Perjury, Theft, Misconduct in OfficeAmong 12-Count IndictmentBaltimore Mayor Sheila A. Dixon was charged today with 12 counts of felony theft, perjury, fraud and misconduct in office, becoming the city's first sitting mayor to be criminally indicted.The case stems in part from at least $15,348 in gifts Dixon allegedly received from her former boyfriend, prominent city developer Ronald H. Lipscomb,
In the following press release R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced today that, on December 18, 2008, a federal grand jury returned a five count indictment charging Bienvenido “Benny” Benach, Jr., Ramon Puentes, Danny Flores, Rolando Alfonso, J
In the following press release Thomas P. O’Brien, United States Attorney for the Central District of California announced that a Norwalk man who owned and operated Best Diamond Funding, a real estate brokerage and mortgage lending company, was arrested on federal charges for allegedly running an investment fraud, also known as a ponzi, scheme that lured more than 2,000 victims into investing
In the following press release Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida today (7/28/08) announced the return of a 47-count Indictment against four individuals charging them with conspiracy, making false statements in connection with bank loans, a scheme to defraud seven FDIC - insured banks, and money laundering.The indicted defendants are:(1) NEIL MOHAMED
In the following press release [and another here] the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office announced that it had filed criminal charges against Karen Guth and Joshua Yaguda on October 16, 2008. The criminal complaint includes 26 felony violations of the California Corporations Code and two penalty enhancements. Ultimate criminal penalties depend upon the number of charges
Court records show that Ohio couple Joy Freeman and Shawn E. Pass have been indicted in Drug Trafficking and mortgage fraud allegations. Freeman pleased guilty on December 11, 2008 and Pass is due for trial in January.
Counts 12 to 14 of the indictment allege that in May 2004 Freeman applied for a $367,200 mortgage with Countrywide to purcahse a new home from Duffy Homes. at 5290 Port Haven, Lewis
According to Court Records and an article in The San Francisco Chronicle Sonia Alburez, 37 of Livermore, CA has been indicted with 4 counts of Bankruptcy fraud in the US District Court, Oakland.
Prosecutors allege that in order to attract people to her scheme Alburez mailed ads to homeowners who were delinquent in their mortgage payments and were close to foreclosure. She claimed that her company,
(USDOJ) WASHINGTON – A former Supreme Court Justice of the Third Judicial Circuit of the State of New York was charged today with attempted extortion and federal program bribery, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division announced. Thomas J. Spargo, 65 was charged in an indictment returned today by a federal grand jury in the Northern District of New York.Accor
In the following press release Benton J. Campbell United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York announced that two indictments were unsealed this morning in federal court in Brooklyn charging sixteen defendants for their participation in two separate schemes to defraud mortgage lenders of more than $13 million in mortgage loans. A third indictment was unsealed charging four defendant
In the following press release Catherine L. Hanaway, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri announced that Russell Todd McBridge of Creve Coeur, MO and Robert P. Wrolstad of O’Fallon, MO have been indicted in a mortgage fraud scheme involving the sale of residential real estate located in Sikeston, Missouri.
McBride and Wrolstad have been charged in a 34-count indictment
Three Defendants Charged in Mortgage Fraud Scheme Also Indicted for Cocaine Distribution New York - Two indictments were unsealed this morning in federal court in Brooklyn charging sixteen defendants for their participation in two separate schemes to defraud mortgage lenders of more than $13 million in mortgage loans. A third indictment was unsealed charging four defendants, including three indict
DEVELOPING STORY: According to the Washington Post, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and Vice President Dick Cheney have been indicted in South Texas County over a strange political battles involving a South Texas federal prison.
The indictment was handed down Monday morning and has not yet been signed by a judge. No action can be taken against either man until this happens.
UPDATE:
According to
By DON THOMPSON
Associated Press Writer
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) _ A federal grand jury indicted a Sacramento man Thursday on 13 charges related to a series of anthrax scares across the country that turned out to be hoaxes.
The indictment accuses Marc Keyser, 66, of mailing threatening packages to several media outlets, businesses and Rep. George Radanovich, R-Calif. [...]
