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USPS Employee Sentenced to Four Years for Stealing 750,000 in Disability, Tax Refund and Social Security Checks

Zerion Marcos Franklin, 35, from Fayetteville, N.C., was sentenced on Dec. 27, 2024, to 48 months in prison for his role in a scheme to steal $750,000 from the United States Treasury, according to a DOJ press release.

Report Jessika Saunders | Feb 4, 2025

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Elder Fraud

Tech Support Fraudsters Targeting Elderly Busted

Sun Tong Lin, 37, and Xueliang Chen, 36, both from Staten Island, N.Y., were indicted on Dec. 17, 2024, on charges of conspiracy and wire fraud, according to a DOJ press release. The charges were related to a scheme to defraud at least nine people of $288,000.

Report Jessika Saunders | Feb 4, 2025

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Political Figures

Jordanian Saboteur Pleads Guilty to Damaging Energy Facilities in the U.S.

On Dec. 20, Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen, a 44-year-old Jordanian native living in Orlando, Fla., pleaded guilty to four counts of threatening to use explosives and one count of destruction of an energy facility, according to a Justice Department press release.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Feb 4, 2025

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Misrepresentation

Feds Charge “Rug Pullers” in Largest NFT Scam in History

In a six-count indictment that was unsealed on Dec. 20, two men from California were charged with defrauding investors in an NFT scam, according to a Justice Department press release.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Feb 3, 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

Financial Gains

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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Corrections Officer

DOC Employees Let Man Who Was Having A Neurological Crises Die Over Two Long Days Without Providing Him Treatment

The purpose of prison is to serve the punishment, but unless the penalty is a life sentence, a prisoner will one day reintegrate into society, at least in theory.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Jan 30, 2025

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Feds: Louisiana Keeps People Incarcerated Past Their Prison Sentences

A federal lawsuit has been filed by the Justice Department against the State of Louisiana and the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (LDOC) for allegedly keeping prisoners incarcerated for weeks and months after they have fully served their sentences and were legally entitled to be released, according to a Justice Department press release.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Jan 30, 2025

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Misrepresentation

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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Embezzlement

Arizona Elected Official Stole $38 Million from Santa Cruz County

Elizabeth Gutfahr, 62, a former treasurer of Santa Cruz County, Ariz., pleaded guilty on Nov. 20, 2024, to charges related to a scheme to steal over $38 million in county funds and avoiding paying more than $13 million in taxes, according to a DOJ press release. Gutfahr pleaded guilty to money laundering, tax evasion, and […]

Report Jessika Saunders | Jan 29, 2025

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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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Racketeering

Chinese Man Pleads Guilty to Running Illegal Police Station in NYC

Chen Jinping, 60, from New York, pleaded guilty on Dec. 18, 2024, to crimes related to operating an illegal police station in Lower Manhattan, NYC, under the direction of China’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS), according to a DOJ press release. Jinping acted as an unlicensed agent of the Chinese government on behalf of one […]

Report Jessika Saunders | Jan 27, 2025

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USPS Employee Sentenced to Four Years for Stealing 750,000 in Disability, Tax Refund and Social Security Checks

Tech Support Fraudsters Targeting Elderly Busted

Jordanian Saboteur Pleads Guilty to Damaging Energy Facilities in the U.S.

Feds Charge “Rug Pullers” in Largest NFT Scam in History

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

Missouri Man Burns Morman Church

DOC Employees Let Man Who Was Having A Neurological Crises Die Over Two Long Days Without Providing Him Treatment

Feds: Louisiana Keeps People Incarcerated Past Their Prison Sentences

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

Arizona Elected Official Stole $38 Million from Santa Cruz County

Feds: Sheriff Sells Badges for Bribes

Chinese Man Pleads Guilty to Running Illegal Police Station in NYC

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