BIRMINGHAM – A federal grand jury today indicted an undocumented Mexican national on charges concerning counterfeit identification documents, U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Homeland Security Investigations Resident Agent in Charge David Denton announced. The indictment filed in U.S. District Court charges LAZARO RUIZ-PEREZ, 36, with three counts of transferring counterfeit Social Security and Permanent Read More »
FRESNO– Jose Alfredo Colorado Munoz, 29, of San Jose, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to traffic in counterfeit music CDs and movie DVDs, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to the plea agreement, from January 2010 to November 2010, Colorado and others operated a warehouse in San Jose, where they regularly sold thousands Read More »
FRESNO, Calif. — Victor Puga Quiroz, 28, of Modesto, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to three years and 10 months in federal prison for conspiring to traffic in counterfeit music CDs and motion picture DVDs, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to court documents, from January Read More »
FRESNO– Jose Alfredo Colorado Munoz, 29, of San Jose, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to traffic in counterfeit music CDs and movie DVDs, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to the plea agreement, from January 2010 to November 2010, Colorado and others operated a warehouse in San Jose, where they regularly sold thousands Read More »
US Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Christipher West, age 39, of Sioux Falls appeared before Chief US District Judge Karen E. Schreier on February 22, 2012, and pled guilty to an indictment that charged him with Passing Counterfeit United States Currency. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, Read More »
Brittan Kettles, 19, of Nashville, Tennessee was convicted by a federal jury yesterday of four counts of making and selling counterfeit U.S. currency, announced Jerry E. Martin, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee and Keith Perrigan, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Secret Service – Nashville Field Division. “Our law enforcement Read More »
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced today that Jon P. Herdman, 34 and Jennifer Lee Liggett, 33, both from Greensburg, Pennsylvania, were charged with manufacturing and passing counterfeit obligations of the United States. According to United States Attorney Peter J. Smith, Herdman and Liggett were manufacturing counterfeit $10 bills Read More »
US Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that four people have been indicted by a federal grand jury for making, passing and dealing in counterfeit US currency. Jared D. Thompson, age 18, of Elk Point, South Dakota, was indicted by a federal grand jury on February 7, 2012, for Making Counterfeit US Currency and Dealing in Read More »
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Dai Zhensong, 28, a citizen of the Peoples Republic of China, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court at Chattanooga, to serve 37 months in prison as a result of his August 2011 guilty plea to a federal indictment charging him with five counts of intentionally trafficking in counterfeit airbags. The Honorable Read More »
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Trenita Ashlock, 56, of Williamsburg, Va., was sentenced today to 75 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and transmitting a counterfeit money order. Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Keith A. Fixel, Inspector in Read More »
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