ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Christopher Agresto, 37, of Leesburg, Va., was sentenced today to 24 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for carrying out a scheme to fraudulently obtain life insurance proceeds. Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; James W. McJunkin, Assistant Director in Charge of Read More »
CAMDEN, N.J. – A Bergen County, N.J., lawyer admitted today to participating in a mortgage fraud scheme that caused lenders to release approximately $400,000 based on fraudulent mortgage loan applications, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Michael R. Senick, 63, of Old Tappan, N.J., pleaded guilty to an Information charging him with bank fraud. He Read More »
BECKLEY, W.Va. – Christopher B. Bledsoe, 33, of Pineville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Irene C. Berger for wire fraud. Bledsoe previously pleaded guilty in September, admitting that he had falsified payment vouchers for court-appointed criminal defense work. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin stated, “Lawyers hold a Read More »
On January 13, 2012, U.S. District Judge David N. Hurd sentenced BENJAMIN VILOSKI, age 63, of Pittsburgh, PA, to a 60-month term of imprisonment to be followed by a supervised release term of three years. This sentencing followed Viloski’s conviction on July 29, 2011 by a U.S. District Court jury of multiple felony counts charging Read More »
Defendant Received More Than $200,000 in Fraudulent Billing Scheme HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Jeremy T. Vickers, 36, of Summerville, W. Va., formerly of Point Pleasant, W.Va., was sentenced today to 21 months in prison by United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers for wire fraud. Vickers previously pleaded guilty in October. The defendant admitted that he Read More »
PHILADELPHIA – Michael Choi, 56, of Huntingdon Valley, PA, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for conspiring to violate the federal immigration laws, five counts of making false statements to the government, and two counts of filing false tax returns for the years 2005 and 2006 that failed to report substantial income from Read More »
Jackson, Miss - Vann F. Leonard, 46, of Ridgeland, MS, pled guilty today to a Criminal Information filed by the United States Attorney charging him with mail fraud and wire fraud in connection with schemes to defraud former clients, U.S. Attorney John Dowdy and FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen announced. Leonard admitted that Read More »
LAS CRUCES – This afternoon, Marjorie Reese Stewart, 75, a retired attorney from Kingston, N.M., was convicted of a misdemeanor assault charge after a bench trial before U.S. Magistrate Judge William P. Lynch in federal court in Las Cruces. Reese Stewart remains on conditions of release pending her sentencing hearing, which has yet to be Read More »
Fort Myers, Florida – United States Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announces that John E. Evans, III (31, Fort Myers) today pled guilty to one count of wire fraud. Evans faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison. According to the plea agreement, as part of a scheme to defraud, Evans had a fraudulent Read More »
BOSTON – Boston criminal defense attorney LAWRENCE M. PERLMUTTER pleaded guilty today to laundering over $2 million in drug money through a restricted bank account for attorneys, known as an Interest on Lawyer’s Trust Account (IOLTA). Once Perlmutter laundered the money through his IOLTA, he immediately obtained cashier’s checks that were used to bail out Read More »
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