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U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Washington Seattle –A Tacoma woman who used her brief employment with the victim credit union to steal account information of customers so that conspirators could take over the accounts and steal the funds, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 30 m0nths in prison, announced U.S. Attorney…
Continue readingNigerian Ringleader of Nationwide Bank Fraud and Money Laundering Conspiracies Sentenced to Twenty Years in Prison
U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of New York ALBANY, NEW YORK – Oluwaseun Adekoya, a/k/a “Ace G.,” a/k/a “BRODA,” a/k/a “Legendary,” a/k/a “SANTA,” a/k/a “SANTANA,” a/k/a “Sammy LaBanco,” a/k/a “Sean Maison,” a/k/a ”Kiing_maison,” age 40, of Cliffside Park, New Jersey, was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in prison. Earlier this year, a jury found Adekoya…
Continue readingGuilford, Connecticut – Award-winning divorce attorney, bestselling author, and founder of Happy Even After Family Law, Renee Bauer, has officially unveiled the She Who Wins App, a groundbreaking mobile platform designed to support women navigating divorce, reinvention, and major life transitions. Bauer launched the app alongside Co-Founder Denise Petry, a spiritual leader and women’s empowerment…
Continue readingNew York Siblings Charged with Conspiracy, Money Laundering, Mail Fraud, Wire Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft
U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Pennsylvania SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Mayovanet Fermin, age 26, and Frnsheska Fermin, age 25, of Yonkers, New York, were indicted on August 19, 2025, by a federal grand jury on 68 counts of fraud, including conspiracy to defraud the…
Continue readingU.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey NEWARK N.J. – A New Jersey tax preparer was found guilty by a jury for his scheme seeking more than $170 million in fraudulent tax refunds from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) by causing more than 1,900 false tax returns to be filed with the IRS claiming COVID-19-related…
Continue readingColombian Citizen Charged with Adopting Identity of U.S. Citizen To Obtain Passport and Driver License and to Vote in Federal Election
U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Florida Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces the return of an indictment charging Carlos Felipe Jaramillo Grajales (55, Jacksonville) with making false statements in an application for a U.S. passport, falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen to obtain a Florida driver license (3 counts), falsely claiming…
Continue readingWindsor Man Pleads Guilty to Extortion and Threats
BOSTON – A Windsor man pleaded guilty on Oct. 22, 2025 in federal court in Springfield to making online threats and extortionate demands. Michael Andrew Rodgers, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of threatening interstate communications and one count of extortionate interstate communications before U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni, who scheduled sentencing for…
Continue readingSpecial Needs Alliance Announces 2025–2026 Leadership Team
Brogan Leads With a Collaborative Vision Mt. Sinai, New York – Robert F. Brogan, CELA, of Brogan Law Group, P.C., Brick, New Jersey, has been elected president of the Special Needs Alliance. A long-time member and past board officer, Brogan brings decades of experience in elder and special-needs law and a deep personal commitment to…
Continue readingMexican National Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing Identity of U.S. Citizen
U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Florida PENSACOLA – Alfredo Mendoza Montero, 45, of Mexico, was sentenced to two years and one day in federal prison after having pleaded guilty to charges of passport fraud, false impersonation of a citizen, and aggravated identity theft. The sentence was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for…
Continue readingBradford County Man Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud
U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Pennsylvania WILLIAMSPORT – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Richard Burke, age 76, of Milan, Pennsylvania, plead guilty on September 24, 2025, before Chief United States District Judge Matthew W. Brann to a criminal information charging him with wire fraud. According to…
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