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Accountant and Sister Embezzled $1.5 Million from Employer

On Dec. 5, a federal court sentenced Margaret Ward Heilman, 66, of Darlington County, S.C., and her sister Katherine Ward Gray, 60, of Florence County, S.C., to prison for their involvement in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud, according to a Justice Department press release.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Jan 14, 2025

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Man Convicted of Counterfeiting Money… Again

Jacob R. Kirkley, a 48-year-old man from Bismarck, Ill., was found guilty on Dec. 4 of five counts of counterfeiting U.S. currency and selling and possessing counterfeit U.S. currency, according to a Justice Department press release.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Jan 14, 2025

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White Supremacist Florida Man Sentenced for Meth and Guns

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.

Report Matthew Koelher | Jan 13, 2025

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Investment Advisor Steals $2.1 Million from Clients

Kristi Margaret Berge, the 48-year-old founder and CEO of Keep Safe Investments, aka KSI Financial, a planning and investment services firm, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and two years of supervised release for her role in a wire fraud scheme in which millions of client investment funds were misappropriated, according to the […]

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Jan 10, 2025

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Alleged “Cryptojacker” Indicted

Joshua Paul Armbrust, a 44-year-old man from Orr, Minn., was indicted for an illegal so-called “cryptojacking” scheme that led to significant financial losses, according to a public statement by the Department of Justice.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Jan 10, 2025

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Money Laundering

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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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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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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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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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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Accountant and Sister Embezzled $1.5 Million from Employer

Man Convicted of Counterfeiting Money… Again

White Supremacist Florida Man Sentenced for Meth and Guns

Investment Advisor Steals $2.1 Million from Clients

Alleged “Cryptojacker” Indicted

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

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