover detective posing as a minor to catch adult predators.

Report Matthew Koelher

Joseph Rocco Quaranta Has Pleaded Guilty to Enticing a Minor for Sex in Marion County Florida

Misrepresentation

Final Executive Sentenced in Proposed Nuclear Plant Disaster

Jeffrey Alan Benjamin, 62, from Jenkinsville, S.C., was sentenced on Nov. 21 to one year and one day for failing to provide accurate information to the energy company SCANA, which caused them to deceive regulators, shareholders and the public, according to a DOJ press release.

Report Jessika Saunders

Jeffrey Allen Benjamin Walking Out of a Courthouse With His Attorney Has Been Sentenced to One Year and One Day in Prison For His Rule in a Nuclear Power Plant Scheme

Identity Theft

Feds Bust Identity Theft Ring in South Carolina

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.

Report Strahinja Nikolić

A Man in a Mask Holds a Fishing Rod Over a Gift Bag of Stolen Credit Cards with Hackmas Written in the Background

Embezzlement

Dirty Rotten Lawyer: Attorney Steals Bequeathments Intended for Charity

Brian Logan, 50, an attorney in Frankfort, Ky., pleaded guilty on Nov. 20 to aggravated identity theft, money laundering, wire fraud and bank fraud in a scheme to steal from charities, according to a DOJ press release.

Report Jessika Saunders

A Man in a Gray Business Suit Puts a Bundle of Money in His Jacket Pocket Representing Attorney Brian Logan Who Stole Money From His Client.

Political Figures

Reports of Reprisal by Navy Official Substantiated

A recent investigation by the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Inspector General (IG) uncovered evidence that a military commander retaliated against a whistleblower by recommending the revocation of security clearance.

Report Strahinja Nikolić

Navy Members Shown From Behind at Parade Rest Representing a New Finding of Fault Against a Navyt Commander for Reprisal

Financial Gains

Hacker Gets Five Years for Stealing Billions in Bitcoin

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.

Report Jessika Saunders

Ilya Lichtenstein and His Wife Heather Morgan Have Pleaded Guilty to a Crypto Scam

Elder Fraud

Elder Fraud Skyrocketing in Post-Pandemic America

If elder fraud were a stock, you would be a fool not to buy, buy, buy.

Resource Raymond L. Daye

Elder Fraud Targets Americas Seniors More Than Evere Before As Represented in This Photo of an Elderly Woman on Her Computer

Misrepresentation

Air National Guard Member Will Serve 15 Years for Leaking Hundreds of Classified Documents on Discord

Jack Douglas Teixeira, 22, a member of the Air National Guard from North Dighton, Mass., was sentenced to 15 years in prison and three years supervised release on Nov. 12 for sharing hundreds of classified and Top Secret national defense Information documents on Discord, a social media site, according to a DOJ press release.

Report Jessika Saunders

Jack Teixeira an Air National Guardsman Has Been Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Disclosing U.S. Classified Information

Sex Abuse

‘License to Rape’: The Seamy Side of a Spy

For 14 years, a CIA employee got away with sexually abusing passed-out women while serving his country. But Brian Jeffrey Raymond’s luck ran out in his embassy-leased apartment in Mexico City on May 31, 2020, when his last victim screamed for help and neighbors called the local police.

Feature Raymond L. Daye

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Cop and Brother Plead Guilty to Defrauding Energy Efficiency Program

Business Owner Pollutes Environment for Personal Gain

“Pump-and-Dumper” Pleads Guilty in International Stock Conspiracy

Little League Coach Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Entice Minor for Sex

Final Executive Sentenced in Proposed Nuclear Plant Disaster

Feds Bust Identity Theft Ring in South Carolina

Dirty Rotten Lawyer: Attorney Steals Bequeathments Intended for Charity

Reports of Reprisal by Navy Official Substantiated

Hacker Gets Five Years for Stealing Billions in Bitcoin

Elder Fraud Skyrocketing in Post-Pandemic America

Air National Guard Member Will Serve 15 Years for Leaking Hundreds of Classified Documents on Discord

‘License to Rape’: The Seamy Side of a Spy

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