Tag: 2012
Heidi Haischer, Mortgage Fraud, Nevada 2023
A Las Vegas woman has been found guilty of participating in a mortgage fraud scheme that netted $1.2 million in fraudulent mortgage loans, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden of the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Kevin Favreau of the FBI’s Las…
Anthony Mangione, Transporting Child Pornography, Florida 2012
Former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Miami Office Special Agent in Charge, Anthony Mangione, 52, of Parkland, Florida, was sentenced to 70 months in prison for transporting child pornography, according to a recent U.S. federal court ruling. Mangione was found guilty of one count of transportation of child pornography in U.S. District Court in the…
Charles Sewell, Tax Fraud Promotion, Virginia 2024
US Targets Bristol Man for Promoting Bogus Tax Refunds Charles Sewell of Bristol, Virginia, has been sued by the US government to stop him from promoting an alleged scheme involving fraudulent tax refund claims. According to the government’s amended complaint, Sewell creates fake Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Forms 1099 for other taxpayers and files them…
Darren K. Phillips, Mail Fraud, North Carolina 2012
Real estate investor Darren K. Phillips has pleaded guilty to participating in a mail fraud scheme at public foreclosure auctions in Raleigh, North Carolina, and surrounding areas. Phillips, a real estate investor from Greenville, North Carolina, conspired with a group of real estate speculators to participate in a scheme to defraud financial institutions, homeowners, and…
Loydene Rambo, False Claims Act, Washington 2005
Fluor Corporation, a Texas-based corporation that provides a wide variety of services to government and private customers, has been accused of misusing taxpayer funds for lobbying activities in Washington State. The company, along with its subsidiary Fluor Hanford Inc., was sued by whistleblower Loydene Rambo, a former employee of Fluor, under the False Claims Act.…
Leopoldo Valencia-Urrea, Export-Import Bank Fraud, Texas 2011
In a shocking turn of events, Leopoldo Valencia-Urrea, 50, was sentenced to serve 48 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) of approximately $400,000. According to court documents, Valencia, a U.S. citizen and owner of a pecan brokerage company in Ciudad Juarez,…
Andrew J. Watts, Stolen Identity Tax Refund Scam, Illinois 2012
Andrew J. Watts, a Barbados national, was sentenced in Chicago by U.S. District Judge Joan Gottschall to 114 months in prison for devising and executing a stolen identity federal income tax refund fraud scheme. Watts filed false federal income tax returns in the names of deceased taxpayers seeking fraudulent refunds. He either signed the name…
Tennie White, Falsifying Industrial Wastewater Testing Results, Mississippi 2008
Jackson, MS – Tennie White, owner and operator of Mississippi Environmental Analytical Laboratories Inc., was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison late August after being convicted in May of falsifying industrial wastewater testing results and obstructing a federal investigation. The case, prosecuted by the Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division and the…
William Rusty Miller, Wetland Destruction, Mississippi 2014
Gulfport, MS – Real estate developer William “Rusty” Miller was sentenced to 15 months incarceration for illegally filling protected wetlands in Hancock County, Mississippi, the Department of Justice announced in April 2014. The case, investigated by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Criminal Investigation Division, highlights a growing crackdown on environmental crimes impacting vital ecosystems. Miller, 61,…
Percy Convicted of Violent Crime, Maryland 2012
GRIMY TIMES EXCLUSIVE Percy, whose full name has not been officially released, has been convicted of Violent Crime in the Maryland federal court system. The conviction stems from a case filed on November 5, 2012, in the Maryland District Court (MDD). According to court documents, Percy’s case is one of several high-profile Violent Crime cases…
