Franklin Man Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Filing False Tax Returns
Brad D. Schimel, First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that Nael Jabbar (age 47) of Franklin, Wisconsin, pled guilty…
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Six St. Louis Area Residents Accused of $8.3 Million Pandemic Fraud
The indictment accuses the conspirators of submitting at least 40 fraudulent applications for Paycheck Protection Program loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans that yielded…
Continue ReadingFormer Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Nasdaq-Listed Company Charged With Operating a Continuing Financial Crimes Enterprise in Multi-Year Scheme to Defraud Investors and Lenders
Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, a ten-count indictment was unsealed charging Puthugramam “Harish” Chidambaran, the founder and former Chief Executive Officer of…
Continue ReadingIn One Week, National Fraud Enforcement Division Announces More Arrests, Convictions and Sentences Representing Over $340 Million In Taxpayer Fraud
The Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division announced the following actions from across the country to hold individuals accountable for schemes that attempted or…
Continue ReadingIllegal Alien Previously Convicted of Drug Trafficking and Identity Theft Indicted for Illegal Reentry
BOSTON – A Dominican national who unlawfully resided in Dorchester has been indicted by a federal grand jury for illegally reentering the United States…
Continue ReadingFive Arrested in Kentucky and Colorado for Scheme to Fraudulently Obtain $1.6 Million in COVID-19 Relief Funds
Louisville, KY – Five people were arrested today in Kentucky, Indiana, and Colorado on federal charges for their role in a scheme to fraudulently…
Continue ReadingFormer Social Security Administration Worker Charged in Disability Funds Theft Scheme
Baltimore, Maryland – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced today that a federal grand jury indicted a former Social Security Administration…
Continue ReadingThree Accused of More than $2 Million Fraud Targeting Cruise Line
Thomas Markwell appeared in court Friday after being arrested in Argentina. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingMiddlesex County Woman Sentenced to 20 Months for Defrauding Multiple COVID-19 Relief Programs
A Middlesex County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced to 20 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining Economic Injury Disaster Loan (“EIDL”), Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”),…
Continue ReadingHawaii Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing Disaster Relief Funds Intended for Lahaina and Pacific Palisades Fire Victims
HONOLULU – United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Chelsea Johnson, 32, of Honolulu, Hawaii, was sentenced yesterday to four months in prison, followed…
Continue ReadingSt. Louis County Man Admits $637,000 in Pandemic, Disability Fraud
Preston Randall admitted applying to the U.S. Small Business Administration for a series of Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) for various businesses using various…
Continue ReadingU.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella, Jr., Announces New Leadership for the Office’s Long Island Division and Criminal Section
Joseph Nocella, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announced today the appointment of Catherine Mirabile as Chief of the…
Continue ReadingFederal Charges Filed Against Naples Man In $3.7 Million Fraud Scheme
Fort Myers, Florida – Leonard W. Krane (75, Naples) has been charged by indictment with four counts of wire fraud and two counts of money…
Continue ReadingFour Sentenced to Combined 99 Months in Federal Prison for US Postal Bribery Scheme
Four defendants involved in a United States Postal Service bribery scheme were sentenced to a combined 99 months in federal prison. Source: U.S. Department…
Continue ReadingEagle Man Sentenced to 52 Months for Embezzlement and Tax Fraud
Miles Elletson, 55, of Eagle, Idaho, was sentenced to 52 months in federal prison for wire fraud and filing false tax returns, U.S. Attorney…
Continue ReadingNew Orleans Man Guilty of False Statements, Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, Money Laundering, Possessing a Stolen Vehicle and Wire Fraud
NEW ORLEANS – HARDELL MACK (“MACK”), age 54, of New Orleans, pleaded guilty on March 25, 2026 before United States District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo…
Continue ReadingChinese National Unlawfully Residing in U.S. Sentenced to Prison for Identity Theft and Vehicle Theft Scheme
HUACHUN ZHENG, also known as “Ri Yuan,” 43, a citizen of China last residing in Queens, New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District…
Continue ReadingDominican National Pleads Guilty to Illegal Reentry, Misuse of Social Security Number, and Benefits Fraud
PROVIDENCE – A Dominican national illegally residing in the United States has pleaded guilty in federal court in Rhode Island for engaging in a…
Continue ReadingChinese National Pleads Guilty in $65 Million Multinational Fraud and Money Laundering Ring Targeting Seniors
SAN DIEGO – Ziyue Zhao, aka “Chris Zhao,” pleaded guilty in federal court today and admitted he participated in a $65 million fraud and…
Continue ReadingFormer Member of the Air Force Pleads Guilty to Multi-Year Bid Rigging Schemes and Conspiracy to Defraud U.S. Air Force
A former active-duty Master Sergeant of the U.S. Air Force pleaded guilty yesterday to fraudulently inflating the cost of information technology (IT) contracts for…
Continue ReadingChinese National in YouTube Video Pleads Guilty in $27 Million Multinational Fraud Scheme Targeting 2,000 Seniors
SAN DIEGO – Jiandong Chen, aka “Little Tiger,” pleaded guilty in federal court today and admitted he participated in a $27 million fraud and…
Continue ReadingTwo men sentenced to prison for scheme to defraud Savannah Port logistics service
A logistics company employee and a trucking company owner have been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay restitution after pleading guilty to a…
Continue ReadingGoose Creek Man Sentenced in N. Charleston Public Corruption Scheme
Hason Tatorian “Tory” Fields, 52, of Goose Creek, has been sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for conspiracy to commit bribery…
Continue ReadingPrime Capital Ventures CEO Sentenced to 97 Months for Multimillion Dollar Wire Fraud Conspiracy
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Kris Roglieri, age 46, of Queensbury, New York, was sentenced to 97 months in prison for a wire fraud conspiracy…
Continue ReadingConvicted Felon Pleads Guilty in Connection with $50 Million Real Estate Fraud Scheme
A convicted felon pleaded guilty to orchestrating a years-long real estate investment fraud scheme that raised more than $50 million from investors through false…
Continue ReadingTen Foreign Nationals Charged In An International Operation Targeting Cryptocurrency Market Manipulation
OAKLAND – Federal grand juries indicted ten executives and employees of four different cryptocurrency financial services firms (known as “market makers”) for orchestrating fraud…
Continue ReadingFive Accused of Stealing $511,000 from Missouri Childcare Expansion Program
The program awarded funds for the opening of new childcare facilities or the expansion of existing facilities. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingCEO Of Credit Monitoring Company Pleads Guilty In Connection With Nationwide Online Marketing Scheme
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced the guilty plea of MICHAEL BROWN for his operation of a…
Continue ReadingFederal Judge Revokes Naturalization of Married Couple Who Conspired to Steal Medical Trade Secrets and Share Them with China
On March 30, Judge James E. Simmons Jr., of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California entered an order revoking the…
Continue ReadingNigerian Fraudster Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison
WILMINGTON, N.C. – A federal judge sentenced a Nigerian man, Saheed Sunday Owolabi, to 15 years in federal prison for his role defrauding victims…
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