Los Angeles - After victims came forward an LAPD Officer was charged with felony sex crimes committed while the officer was on duty and in uniform. On October 16, 2008, Police Officer III Russell Mecano, assigned to West Los Angeles Patrol Division, was indicted by the Los Angeles County Grand Jury for sex crimes committed or initiated while on duty and in uniform. After the indictment, Mecano, w
Larry McClure, a founding member of Morgan-McClure Motorsports, was indicted Tuesday on charges of federal tax law violations.An indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Abingdon on Tuesday charged McClure with multiple counts of mail fraud, filing a false tax return, obstructing a tax investigation, money laundering and one count of wire fraud.McLure faces up to 115 years in prison and a $2
In the following press release Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason and the Cuyahoga County Mortgage Fraud Task Force announced a 60-count indictment on eight defendants and six companies for mortgage fraud offenses involving seven houses located in Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Lyndhurst, Moreland Hills and Pepper Pike. The seven houses totaled approximately 3 million dollars in fraudulent loans
In the following press release Christopher J. Christie, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced that three members of a mortgage fraud and property-flipping scheme involving more than $4 million worth of investment properties primarily in Essex and Passaic Counties were arrested today on a federal Indictment that was unsealed following the early morning arrests, .The Indictment alle
In the following press release the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Benjamin Osmanson, 29, of Sarita, Texas, and Jillian Protzman, 26, of Essex, Vermont, have been indicted for their roles in a scheme to defraud mortgage lenders by submitting false loan applications in the names of “investors.” On Thursday, October 2, 2008, a federal grand ju
In the following press release McGregor W. Scott, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California announced today that a federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging DEREK DAVIS aka Terry McCullough, 62, of Sacramento, and DINO ROSETTI, 39, of Roseville, with mail fraud and making false statements in loan documents. DAVIS was separately charged with attempting to caus
In the following press release on 10/9/2008, Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Glenn F. Ivey announced that a Prince George’s County Grand Jury has indicted Leon Thomas Coleman, 38, and Emma Coleman of the 2100 Block of Springholly Dr., District Heights, Maryland and Kathy Lynn Ridley, 45, of Ellicott City, Maryland. The Colemans face fifty-seven counts of aggregat
In the following press release Martin C. Carlson, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that a Pike County man was arrested Wednesday by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on a federal charge of mail fraud related to participating in a scheme to obtain fraudulent mortgages during a three-year time period.
Carlson stated that Alex Gambini, age 42, of
In the following press release Don DeGabrielle, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Houston has indicted five individuals in a 12-count indictment with devising a scheme to defraud residential mortgage lenders by misstating facts relevant to the lending decisions. FBI Houston Special Agent-in-Charge Andrew R. Bland III and Rodney E. Clar
WASHINGTON – David C. Kernell, 20, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Knoxville, Tenn., for intentionally accessing without authorization the e-mail account of Alaska governor Sarah Palin, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney James R. Dedrick for the Eastern District of Tennessee announced today. Kernell turned himself into federal a
This seems to be related to this story, as the culprit in this case was a friend of the BMW villain, who tried to buy a gun with which to carry out an assault:
An east Jerusalem Arab was indicted on Wednesday in the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court for connection with acts of terror.
Hadad Ja'abis, 28, of Jebl Mukaber, was a friend of Kassem Mughrabi, who was killed when he rammed his BMW into a
One Co-Conspirator Also Indicted on Drug and Gun Charges
Baltimore, Maryland - Earlier this year a federal grand jury indicted a 26 year old Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) employee from Baltimore; another 37 year old man from Baltimore; a 29 year old man from Dover, Delaware; a 26 year old man and a 32 year [...]
