Category: Public Corruption
David Elliott Pritt, Public Corruption, West Virginia 2026
⏱ 2 min read David Elliott Pritt is at the center of a federal crime case in Charleston, West Virginia. On July 27, 2026, a hearing was held at the Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse, with United States Attorney Moore Capito set to hold a press conference afterward. The details of the case against Pritt…
Fernando Camacho, Mail Theft, Rhode Island 2026
⏱ 2 min read Three US Postal Service employees, Fernando Camacho, 31, Angel Rivera, 30, and Cyril Murray, 46, pleaded guilty in federal court in Rhode Island for their roles in a mail-theft scheme at the Providence US Mail Processing and Distribution Center. The scheme, which operated between early 2023 and early 2024, involved sorting…
Bernadette Acaso, Alien Voting, Hawaii 2024
⏱ 2 min read Bernadette Acaso, a 19-year-old Filipino national, is accused of casting a mail-in ballot in the 2024 general election in Hawaii despite not being a US citizen. Acaso, who resides in Honolulu and Kahului, allegedly voted as a Lawful Permanent Resident, which does not grant her voting rights. The incident occurred in…
David Anthony Rodriguez, False Search Warrant Application, California 2021
⏱ 2 min read A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy, David Anthony Rodriguez, was sentenced to 1 year in federal prison for submitting a false search warrant application to obtain cell phone information for a private client’s estranged husband in a contentious divorce case in Los Angeles, California. Rodriguez, 45, pleaded guilty to…
James Carroll Erny Jr., Public Corruption, Maryland 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Baltimore County man, James Carroll Erny Jr., has been sentenced for bribing a Baltimore City finance official, Joseph Gillespie, in exchange for extinguishing his financial obligations to the city. The bribery scheme, which lasted from December 2019 to August 2023, involved Erny paying at least $25,000 in bribes to Gillespie,…
Seok Joon Lee, Impersonating a Federal Officer, Pennsylvania 2026
⏱ 2 min read Seok Joon Lee, a 54-year-old man from Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, walked into a Philadelphia supermarket on April 22, 2026, wearing a bulletproof vest, a law enforcement-type duty belt, and a holstered firearm. He identified himself as an FBI agent to a security guard and attempted to conduct a security check of the…
Jesus Espinosa, Deprivation of Rights and False Statement, Texas 2021
⏱ 2 min read A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer, Jesus Espinosa, 52, of El Paso, has been charged with deprivation of rights and making false statements after an incident on August 22, 2021, where he allegedly used unreasonable force, including a chokehold, to detain an individual, resulting in bodily injury. The incident occurred…
Justin Harvey, Bribery, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read Justin Harvey, a 50-year-old former correctional officer at the Citrus County Detention Facility in Florida, pleaded guilty to accepting a $4,000 bribe to smuggle a cellphone into the jail. Harvey, from Inverness, worked at the facility where federal inmates are held while awaiting trial or sentencing. He agreed to bring the…
Omar R. Pouncy, Suborning Perjury, Michigan 2026
⏱ 2 min read Omar R. Pouncy, a 39-year-old from Flint, Michigan, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for suborning perjury. On July 14, 2026, U.S. District Court Judge F. Kay Behm imposed the sentence after Pouncy pleaded guilty to the charge. The case stems from Pouncy’s attempts to overturn his convictions…
John Kosmowski, Bribery and Obstruction of Justice, Illinois 2025
⏱ 2 min read John Kosmowski, the former police chief of suburban Chicago’s village of Summit, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for his role in a bribery scheme. In 2017, Kosmowski and a building inspector, William Mundy, accepted $10,000 from local businessman Krzysztof Hodurek to facilitate the transfer of a liquor…
