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Nine People Charged in Money Laundering Scam that Stole Millions from Businesses

Prosecutors unsealed an indictment in November that charges nine people in an alleged multi-state money laundering scheme that yielded millions of dollars from internet fraud and business email compromise (BEC) schemes.

Report Nik Mebane | Jan 10, 2025

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Sex Abuse

Feds Arrest Halfway House Employee for Allegedly Assaulting Inmate

Tristan Cox, a 33-year-old former halfway house employee, was arrested Nov. 13 on federal charges of non-consensual sexual contact with a federal inmate in his custody and was released on a $10,000 bond.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Jan 9, 2025

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Embezzlement

Man Convicted of Embezzling $2 Million from Gun Store

On Nov. 26, a U.S. district court sentenced Evan Bobzin, a 39-year-old man from Chester, Pa., to 24 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for theft and tax offenses in which he embezzled $2 million, according to a Justice Department press release.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Jan 9, 2025

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Assistant Dean Embezzled Over a Million from Seton Hall Law School

Teresina DeAlmeida, 59, from Warren, N.J., was sentenced to 36 months in prison on Dec. 6 for her part in a scheme to defraud Seton Hall Law School of over a million dollars, according to a DOJ press release. DeAlmedia, her sister Silvia Cardoso, 61, from Warren, N.J., and Rose Martins, 44, from East Hanover, […]

Report Jessika Saunders | Jan 9, 2025

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Financial Gains

Woman Caught in Multi-Million-Dollar Check-Kiting Scheme

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.

Report Jessika Saunders | Jan 8, 2025

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Misrepresentation

A Spy Among Us: Florida Telecoms Worker Acted As Agent of Chinese

Ping Li, a 59-year-old man from Wesley Chapel, Fla., was sentenced on Nov. 25 to 48 months in prison for conspiring to secretly act as an agent of China in the U.S, according to a Justice Department press release.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Jan 8, 2025

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Misrepresentation

Massachusetts Man Admits to Threats Against Jewish Children, Synagogues

John Reardon, a 59-year-old man from Millis, Mass., pleaded guilty on Nov. 25 to one count of obstruction of free exercise of religious beliefs by threat of force, one count of transmitting in interstate commerce a threat to injure a person and one count of stalking using a facility of interstate commerce, according to a […]

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Jan 8, 2025

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Misrepresentation

Florida Man Convicted in Conspiracy to Smuggle Rifles to Costa Rica

A federal jury convicted Gabriel Donato-Mendez, a 48-year-old man from Port St. Lucie, Fla., on Nov. 20 for his participation in a conspiracy to export controlled United States defense articles and for attempted smuggling of AR-15 rifles.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Jan 6, 2025

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Misrepresentation

Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Sports Betting Fraud

Cory Zeidman, 63, from Boca Raton, Fla., pleaded guilty on Dec. 4 to charges related to a multi-year, multi-million dollar sports betting scheme, according to a DOJ press release. Zeidman pled guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.

Report Jessika Saunders | Dec 27, 2024

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Misrepresentation

Fake Delta Force Veteran Sentenced to 40 Years

Saint Jovite Youngblood, aka. Koto Youngblood, 52, from Austin, Texas, was sentenced on Dec. 4 to 40 years in prison for charges relating to a scheme to defraud people out of millions of dollars, according to a DOJ press release.

Report Jessika Saunders | Dec 26, 2024

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Money Laundering

Million-Dollar Launderer Sentenced to Three Years

Richard Charles Appelbaum III, 40, from Maryland Heights, Mo., was sentenced on Dec. 5 to three years in prison for his part in a scheme to launder millions of dollars into cryptocurrency, according to a DOJ press release.

Report Jessika Saunders | Dec 26, 2024

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California Man Allegedly Attempts to Smuggle Meth Through LAX By Caking It On a Cow Pajama Onesie and Other Clothes

Raj Matharu, 31, from Northridge in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, was charged on Nov. 26 with possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, according to a DOJ press release.

Report Jessika Saunders | Dec 23, 2024

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Nine People Charged in Money Laundering Scam that Stole Millions from Businesses

Feds Arrest Halfway House Employee for Allegedly Assaulting Inmate

Man Convicted of Embezzling $2 Million from Gun Store

Assistant Dean Embezzled Over a Million from Seton Hall Law School

Woman Caught in Multi-Million-Dollar Check-Kiting Scheme

A Spy Among Us: Florida Telecoms Worker Acted As Agent of Chinese

Massachusetts Man Admits to Threats Against Jewish Children, Synagogues

Florida Man Convicted in Conspiracy to Smuggle Rifles to Costa Rica

Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Sports Betting Fraud

Fake Delta Force Veteran Sentenced to 40 Years

Million-Dollar Launderer Sentenced to Three Years

California Man Allegedly Attempts to Smuggle Meth Through LAX By Caking It On a Cow Pajama Onesie and Other Clothes

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