Tag: 2016
Richard Daniel Lord, Receiving Child Sexual Abuse Videos, Florida 2016
Jacksonville, Florida – A man from Jacksonville has admitted to receiving child sexual abuse videos over the Internet. Richard Daniel Lord, 58, pleaded guilty to the crime, which carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years, up to 20 years in federal prison, and a potential life term of supervision. Lord has been in federal…
Kelvin Robinson, Brandishing a Firearm during a Violent Crime, Pennsylvania 2016
SCRANTON, PA – Justice, though delayed, finally arrived for the February 13, 2016, armed robbery of the Econo Lodge in Scranton. Kelvin Robinson, 25, of Newport News, Virginia, will spend the next seven years behind bars after being sentenced by United States District Judge Malachy E. Mannion. The sentence comes after Robinson pleaded guilty to…
Kelvin Robinson, Armed Robbery, Pennsylvania 2016
SCRANTON – A 25-year-old man from Virginia was sentenced to 7 years in prison for his role in the armed robbery of the Econo Lodge in Scranton. Kelvin Robinson, of Newport News, Virginia, was found guilty of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. The robbery took place on February 13, 2016,…
Ricardo Miguel Mayo, Theft of Government Money, Florida 2012
Ricardo Miguel Mayo, 49, of Titusville, walked into federal court a free man — but not for long. A federal jury convicted him yesterday on charges of theft of government money and aggravated identity theft, capping a years-long fraud scheme that began with a forged tax return and ended with cold, stolen cash in his…
Isaiah Holloway, California-Linked Drug Trafficking, Alaska 2024
Twelve years behind bars — that’s the price Isaiah Holloway is paying for his role in a violent, California-linked drug ring that flooded Anchorage’s Fairview neighborhood with heroin, cocaine, and crack. The 27-year-old, known as “Z” and “Zaya,” was sentenced yesterday by Chief District Judge Timothy M. Burgess in Anchorage federal court, closing the book…
Sergey Kapustin, Wire Fraud, New Jersey 2014
NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey auto dealer has been busted in a $2 million international scam that targeted more than 140 Russian-speaking customers hungry for luxury cars at bargain prices. Sergey Kapustin, 47, of Warminster, Pennsylvania, was arrested today by FBI agents and charged with one count of wire fraud and conspiring to commit…
Orlando Gun Violence Crackdown Seizes 100 Firearms
ORLANDO, FL – A sweeping six-month crackdown on gun violence in Orlando has resulted in over 100 firearms being taken off the streets, according to U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III. Since June 1, 2016, more than 40 individuals have been charged with various firearms or violent crime offenses. Bentley announced that the U.S. Attorney’s…
Ray Alexander Barr, Attempting to Provide Contraband to Prisoners, Texas 2024
Federal authorities arrest prison employee for attempting to provide contraband to inmates Ray Alexander Barr, a prison employee at the Central Texas Detention Facility – GEO in San Antonio, Texas, was arrested yesterday afternoon for allegedly attempting to provide contraband to an inmate inside the federal detention facility. According to the complaint, Barr, a kitchen…
Anooshiravan Mostowfipour, Medicare Billing Scheme, California 2023
San Jose, CA — Anooshiravan Mostowfipour, 58, and Tara Nader, 58, the owners behind Bay Sleep Clinic and its shell corporations Qualium Corporation and Amerimed Corporation, have agreed to pay $2.6 million to settle federal allegations of systematic Medicare fraud. The couple, residents of Saratoga, Calif., allegedly ran a decade-long scheme billing Medicare for unauthorized…
Adan Zamudio-Escalante, Illegal Reentry, West Virginia 2024
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Adan Zamudio-Escalante, 39, a Mexican national also known as Victor Giron, stood before a federal judge today and admitted to a repeat federal crime: illegally reentering the United States after being deported twice. The plea was entered in the Southern District of West Virginia, marking the latest chapter in a long-standing pattern…