Brazilian race car driver and "Dancing with the Stars" champion Helio Castroneves has been indicted, accused of failing to pay tax on his huge $5 million earnings. The dancing star and his sister Katiucia and lawyer Alan Miller are all implicated in the charges of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and tax evasion. According to papers, obtained by TMZ.com, the trio stands accused of using "an offshor
Helio Castroneves has been indicted for allegedly not paying taxes on more than $5 million. Castroneves was indicted today in Miami. The charges -- Conspiracy to Defraud the U.S. and Tax Evasion. According to the indictment, Helio and two others are accused of using "an offshore Panamanian shell corporation Seven Promotions to conceal and disguise the true and correct amount of Helio Castroneves'
WASHINGTON – Helio Castroneves, a U.S. resident and two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, was indicted by a grand jury today on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States of income taxes and with six separate counts of income tax evasion for tax years 1999 through 2004, announced the Justice Department, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida R. Alexander Acosta and Interna
In the following press release United States Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway announced from St. Louis, MO that William E. McKanry; his son, William C. McKanry and mortgage broker Paula Enders have been indicted on bank, wire and mail fraud charges involving the multi-million dollar sale of twelve local properties. “Mortgage fraud is one of the fastest growing crimes that we face as a nation,”
ALBANY, N.Y. (September 25, 2008) – Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the indictment of former Schenectady Police Chief Gregory Kaczmarek and his wife for taking part in a highly organized narcotics distribution organization that operated in the Capital District and was supplied from Long Island. In an indictment unsealed by Schenectady County Court Judge Karen Drago today, a Gran
In the following press release Colm F. Connolly, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today (9/12/08) that Ed Johnson, age 59, and Gwendolyn Carol Johnson, age 65, of Wilmington were indicted by a federal grand jury on September 11, 2008 for numerous fraud-related offenses. More specifically, Mr. Johnson was charged with five counts of mail fraud and seven counts of wire
SACRAMENTO, Calif.(July 7, 2008)—United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced that a 25 year old man from Rancho Cordova, California, was arrested today on an indictment returned by a federal grand jury on July 3, 2008, charging the man with engaging in fraudulent transactions with unauthorized credit card numbers, possessing more than 15 unauthorized credit [...]
Caldwell, Idaho (ThaLunatic Daily) - Meagan Belnap, a 20-year-old employee of Syringa Middle School in Caldwell, Idaho has been indicted by a Canyon County grand jury on child sex abuse charges involving multiple students.According to investigators, Belnap allegedly engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct with three students during the end of the 2007-2008 school year. Police pointed out that
Aafia Siddiqui has been indicted by a federal grand jury in New York City and will appear in court on Thursday in connection with this new indictment, which you can download from here . She is charged with: (1) one count of attempting to kill United States nationals outside the United States; (2) one count of attempting to kill United States officers and employees; (3) one count of armed assault o
Michael J. Garcia, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the indictment of Aafia Siddiqui on charges related to her attempted murder and assault of United States nationals and officers and employees. Siddiqui is scheduled to be arraigned on the Indictment on Thursday, September 4, 2008, at 11:30 a.m. by United States District Judge Richard M. Berman in t
In the following press release Debra K. Mack, Special Agent in Charge of the Mobile Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Leura G. Canary, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, announced that on June 16, 2008, Robert B. Guest, Jr., age 44 (a resident of Palm Coast, Florida, who resided in Orlando at the time of the events in the case) pled guilty in U.S. Distric
In the following press release United States Attorney for the District of
Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein announced that a federal grand jury has indicted eight
individuals with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, mail fraud
and money laundering, in connection with a massive mortgage fraud
scheme which promised to help homeowners facing foreclosure keep their
homes and repair their damaged credit
In the following press release on August 28, 2008 U.S. Attorney Anna Mills Wagoner for the Middle
District of North Carolina announced that a federal grand jury in Greensboro has charged ERNEST HAROLD PITT,
THOMAS PARRISH TROLLINGER, and JAMES REID LAWRENCE, in a scheme to
defraud the Housing Authority of the City of Winston-Salem, NC
(“HAWS”).The 10-count indictment,
returned Tuesday August 2
In the following press release R. Alexander Acosta, United States
Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Henry Gutierrez,
Inspector in Charge, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Donald B. Saxon,
Commissioner, State of Florida, Office of Financial Regulation, and
Michael K. Fithen, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service,
announced on 8/29/08 that Magile Cruz, a/k/a “Maggie Cruz,” a/k
Cops: He took $200,000 from incapacitatedA Presbyterian minister who oversaw the financial affairs of incapacitated individuals and was later accused of stealing their money has been ordered to surrender his license to practice social work.In 2006, the Rev. Brian C. Swedberg, 53, of Toms River was indicted on 17 counts of theft, three counts of false swearing, two counts of contempt of court and o
Bad news for him considering the fierce competition for his seat....From McClatchy news:WASHINGTON — Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, at 84 the longest-serving Republican in the Senate and one of its most powerful members, was indicted Tuesday on seven felony counts alleging that he lied to conceal his acceptance of $250,000 in gifts and services from a now-defunct Alaska oil services and construction c
WASHINGTON – United States Senator Theodore F. Stevens of Alaska was charged today in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia with seven counts of making false statements related to Stevens’ financial disclosure forms, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division announced.The seven-count indictment charges Sen. Stevens, the fo
Sen. Ted Stevens the king of Pork from Alaska has been indicted on charges of concealing gifts from VECO, a former multinational oil services company. If he is found guilty he should be held to the letter of the law....
