Category: White Collar Crime
John Doe, Passport Forgery, New York 2020
⏱ 2 min read Two Brooklyn women, Ciera Blas and Kelly Josek, got a taste of federal hard time after a routine traffic stop turned up a stash of fake passports in Texas. Blas, 32, and Josek, 41, pleaded guilty to fraud and misuse of visas, permits, and other documents, and were sentenced to 120…
John Doe, Cargo Theft, California 2020
⏱ 2 min read A brazen cargo thief has been caught in a multi-state scam that netted him hundreds of thousands of dollars in stolen goods. Romoy Forbes, 31, allegedly swindled shippers with fake emails and fake trucking company names, making off with beer, blueberries, and designer cologne worth over $750,000. Forbes, a Jamaican national…
John Smith, Ponzi Scheme, Ohio 2022
⏱ 2 min read A 20-year con job turned 65-year-old Ohio man John Kersey into a prisoner today. The former financial advisor from Maineville, Ohio, was sentenced to 5 years in prison for running an $8.6 million Ponzi scheme that targeted friends and family. Kersey, a trusted figure, convinced his clients to move their investments…
USPS Bribery Scammers, 99 Months in Prison, California 2023
⏱ 2 min read Four scammers who bribed their way to $15 million in US Postal Service contracts have been sentenced to 99 months in prison in Texas. Zechariah Yi, a former USPS analyst, and Tai Ryoung Rho, another USPS employee, solicited $1.5 million in kickbacks from trucking company owners in exchange for sweet deals.…
Juan Carlos Morales, Counterfeiting, Michigan 2022
⏱ 2 min read A Guatemalan national has been sentenced to 8 months in prison for running a fake ID ring in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Rigoberto Vasquez-Vasquez, 43, was arrested in September 2025 after a search warrant turned up computers, laptops, and fake IDs at his home. Vasquez-Vasquez was part of a scheme to sell…
Robert D. Keebler, COVID-19 Tax Credit Scheme, Newark NJ 2024
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Cody L. Williams, Misuse of Federal Grant Funds, Topeka KS 2023
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Kaden Lee, Misapplication of Federal Grant Funds, Topeka KS 2023
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Brendan Shalvey, $170M COVID-19 Tax Credit Scheme, Newark NJ 2024
NEWARK, NJ – In a brazen attempt to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic, 56-year-old Brendan Shalvey, a New Jersey tax preparer, was sentenced to 144 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release for his role in a $170 million COVID-19-related tax refund scheme. According to the Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the…
John Doe, Theft of Government Funds, Pennsylvania 2020
⏱ 2 min read A brazen pandemic relief scam has been blown wide open in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, as George Moses, 45, of Wilkes-Barre, faces serious federal charges. According to prosecutors, Moses submitted fake applications for unemployment benefits, pandemic aid, and small business loans, snagging a cool $134,083.88 in the process. But that was just…
