Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that a grand jury returned four one-count Indictments against John Robert Eddy, 29; Cloyd James Holmes, Jr., 50; Gino Christopher Marquez, 31; and Donald Meyers, 43, all of Florida, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud. The charge arose out of a telemarketing scam which operated in Palm Beach County, Florida
Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Jennifer Kirk, age 31, of Freehold, New Jersey, formerly of Lake Worth, Florida, was sentenced on January 9, 2012, to 188 months for Conspiracy to Commit Mail and Wire Fraud. Kirk also was sentenced to five (5) years supervised release Read More »
Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Ralph Edward Johnson, 34, of Wellington, Florida, was sentenced today in federal court in East St. Louis to 46 months imprisonment, and given two (2) years supervised release to be served after he is released from prison. The sentencing was Read More »
Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Joel Intravaia, 29, of Lighthouse Point, Florida, was sentenced today in federal district court to 60 months in prison, and given three (3) years supervised release to be served after he is released from prison. Intravaia was also sentenced to Read More »
Jennifer Kirk, 31, of Howell, New Jersey, formerly of Lake Worth and Wellington, Florida, entered a guilty plea to a Criminal Information charging her with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud on June 30, 2011, in federal court in East St. Louis, IL, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. The charges arose out of a telemarketing scam operated in Florida that bilked over 22,000 victims of $30 million dollars.
FBI and IRS Agents Arrest 12 Who Face Fraud and Money Laundering Charges LOS ANGELES – 12 people have been arrested this week on federal fraud charges stemming from boiler room operations that solicited investments in independent movies with false promises of up to 1,000 percent returns and misrepresentations as to how investor funds would Read More »
PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the guilty pleas of seven individuals, all residents of Israel, for their participation in a lottery telemarketing fraud scheme through which they stole approximately $2 million from elderly victims in the United States between 2007 and September 2008.
DENVER – The two leaders of a Colorado-based scheme that defrauded more than 400 consumers throughout the country of $5 million were sentenced to prison, the Justice Department and U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced today. Gary Luckner, 41, of Highlands Ranch, Colo., was sentenced today to 90 months in prison and was ordered to pay $4,524,456 in restitution. Richard Black, 52, of Arcadia, Calif., was sentenced yesterday to 97 months in prison and was ordered to pay $5,066,456 in restitution
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