Project Deliverance Leads to Over 2,200 Arrests, Seizure of 74 Tons of Drugs, $154M
Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:29:06 -0500
A 22-month joint U.S.-Mexican operation known as "Project Deliverance," which targeted the transportation infrastructure of Mexican drug trafficking organizations in the United States, especially along the Southwest border, has resulted in the arrest of 2,266 individuals and the seizure of approximately $154 million in U.S. currency and approximately 1,262 pounds of methamphetamine, 2.5 tons of cocaine, 1,410 pounds of heroin, 69 tons of marijuana, 501 weapons, and 527 vehicles.
Massachusetts Hospital Employee Sentenced for Embezzling $1 Million
Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:37:42 -0500
Richard P. Webb, of Boston, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 42 months in prison for embezzling over $1 million from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center while employed there as a practice assistant in the Ear, Nose, and Throat Department.
Executive, 12 Others Charged in New York in $12 Million Securities Fraud Scheme
Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:46:17 -0500
Steven Kimmel, the owner and chief executive officer of a Miami-based company called Realcast that provided live broadcasting and video on demand over the Internet, along with 12 other individuals, were indicted in Manhattan federal court for their alleged roles in a $12 million securities and wire fraud scheme.
Louisiana Businessman Charged with Fraud
Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:01:40 -0500
Gary Seale, of Zachary, Louisiana, was indicted on charges of wire fraud, money laundering, making false statements to a financial institution, filing false tax returns, and forfeiture. Seale faces a maximum sentence of 236 years in prison and a fine of $3,950,000.
Contractor Sentenced for Defrauding Ohio Company of More Than $1.6 Million
Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:00:49 -0500
Vernon Menifee, of Marietta, Georgia, was sentenced in Ohio to 40 months in prison for defrauding Cincinnati-based Schottco Corporation and Schott Leasing Company out of $1,686,647.30 between 2006 and 2008. Menifee was also sentenced to a consecutive term of 36 months in prison for violating the terms of his supervised release on a prior federal conviction for bank fraud and tax evasion.
Montana Man Convicted of Robbery
Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:08:58 -0500
Gentry Carl Labuff, of Browning, Montana, was found guilty of robbery. He faces possible penalties of 15 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and three years of supervised release when sentenced.
Taiwan LCD Producer, Subsidiary, Execs Indicted in LCD Price-Fixing Conspiracy
Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:13:06 -0500
A federal grand jury in San Francisco returned a superseding indictment against the largest Taiwanese thin-film transistor-liquid crystal display panels (TFT-LCD) producer and seller, its Houston-based American subsidiary, and six of its executives for participating in a conspiracy to fix prices of TFT-LCD panels.
Ohio Executive Pleads Guilty to Operating $7 Million Ponzi Scheme
Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:37:03 -0500
David J. Harriett, of Warren, Ohio, pled guilty to one count of mail fraud for executing a Ponzi scheme that defrauded approximately 200 people of nearly $7 million.
Missouri Man Indicted for Bank Robberies
Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:58:36 -0500
John David Farnell, of Fulton, Missouri, was charged with two bank robberies, an attempted bank robbery, and using a firearm in relation to a crime of violence.
Man Pleads Guilty in New Jersey to Assaulting a Debtor to Collect Illegal Loan
Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:02:17 -0500
Anthony Cariello, of East Brunswick, New Jersey, pled guilty to an extortion conspiracy charge stemming from his assault of a debtor to collect an illegal loan.
Colorado Man Indicted in Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:13:56 -0500
Gary A. Noble, of Denver, Colorado, was charged in a 63-count indictment with allegedly knowingly devising and intending to devise a scheme to defraud lending companies that funded residential mortgage loans and for obtaining money from them and from buyers.
Pennsylvania Chiropractor Charged with Health Care Fraud and Mail Fraud
Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:20:59 -0500
Dr. Joseph J. Lerner, a chiropractor, was charged in Philadelphia in connection with a $3 million scheme to defraud Independence Blue Cross, Aetna Health Management, Highmark Blue Shield, and five other victim insurance companies.
Eight Members of Drug Trafficking Organization Indicted in Pennsylvania
Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:23:53 -0500
Indictments were unsealed in Reading, Pennsylvania against Steven J. Santana, Jr., Lameek Staton, Samuel Valles, Luis Berrios, Jose Olmeda, Elvin Perez, Cori DeVault, and DeShante Lewis, all members of the Santana Drug Trafficking Organization, charging them in a conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and heroin.The investigation and charges are part of the 222 Corridor Anti-Gang Initiative.
Leader of Multi-Million-Dollar Asylum Fraud Conspiracy Sentenced in Pennsylvania
Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:28:47 -0500
David Lynn, of Holland, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 40 months in prison for leading an asylum fraud scheme that netted him and five co-defendants millions of dollars in illegal profits.
Mississippi Businessman Arrested on Fraud Charges
Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:47:57 -0500
Ricky Douglas Deveny, of Gulfport, Mississippi, who owned, operated, and controlled Sandstone Construction, Inc., was arrested pursuant to an 11-count indictment charging him with wire fraud in connection with allegedly intentionally devising and carrying out a scheme and artifice to defraud and to obtain money or property from at least 10 homeowners in Harrison and Hancock Counties by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises.
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