Category: US News
Kaevon Raymere Leonard, Unauthorized Possession of U.S. Postal Service Key, New York 2025
⏱ 2 min read Kaevon Raymere Leonard, a 33-year-old Buffalo man, has been arrested and charged with stealing a U.S. Postal Service key, which was used to access hundreds of blue collection boxes in Buffalo and surrounding areas. The key was stolen at gunpoint from a USPS letter carrier in July 2024, and soon after,…
Leor Moshe, Wire Fraud, New Jersey 2026
⏱ 2 min read Leor Moshe, a 43-year-old man from Tom’s River, New Jersey, has admitted to running a massive Ponzi scheme that defrauded over 97 members of the Orthodox Jewish community out of more than $47 million. The scheme, which lasted from June 2019 to June 2023, involved Moshe convincing investors to put their…
Gino Rosario Tyler Alexander Allegra, Treasury Check Fraud, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read Gino Rosario Tyler Alexander Allegra, a 32-year-old Brockton man, was involved in a scheme to deposit stolen and altered U.S. Treasury checks into shell company bank accounts, then withdraw the money to conceal its origin. The crime occurred in Brockton, Massachusetts, and Allegra was sentenced on August 6, 2026. He pleaded…
Carlos Felipe Jaramillo Grajales, Identity Theft and Voting Fraud, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read Carlos Felipe Jaramillo Grajales, a 55-year-old Colombian citizen, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for making false statements to obtain a US passport, committing aggravated identity theft, and voting in an election under a false identity in Jacksonville, Florida. Between 2003 and 2024, Jaramillo Grajales posed as a…
Kevin Ryan Straw, Wire Fraud, Kentucky 2021
⏱ 2 min read Kevin Ryan Straw, a 40-year-old former manager of Fraternal Order of Police lodges in Kentucky, was sentenced to 27 months in prison for a wire fraud scheme that spanned from 2021 to 2024. Straw, who served as President of Metropolitan Lodge 32 and held various roles in the Kentucky State Fraternal…
Deveil Oliver Jean Westerfield, Gun Possession, Iowa 2026
A Davenport, Iowa man has been sentenced to over 9 years in federal prison after being caught with a firearm as a felon. Deveil Oliver Jean Westerfield, 28, was sentenced on August 12, 2026, to 115 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a felon. According to public court documents and evidence presented…
Jose Carlos Dalli Castro, Identity Theft, Nevada 2026
Identity Thief Targeted Vintage Vehicles, Exploited Financial Systems A federal grand jury has indicted a Mexican national, Jose Carlos Dalli Castro, for allegedly using a counterfeit passport as identification to open a bank account and launder proceeds from online vehicle sales. According to allegations in the indictment, Dalli Castro, also known as “Julio Castro Lopez,”…
Hector Nunez, Money Laundering, Massachusetts 2026
A Lowell man was sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in a money laundering conspiracy. Hector Nunez, 40, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to 45 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. In May 2026, Nunez pleaded guilty to one…
Herbert Leon Kimble, Healthcare Fraud, South Carolina 2026
COLUMBIA, S.C. – In a shocking turn of events, Herbert Leon Kimble, a 60-year-old fugitive, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States and failure to appear in federal court. Kimble was charged in 2019 for his role in a massive $1.2 billion telemedicine and durable medical equipment scheme. He previously pleaded guilty…
Liu Zhou, Market Manipulation, Massachusetts 2024
⏱ 2 min read Liu Zhou, a 41-year-old Canadian citizen and Chinese national, was the mastermind behind a wide-ranging conspiracy to manipulate cryptocurrency markets in Boston. As the founder and primary operator of MyTrade, a financial services firm, Zhou provided clients with a service that allowed them to artificially inflate the trading volume or price…
