Alabama Real Estate Investors Sentenced for Mail Fraud
Alabama Real Estate Investors Sentenced for Mail Fraud: Department of Justice officials reported Monday that two Alabama real estate investors have been sentenced in Mobile U.S. District Court to nearly two years in prison for big rigging at public foreclosure auctions and mail fraud. Robert M. Brannon of Laurel, Miss., and his son, Jason R. […]
Former West Virginia Panel Attorney Sentenced for Wire Fraud
Former West Virginia Panel Attorney Sentenced for Wire Fraud: A Belington panel attorney, Lisa A. Weese, has been sentenced by United States District Judge John Preson Bailey to federal prison for billing the state of West Virginia for services that she did not perform. Weese, who pleaded guilty in November 2012 to mail fraud, must […]
Brookwood Man Sentenced For Wire Fraud
Brookwood Man Sentenced For Wire Fraud: According to the United States Attorney’s Office, over a two year period Huffman Earl Monk of Brookwood, AL paid over $220,000 in bribes as part of a fraud scheme that resulted in a $1 million loss to the government. Monk was the owner of several brokerage companies that were […]
North Alabama Doctor Sentenced for Health Care Fraud
North Alabama Doctor Sentenced for Health Care Fraud: United States District Judge Inge P. Johnson has sentenced Diana K. McCutcheon to one year and one day in prison on four counts of health care fraud and two counts of wire fraud. She also agreed to pay the same amount to the government as proceeds of […]
Louisiana Woman Accused of Wire Fraud in aftermath of BP Oil Spill
Louisiana Woman Accused of Wire Fraud in aftermath of BP Oil Spill: According to United States Attorney Dana J. Boente’s office, a Slidell woman pleaded guilty in a federal court to wire fraud on Friday April 19, 2013. Keishandra Houston, 36, admitted that she received money after wiring false earnings statements to the Gulf Coast […]
Former National Guard Employee Faces Wire Fraud Charges
Former National Guard Employee Faces Wire Fraud Charges: Angela Watson, a former employee for the Indiana National Guard, faces federal wire fraud charges after she allegedly stole more than $200,000 from United States Army funds. Watson is accused of using her position as a National Guard program analyst to make unauthorized personal purchases and then […]
Weston Entrepreneur Convicted of Wire Fraud
Weston Entrepreneur Convicted of Wire Fraud: Weston Entrepreneur Paul John McMann, 54, was convicted after a jury trial on April 4th of three counts of wire fraud in connection with his defrauding several individuals in 2008. The Weston real estate developer was apprehended eight months ago after he was indicted on federal criminal charges. In […]
Frederick Business Owner Admits to Defrauding Charities
Frederick Business Owner Pleads Guilty in Federal Wire Fraud Case: Stephen Lane Reid, Vice President of RMS Direct Inc., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud in a United States District Court on Tuesday. Reid also owned 35 percent of the bulk mailing company in Frederick which had more than 200 clients […]
Couple Accused of Wire Fraud Arrested in New York City
Couple Accused of Wire Fraud Arrested in New York City: Federal authorities announced Monday that they had arrested a Windermere couple accused of wire fraud at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York as they waited for a flight to London. Michael Rivers, 48, and Kim Rivers, 45, are accused of defrauding unsuspecting business […]
Milton Man Guilty of Bank and Wire Fraud
Milton Man Guilty of Bank and Wire Fraud: Edward Johnson, 52, pleaded guilty Monday to bank fraud and six counts of wire fraud before United States District Judge Denise Casper. He will be sentenced on June 27th for his involvement in a property flipping scheme that dates back to 2006. According to court documents, in […]