Former Cook County Forest Preserve District Engineer Charged with Accepting...
CHICAGO October 31, 2013 — Two facilities of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, which were spruced up in 2011, became part of an FBI sting investigation that resulted in federal charges...
View ArticleLouisiana Lawyer Sentenced to Prison for Role in Mortgage Fraud Scheme
LAS VEGAS October 30, 2013 — A lawyer from Louisiana who worked locally as a real estate agent, was sentenced today to three years in prison for his conviction on conspiracy and fraud charges related...
View ArticleLA gunman planned to kill ‚multiple‘ TSA agents: FBI
LA gunman planned to kill ‚multiple‘ TSA agents: FBI (via AFP) The gunman who opened fire at Los Angeles airport, killing one security agent, carried a note saying he planned to kill „multiple“...
View ArticleBoston: Businessman Convicted in Fraud Scheme
BOSTON November 04, 2013 — The former treasurer and chairman of the Board of Directors of Nevada-based First Global Financial Corporation was convicted today for his participation in a fraudulent...
View ArticleFormer Cameron County Woman Convicted of Voter Fraud
BROWNSVILLE, TX November 04, 2013 — Sonia Leticia Solis, 55, has entered a plea of guilty to voting more than once in connection with the 2012 primary runoff election held in Cameron County on July 31,...
View ArticleMayesville Man Convicted of Passing Millions of Dollars in Bogus Government...
COLUMBIA, SC November 04, 2013 — William N. Nettles, United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina, announced today that Charlie McCants Jr., age 66, of Mayesville, was found guilty after a...
View ArticleNew Canaan Man Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison for Role in Organized...
November 01, 2013 — Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Joseph Borea, 56, of New Canaan, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L....
View ArticleCalifornia Woman Pleads Guilty to Threatening Minot Air Force Base
BISMARCK November 07, 2013 — U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on November 4, 2013, Tiffany S. Anderson, 24, Lompoc, California, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on two counts of...
View ArticleRandall Michael Lawson Sentenced to 216 Months in Prison and Lifetime...
GREENEVILLE, TN November 06, 2013 — Randall Michael Lawson, 58, of Limestone, Tennessee, was sentenced on November 6, 2013, to serve 216 months in prison, followed by lifetime of supervised release, by...
View ArticleScam Targets Small Businesses in Snohomish County
November 06, 2013 — The FBI Seattle Division and the Everett Police Department join the Snohomish County Public Utility District (PUD) in advising PUD customers to be aware of a new telephone scam that...
View ArticleFormer Peoria Real Estate Developer to Serve Two Years in Prison for Role in...
SPRINGFIELD, IL November 08, 2013 — Former Peoria, Illinois real estate developer Shara Andrews, now of Mobile, Alabama, was sentenced today in Springfield. Andrews, 40, formerly known as Shara...
View ArticleFormer Broker Charged with Multiple Counts of Wire Fraud
November 07, 2013 — United States Attorney James Santelle of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on November 5, 2013, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Lisa A. Lewis (age...
View ArticleKansas City Man Sentenced to 31 Years in Prison for Attempted Armed Bank...
KANSAS CITY, MO November 13, 2013 — Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Missouri man was sentenced in federal court today for...
View ArticleJudge Sentences Bucks County Investment Adviser to Four Years in Embezzlement...
PHILADELPHIA November 14, 2013 — David Rothman, 50, of Richboro, Pennsylvania, was sentenced yesterday to 48 months in prison for wire fraud and money laundering. Rothman was the vice president of...
View ArticleAlbuquerque Woman Sentenced to Eight Years for Methamphetamine Trafficking...
ALBUQUERQUE November 14, 2013 — Reyna Carizoza, 51, a Mexican national illegally in the United States, was sentenced this morning to 97 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release,...
View ArticleWayne Man Sentenced in Connection with Scheme to Defraud Huntington Small...
CHARLESTON, WV November 14, 2013 — A Wayne County man who defrauded a Huntington-based small business of more than $10,000 in supplies was sentenced today to five years’ probation, announced U.S....
View ArticleGallup Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison on Second-Degree Murder...
ALBUQUERQUE November 14, 2013 — Thomas Benally, 53, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Gallup, New Mexico, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, followed by two years of...
View ArticleMonroe Couple Sentenced for Interstate Theft and Tax Offenses
November 14, 2013 — A husband and wife from Monroe were sentenced today for their roles in a theft and tax violation scheme, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. Judge Marianne O. Battani...
View ArticleSomali Pirates Sentenced to Multiple Life Sentences in Murders of Four...
NORFOLK, VA November 14, 2013 — Somali nationals Ahmed Muse Salad, a/k/a “Afmagalo,” 27, Abukar Osman Beyle, 33, and Shani Nurani Shiekh Abrar, 31, who were previously found guilty of piracy, murder...
View ArticleWest Virginia Woman Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison for Embezzling $1...
CINCINNATI November 14, 2013 — Melissa Trenary Grove, 41, of Bunker Hill, West Virginia, was sentenced to 27 months in prison for embezzling more than $1 million from her employer in Cincinnati. Carter...
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