January 30, 2015
A 34-year-old D’Iberville, Miss., man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud. U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden this week also ordered Jason Richard Woodcock to pay $105,383 in restitution to …
January 23, 2015
A San Antonio-based deputy U.S. marshal has pleaded guilty to wire fraud relating to an insurance fraud scheme. According to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s office, Reynaldo Gonzalez entered his plea Wednesday in San Antonio. He admitted that he …
December 8, 2014
A Mount Ida, Ark., man has been sentenced to five years in prison for money laundering and wire fraud. Federal prosecutors say 58-year-old Steven Alan Standridge was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Hot Springs. Standridge had pleaded guilty …
December 5, 2014
A LaPlace, La., man has pleaded guilty to fraud in connection with claims arising from the 2010 Gulf oil spill. U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite’s office says 33-year-old Charlie English pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of conspiracy to commit wire …
October 22, 2014
A former Boston Scientific engineer has pleaded not guilty to stealing trade secrets from his employer. Forty-seven-year-old Aaron Quoc Khieu, of Maple Grove, Minn.,has been indicted by a federal grand jury on 14 counts of wire fraud and theft of …
September 18, 2014
A woman who worked for a southwest Missouri disaster relief agency has been sentenced to prison for a fraud scheme following the deadly Joplin tornado. The U.S. attorney’s office says Herlana Latham, of Memphis, Tennessee, was sentenced Tuesday to 14 …
August 27, 2014
A Lufkin, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney John M. Bales. According to information presented in court, in October 2009, Andy Lee House purchased a …
August 16, 2013
A former assistant to Jasper Johns has been charged with selling 22 works he allegedly stole from the artist’s U.S. studio. The Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office announced the indictment against James Meyer on Thursday. He’s charged with interstate transportation of …
June 10, 2013
A New Mexico man will serve five years in prison for torching the landmark Hitching Post Inn in Cheyenne, Wyo., a federal judge ordered Thursday. U.S. District Judge Nancy Freudenthal also ordered Robert Rodriguez of Albuquerque to serve three years …
May 20, 2013
The sports agent of late New Orleans Saints defensive lineman Frank Warren has been charged with one-count bill of information with wire fraud. The charges, which were brought Thursday by U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente, stem from Benjamin Geller’s alleged …