Maryland A federal jury convicted Sandra Denise Curl of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Percy Leroy Jacobs of Prince Frederick, Maryland on Monday for conspiring to file false tax returns, and theft of…
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Former Ecuadorian Comptroller Indicted for Alleged Bribery and Money Laundering
MIAMI The former Comptroller General of Ecuador was indicted for allegedly engaging in a scheme to launder money to conceal an illegal bribery scheme, according to officials. According to the March 24…
Texas Man Allegedly Set Fire to Synagogue in Austin
A federal grand jury in Austin, Texas, returned a three-count indictment charging Franklin Barrett Sechriest with setting fire to the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue last year, officials announced Thursday. According to a…
Four Indicted for Alleged $16 Million Fake Investment Scheme
ARKANSAS Four men were named in a federal indictment for an alleged $16 million wire fraud and money laundering scheme involving fake investment offerings. According to court documents, John C. Nock, 53,…
Chinese Government Employee Allegedly Conspired to Get Fraudulent U.S. Visas
WASHINGTON D.C. A federal jury convicted a New Jersey man for his involvement in a conspiracy to fraudulently obtain U.S. visas for Chinese government employees, officials announced Wednesday Zhongsan Liu was convicted…
UPS to Pay $5.3 Million for Alleged False Reports of Delivery of U.S. Mail Carried Internationally
WASHINGTON D.C. United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) has agreed to pay approximately $5.3 million to resolve its potential liability for falsely reporting delivery of U.S. mail on international deliveries, officials announced this…
Man Defrauded Amazon Out of More Than $1.3 Million, Facing Up to 20 Years in Prison
LOS ANGELES A third-party seller on Amazon.com Inc. has admitted gaming the online retailer’s payment system in a scheme The scheme resulted in Amazon being defrauded out of more than $1.3 million,…
Feds: Former Long Beach Police Officer Guilty of Distributing Child Porn
LOS ANGELES A former Long Beach Police officer pleaded guilty Monday to a federal criminal charge for distributing child pornography, officials stated. Anthony Brown was on duty as a law enforcement officer…
Los Angeles Residents Arrested for Allegedly Illegally Getting $300,000 in COVID-19 Loans
LOS ANGELES Two downtown Los Angeles residents were arrested Friday on a federal criminal complaint for fraudulently illegally getting more than $300,000 – and attempted to obtain an additional $1 million –…
Two Charged with Multiple Armed Robberies of 7-Eleven stores
LOS ANGELES A federal grand jury Wednesday charged two Los Angeles County men in an eight-count indictment alleging they committed multiple armed robberies of 7-Eleven stores and another business in Los Angeles…
Former Prison Nurse Indicted for Sexually Assaulting a Dozen Female Inmates
OREGON A federal indictment was unsealed today in Portland, Oregon, charging a former Oregon Department of Corrections employee with sexually assaulting a dozen female inmates while serving as a nurse at the…
N.J. Man Guilty of Threatening Black Woman and Her Family, Used Racial Epithets
NEW JERSEY Michael Marotta, 26, of Sewell, New Jersey, pleaded guilty Tuesday to making threatening interstate communications. Marotta admitted that he used an anonymizing text message service to threaten physical harm to…