IMAGE of Republican Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska by Brendan Smialowski/Bloomberg News
The laundry list of Republican scandals continues to grow longer like Pinocchio’s nose. Most recently, Republican Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington on criminal charges regarding “seven counts of making false statements on his Senate [...]
TRENTON – Attorney General Anne Milgram today announced a state grand jury returned separate indictments charging former Chief Judge Wanda Molina and former Court Administrator Virginia Pagan of the Jersey City Municipal Court with official misconduct for allegedly fixing parking tickets.According to Criminal Justice Director Deborah Gramiccioni, Molina, 49, of Jersey City, was charged with two
WASHINGTON - Lara Coleman, 40, of Richmond, Va., was charged in a superseding indictment with conspiracy, fraud and money laundering charges, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Chuck Rosenberg announced. The superseding indictment stems from a scheme to defraud and obtain millions of dollars in client funds held by The 1031 Ta
Washington – A federal grand jury in Jackson, Miss., returned a three-count indictment against Frank E. Melton, the mayor of Jackson, Miss., and his two bodyguards, Jackson police officers Michael Recio and Marcus Wright. The three men were charged in connection with a conspiracy to tear down a private home in Jackson and thereby violate the civil rights of the owner and resident of that home, a
Sassy was just a 3 lb Chihuahua, walking on Estes Road near Lorena in TX when her life was cut short by an FBI sniper with a pellet gun. Jason Davis had the hard task of telling his 8 yr old daughter that her little dog would not becoming home.
Cyndi Mitchell, who lives [...]
Salem, Ore (ThaLunatic Daily) -- Graydon Drown 48, and Robyn Drown, 41, have been officially indicted by a grand jury on charges they assaulted their children using switches, pipes and 2" thick wooden boards as punishment.According to court documents, the grand jury indicted Graydon and Robyn Drown on 14 counts of second-degree assault in response to the horrific punishments the couple handed d
Convicted terrorist Sami Al-Arian has been indicted in Virginia on two counts of criminal contempt after refusing to testify before a federal grand jury despite a grant of immunity. Al-Arian , who pled guilty in 2006 to conspiring to provide goods and services to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, has argued that his plea agreement ruled out any cooperation with the government. Two appellate courts, t
A federal grand jury charged 26 members of the violent gang known as MS-13 with federal racketeering and related crimes occurring in the United States and El Salvador, Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey, U.S. Attorney Gretchen C. F. Shappert for the Western District of North Carolina and Assistant Director Kenneth W. Kaiser of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division announced today.The 86-pag
Experts say there is more than enough evidence to indict Clemens on federal charges of perjury and to convict him. The gauze and needles would present a public-relations nightmare for Clemens and his lawyers, while Andy Pettitte will testify Clemens personally admitted PED use and corroborate Brian McNamee's testimony that he injected Clemens. Clemens can then move to his new address, hopefully ne
ABC News reports on the humorous story of Gaith Pharaon, a Saudi financier who is wanted by the FBI for alleged bank fraud that cost US taxpayer $1.7 billion. The funny part is that the US military just awarded him an $80 million contract to supply jet fuel to US military bases in Afghanistan. More...
So sad that a 13-year-old girl killed herself over someone she never met!
There is a good lesson to learn from this: a virtual relationship is not real till you meet, and only after you meet and decide you want to continue dating the person. (I am however against people dating while [...]
An Oconee County grand jury has indicted 45-year-old Richard Harold Gear on murder charges in the shooting death of 21-year-old Bryan Joseph "B.J." Mough. After reviewing all of the evidence in the case, Jurors returned a six-count indictment, charging Gear...
According to the grand jury indictment, a network of people conspired to bilk millions from Zions Bank through an elaborate mortgage scheme beginning in March of 2005. According to the Indictment, five players were involved: - Christopher Upchurch, a...
