Tag: 2021
Nigerian Scammer Pleads Guilty in Romance Fraud Case
Huntington, W.Va. – In a shocking admission, Augustine Amechi, a 24-year-old Nigerian national, has pleaded guilty to receiving stolen money as part of a massive romance fraud scheme. According to court documents and statements during the plea hearing, Amechi was involved in the fraudulent scheme from at least 2018 until March 11, 2021. During this…
Meth Man Snyder Faces Decades in Federal Prison
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Dennis Wayne Snyder, 31, of Hurricane, West Virginia, is staring down a lengthy federal prison sentence after admitting to trafficking methamphetamine. Snyder pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, a charge that carries a minimum…
Meth Man Snyder Faces Decades in Federal Prison
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Dennis Wayne Snyder, 31, of Hurricane, West Virginia, is staring down a lengthy federal prison sentence after admitting to his role in a methamphetamine distribution scheme. Snyder pleaded guilty today, bringing him one step closer to facing the consequences for flooding West Virginia streets with the dangerous drug. The bust went down…
Toledo Drug Kingpin Dan Bean Sentenced to Three Years
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Toledo’s Dan Bean, a 42-year-old drug kingpin, was today handed a brutal three-year prison sentence for his role in a federal cocaine distribution ring. The sentence includes an additional three years of supervised release. According to court documents, Huntington Police Department officers swept through Bean’s Artisan Avenue home in 2018, unearthing a…
Ohio Man Gets Three-Year Sentence for Crack Cocaine Possession
Huntington, W.Va. – In a landmark drug crime case, Dan Bean, 42, from Toledo, Ohio, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for possession of cocaine and crack cocaine with intent to distribute. According to court documents, Huntington Police Department officers searched Bean’s residence on Artisan Avenue in Huntington back in 2018. The…
Roanoke Rollin’ 30s Leader Admits to Murder Conspiracy
Roanoke Rollin’ 30s Leader Admits to Murder Conspiracy ROANOKE, VA – Sean Denzel Guerrant, the alleged head of the Rollin’ 30s Crips gang in Roanoke, admitted today to a chilling pattern of racketeering activity, including direct responsibility for a 2017 murder and conspiracy to commit another. Guerrant, also known as “Harlem Dunk,” pleaded guilty to…
L.A. Attorney Takes $2.2M Kickback in LADWP Scheme
LOS ANGELES – A shadow deal built on inflated utility bills and backroom payoffs has finally cracked. Paul O. Paradis, 58, of Scottsdale, Arizona, a former special counsel who simultaneously represented the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and a ratepayer suing it, has agreed to plead guilty to a bribery charge. The…
Air Force Vet Eddie Ray Johnson Sentenced for $1.1M Fraud
Former Air Force travel coordinator Eddie Ray Johnson Jr. has been sentenced to 16 months in federal prison for his scheme to steal more than $1.1 million in government funds using his government-issued credit card. In Greenbelt, Maryland, U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm imposed the sentence on Johnson, who also faces three years of…
Air Force Vet Eddie Ray Johnson Sentenced for $1.1M Credit Card Fraud
Greenbelt, Maryland – In a stunning turn of events, former Air Force employee Eddie Ray Johnson, Jr., 60, from Brandywine, Maryland, was sentenced to federal prison today for swindling more than $1.1 million in government funds. U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm handed down the sentence, which includes 16 months behind bars and a further…
Gonzalo Ortiz Pleads Guilty to $600,000 Investment Fraud
Brooklyn’s federal courthouse echoed the sound of justice as Gonzalo Ortiz, 48, from Hackensack, New Jersey, pleaded guilty to investment adviser fraud. The scheme involved swindling an investor out of nearly $600,000 through false representations about his trading prowess. Ortiz, who posed as a successful stock trader, duped the victim into investing substantial sums over…
