LOS ANGELES – A South El Monte man has agreed to plead guilty to a federal mail fraud charge in a scheme that falsely promised to eliminate mortgage debts for approximately 200 distressed homeowners who each paid a $15,000 fee. Instead of working on behalf of the homeowners, the man simply sent worthless “Sovereign Citizen” Read More »
United States Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced that Simon Saeid Koli entered a guilty plea in federal court in San Diego today to Count 1 of an indictment charging him and co-defendant Kian Ashkanizadeh with conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme involving four Read More »
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – A 29 year old Morgantown, West Virginia, resident entered a plea of guilty on February 13, 2012, in United States District Court in Clarksburg before Magistrate Judge John S. Kaull. United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced that: JAYNESH PATEL entered a plea of guilty to one count of mail Read More »
United States Attorney James L. Santelle of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that a federal grand jury recently returned a four-count indictment against Mathew L. Lemberger (age: 32) of Denmark, Wisconsin charging him with arson of a building used in interstate commerce (count one), mail fraud (count two), arson in connection with a federal Read More »
John Henry Fivaz, 63, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on February 16, 2012, for mail fraud. Fivaz voluntary surrendered in Cheyenne. He received 24 months of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of Read More »
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pa., and a current resident of Apollo, Pa., have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud, money laundering, and structuring financial transactions, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. The 25-count superseding indictment named Frank Guzik, Read More »
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of Monaca, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 97 months in prison and restitution of $2,293,045.66 on his conviction of mail fraud and filing false income tax returns, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. Senior United States District Judge Maurice B. Cohill imposed the sentence on Read More »
19 people are facing federal charges as a result of an intense focus by the U.S. Attorney’s Office to address white collar crime in Middle Tennessee, announced U.S. Attorney Jerry E. Martin. In recent weeks, federal prosecutors have charged 19 people, in 10 separate cases involving fraudulent schemes, which collectively have scammed more than $40 Read More »
CARL DOUGLAS MEYER, age 50, of Charles Town, West Virginia, was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release. MEYER entered a plea of guilty on September 12, 2011, to one count of mail fraud by mailing a list of items for sale to a customer. MEYER devised a Read More »
Alan Todd May Owned Prosper Oil & Gas Fraudulently Raised Approximately $7 Million from Investors DALLAS — Alan Todd May, 46, who pleaded guilty in December 2010 to one count of mail fraud, admitting that he raised approximately $7 million in investor funds under false pretenses, was sentenced this afternoon by U.S. District Judge Jane Read More »
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