The infamous mother in the Megan Meier Myspace Suicide case, Lori Drew, has been indicted by a Los Angeles federal grand jury on one count of conspiracy and three counts of accessing protected computers without authorization to obtain private information.Drew's indictments come as a surprise to many as the local authorities where the case transpired, in O'Fallon, Missouri, and the FBI, declined to
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a Missouri woman for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor girl who then committed suicide.
Lori Drew of suburban St. Louis was charged with one count of conspiracy and three counts of accessing [...]
Alexsandr Bernik, 29, Sacramento, California, was indicted on charges of wire fraud, money laundering, and making false statements to federally insured banks to obtain real estate loans. Bernik was previously arrested on April 30, 2008, on a criminal c...
Leib Pinter and Barry Goldstein, two former principals of Olympia Mortgage Corporation, a Brooklyn, NewYork-based mortgage lender, were indicted on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, and bank fraud. The indictment charges two fraudulent schemes. In t...
On Monday, the office of John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a federal grand jury had indicted a man and woman on charges that the couple allegedly trained the woman's young daughter...
This news is going to raise some eyebrows. Roxanna Brown, the director of the Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum in Thailand and a noted authority on Southeast Asian ceramics has been indicted in the recent case of looted artefacts from Southeast Asia.
Director of Thailand museum indicted in US probe into smuggled antiquities
The Star, 13 May 2008
Asian [...]
In the following press release Benton J. Campbell, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Mark J. Mershon, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Division, today announced the filing of an indictment charging LEIB PINTER and BARRY GOLDSTEIN, two former principals of Olympia Mortgage Corporation, a Brooklyn, NewYork-based mortgage lender, with conspiracy, wire fraud, and bank fraud. The defendants’ initial appearances and arraignments are scheduled later today before United States Magistrate Judge Joan M. Azrack at the U. S. Courthouse, 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York. The case has been assigned to United States District Judge Nina Gershon. The indictment charges two fraudulent schemes. In the first,
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and the Acting Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced the unsealing of an indictment against international arms dealer Viktor Bout for conspiring to sell millions of dollars worth of weapons to the FARC to be used to kill Americans in Colombia. The indictment supercedes the original complaint against Bout when he was arrested in Thailand on March 6 . Bout is still in jail in Thailand pending extradition to the U.S,...(read more)
In the following press release Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann and Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announce the indictment of John Wanek as a result of a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud case investigated by the Central Ohio Mortgage Fraud Task Force. Wanek, of Phoenix, Arizona was indicted by the Franklin County Grand Jury last week (3/26/08) for falsifying documents in order to get a loan, a loan which he defaulted on within a year. The indictment contained one count of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, two counts of securing writings by deception, two counts of forgery, two counts of theft, and two counts of falsification. The indictment is the result of a task force investigation based on the mortgage lender coming to the prosecutor’s office and rep
Kress, Texas (ThaLunatic Daily) -- Erica Morquecho Gonzales, a 33 year old teacher’s aide at Kress High School in Kress, Texas has been indicted by a Hale County Grand Jury on a charge of improper relationship between educator and student.The Swisher County Sheriff’s Office first became aware of the allegations when they received a report that a teacher had been “messing around” with a student.Police believe that Gonsolez had sex with a male student who attended the same school on January 26, 2008. Police also believe there is more than one student involved, but hasn't yet released details about a 2nd victim yet.The teacher and a 17 year old male were both subpoena to appear before the Hale County Grand Jury. An indictment shortly followed.Gonzales is reportedly on probation
Dominick Devito and Robert Didonato were charged in a superceding indictment with participating in a wide-ranging scheme to commit mortgage fraud, and Devito, Didonato, John Liscio, and Louis Cordasco, Jr. were charged with participating in an associat...
In the following press release United States Attorney Karen P. Hewitt announced the indictment and arrest of Micah Bachman, also known as Tyler Jefferies, of Lake Forest, California, for bank fraud, false statements on loan applications, false use of a social security account number, money laundering, false statements to a federal officer, and aggravated identity theft. The 18-count indictment was handed up by a federal grand jury sitting in San Diego on March 11, 2008. Mr. Bachman was arrested today, pursuant to a bench warrant issued in connection with the indictment. According to the indictment, Mr. Bachman created the alter ego of “Tyler Jefferies” and over time built a credit profile for that identity based upon a social security number stolen from a child in Kentucky. A
