Category: White Collar Crime|Public Corruption
Kye Carbone, Union Theft and Wire Fraud, New York 2025
Kye Carbone, 68, of Athens, New York, has been arrested on 30 counts of wire fraud and theft from a labor union. The indictment, which was announced on October 17, 2025, by Acting United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Jonathan Mellone, Special Agent-in-Charge, Northeast Region, Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General, alleges…
Adam Iza, Civil Rights Violation, Tax Crimes, California 2024
LOS ANGELES — In a shocking turn of events, a cryptocurrency businessman known as ‘The Godfather’ and a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy have agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges, including violating the civil rights of business rivals and tax crimes. Adam Iza, a 24-year-old resident of Beverly Hills and Newport Coast,…
Darren Phillip Coler, Misappropriation of Postal Funds, Louisiana 2024
Slidell Man Sentenced for Misappropriation of Postal Funds A 35-year-old man from Slidell, Louisiana, has been sentenced to prison for misappropriating $62,033 from the United States Postal Service (USPS). Darren Phillip Coler, Jr. pled guilty to a charge of misappropriation of postal funds on August 7, 2024. According to court records, Coler was an employee…
Frank Labruzzo, Defrauding Business, Louisiana 2024
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – A former attorney has been sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to pay $1,012,500 in restitution for his role in a scheme to defraud a business that sought to purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frank Labruzzo, 45, was sentenced on February 6, 2024, for conspiring…
Hyoung Nam So, Bribery, California 2026
LOS ANGELES – A former manager at a U.S.-based automobile manufacturing company was taken into custody this morning after being indicted this week on a federal bribery charge alleging he solicited a $5 million bribe from a South Korean company with promises of delivering a large contract for various car parts. Hyoung Nam So, 46,…
Stacy R. Caruvana, Falsifying Records, Florida 2021
A Brevard County woman has been sentenced to federal prison for falsifying records in an attempt to frame a NASA employee. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Stacy R. Caruvana (47, Rockledge) was sentenced to six months in federal prison for falsifying records with intent to obstruct and influence a federal investigation. The court further…
Dawn Block, Federal Program Theft, South Dakota 2021
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Scott Russell Merritt, Theft from a Labor Union, New York 2011
Thief in the Ranks: Former Ironworkers Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Stealing Union Funds Scott Russell Merritt, 40, of Celoron, NY, has pleaded guilty to theft from a labor union. Merritt admitted to embezzling $50,850.71 in union funds while serving as treasurer of Ironworkers Local 470 between May 2011 and August 2018. As treasurer, Merritt wrote…
Isaac Newton, Conspiracy and Mail Fraud, New Jersey 2020
NEWARK, N.J. – A Georgia man was arraigned today on conspiracy and fraud charges after surrendering to federal authorities, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Isaac Newton, 53, of Loganville, Georgia, is charged by indictment with one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, five counts of wire fraud, two counts…
Sharron Robinson, Coast Guard Test-Fixing, Louisiana 2021
NEW ORLEANS, LA – A coast guard test-fixing scheme has claimed another guilty plea, this time from a former maritime industry worker. On March 5, 2021, Sharron Robinson pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States. According to court documents, Robinson acted as an intermediary between Coast Guard exam center employee Beverly McCrary and…
