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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
John Chen, 71, a Chinese national living in Los Angeles, was sentenced on Nov. 19, 2024, to 20 months in prison for bribing the IRS to target a Falun Gong practitioner living in the U.S. and acting as an unregistered agent of China, 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 […]
Todd A. Rosetti and James W. Gunkel, both from Ocean Springs, Miss. and their company Quality Poultry and Seafood (QPS), were sentenced after being charged for their role in food mislabeling that prosecutors say lasted over two decades. QPS is regarded as the top seafood wholesaler on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, according to court documents.
On Dec. 11, federal authorities charged Trysten Anthony Cullon, 26, and Jade Ashlynn Stone, 25, both from South Carolina, with conspiracy to commit extortion, cyberstalking and wire fraud for a scheme to defraud a vulnerable victim and his family using threatening text messages, which led to a tragic suicide, according to a Department of Justice […]
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