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2017

Financial Fraud: Valteen Green Indicted and Pled Guilty For Making a False Statement as it Related to a Health Care Program

Personal Care Attendant Pleads Guilty to Making a False Statement as it Relates to a Health Care Benefit Charlottesville, VIRGINIA – A personal care attendant, who for four years lied about the amount of hours she worked for a homebound retiree, pled guilty yesterday in the United States District Court for the Western District of […]

Investment Fraud: Stanley Jonathan Fortenberry Charged And Sentenced For Running Fraudulent Investment Companies

Texas Man Charged With Running Fraudulent Investment Companies WASHINGTON – A Texas man was charged with fraud and obstruction of justice in an indictment unsealed today involving two investment companies that allegedly defrauded investors resulting in losses of approximately $900,000. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney John […]

Healthcare Fraud: Elma Myles Sentenced In Connection With Her Role In a Health Care Fraud Scheme And Aggravated Identity Theft

Biller for Medical Equipment Provider Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft and Defrauding the IRS by Failing to File Tax Returns Used Patients’ Personal Information to Fraudulently Bill Medicaid Resulting in Losses Over $1.2 Million< Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis sentenced Elma Myles, […]

Cyber Crime: Gerard “Jerry” M. McTear III Charged With Threatening to Damage And Intentionally Damaging Computers

Florida Man Arrested for Forcing a San Diego Company’s Website Off-Line Assistant U. S. Attorney Alexandra Foster (619) 546-6735 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – March 3, 2017 SAN DIEGO – A Florida man was arrested this morning on charges that he intentionally shut down a San Diego software company’s website and refused to restore it until […]

Personal Vehicle For Business – Are You Guilty

Do you use your personal vehicle for business tasks? Are you like one of the thousands – perhaps millions – of people who casually use their personal automobile for business purposes day in and day out? If so, you may be in for a big surprise in the event that your insurance company becomes any […]

Financial Fraud: Alex Mgbolu Sentenced To Defraud in an International Mass Marketing Consumer Fraud Scheme

Former Canadian MoneyGram And Western Union Agent Sentenced To 6o Months’ Imprisonment On Fraud And Money Laundering Conspiracy Charges HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Alex Mgbolu, age 45, of Toronto, Canada, was sentenced February 23, 2017 to 60 months’ imprisonment by Chief United States District […]

Financial Fraud: SANTIAGO DE LA TORRE Sentenced For Conspiracy to Make False Statements Concerning Highway Projects

Second Manufacturer Of Defective North Carolina Bridge Parts Sentenced to 35 Months In Federal Prison RALEIGH -United States Attorney John Stuart Bruce announced that today in federal court before United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle, SANTIAGO DE LA TORRE, 45, of Cicero, Illinois, was sentenced to serve 35 months in federal prison ori harges […]

Financial Fraud: BRADFORD BARNEYS Pleaded Guilty For a Scheme To Defraud Individuals, Mortgage Lenders And The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Attorney Pleads Guilty to Role in Scheme That Targeted Distressed Homeowners Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRADFORD BARNEYS, 51, of Odenton, Maryland, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to conspiring with Timothy W. Burke in a long-running fraud scheme that targeted […]

Financial Fraud: ANSHOO SETHI Sentenced For Abused the EB-5 Visa Program and Blatantly Lied to Investors

Hotel Developer Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Exploiting U.S. Visa Program CHICAGO — A Chicago hotel developer was sentenced today to three years in prison for exploiting a federal visa program to fraudulently raise capital from Chinese nationals who were seeking residency in the United States. ANSHOO SETHI, the founder of A Chicago […]