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June 2018

Financial Fraud: Clifford Keith Gwinn Pled Guilty To Embezzling From The Teays Valley Volunteer Fire Department

Former Cabinet Secretary Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Fire Department Funds He stole over $178,790 between 2013 and 2016 from Teays Valley Fire Department In Separate Embezzlement Scheme Wife Embezzles over $75,000 from the Same Fire Department HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Hurricane man and former West Virginia Cabinet Secretary pled guilty today to embezzling $178,790 from […]

Financial Fraud: LUIS DIAZ JR. and LUIS JAVIER DIAZ Sentenced For Their Roles In Funneling $100 Million Through The U.S. Financial System

Owners Of Miami Export Business Sentenced For $100 Million Unlicensed Money Transmitting And International Money Laundering Scheme Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that LUIS DIAZ JR. and LUIS JAVIER DIAZ were sentenced to eight months and four months in prison, respectively, for their roles in […]

Health Care Fraud: Ronald Grusd And His Corporations Sentenced For Fraudulently Bill Insurance Companies Over $22 Million For Medical Services

Beverly Hills Doctor Sentenced to 10 Years in Custody for Massive Workers’ Comp Scheme SAN DIEGO – Beverly Hills Radiologist Ronald Grusd and two of his corporations, California Imaging Network Medical Group and Willows Consulting Company, were sentenced in federal court today after a jury trial in December resulted in convictions on 39 felony fraud […]

Financial Fraud: Antonio Cooper Sentenced For Involvement In a Scheme To Fraudulently Obtain Millions Of Dollars in Income Tax Refunds

Maryland Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Role in Scheme That Used Stolen Identities to Fraudulently Seek Tax Refunds Wide-Ranging Operation Filed Over 12,000 Fraudulent Tax Returns Seeking More Than $42 Million WASHINGTON – A Maryland man was sentenced today to seven years in prison for his involvement in a scheme to fraudulently […]

Financial Fraud: Mark R. Wogsland and Bret S. Naggs Charged in Alleged Participation in a Complex Accounting And Securities Fraud Scheme

  Two former executives of Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc., a publicly traded transportation and trucking company formerly headquartered in Cudahy, Wisconsin, were charged in an indictment unsealed today for their alleged participation in a complex accounting and securities fraud scheme that resulted in a loss of more than $245 million in shareholder value. Acting Assistant […]

Cyber Crime: ROGER THOMAS CLARK Extradited For His Key Figure in the Development of Silk Road and Advised Ross Ulbricht

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Extradition Of Senior Adviser To The Operator Of The “Silk Road” Website Roger Thomas Clark Was a Key Figure in the Development of Silk Road and Advised Ross Ulbricht on All Aspects of the Criminal Enterprise Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James […]

Financial Fraud: Jamesy Havens Sentenced For Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud And Multiple Money Laundering Offenses

Jamesy Havens Sentenced As Leader Of Fraud Ring Approximately $1.5 million in fraudulent loans obtained from car loan companies Fraudsters concealed scheme by filing false claims of identity theft LOUISVILLE, Ky. – United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman announced today that Senior United States District Judge Charles R. Simpson III sentenced Jamesy Havens, age 42, […]

Financial Fraud: Tanya Jumroon Pleads Guilty in Forced Labor and Visa Fraud Scheme

Oregon Woman Pleads Guilty for Role in Forced Labor and Visa Fraud Scheme Involving Thai Restaurant Workers Defendant financially benefited from co-defendant’s use of debts, fraud, threats of financial and reputational harm, and other means to compel victims to work at restaurants WASHINGTON – Tanya Jumroon, also known as Thunyarax Phatanakit Jumroon, 59, of Beaverton, […]

Elder Justice: Communities Are Focusing on The Abuse, Fraud, Neglect, and Schemes Perpetrated Against Older Individuals

Message from U.S. Attorney Ron Parsons for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day June 15, 2018, is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.  Communities around the world are focusing on the abuse, fraud, neglect, and schemes perpetrated against older individuals.  As South Dakota’s United States Attorney, I take very seriously the role of our office in protecting […]