Tag: December 2016
Richard K. Booy Charged in $1M Elder Fraud Scheme
Richard K. Booy, 48, of Vernon Hills, Illinois, is facing federal charges in a $1 million Ponzi-type scam that preyed on elderly investors desperate to protect their retirement savings. According to a criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Chicago, Booy promised no-risk investments and guaranteed returns while operating fraudulent firms under the…
Eddie ‘Criminal’ Garcia Gets 24 Years for Mafia Hit
Eddie “Criminal” Garcia, 39, of El Sereno, was sentenced to 24 years in federal prison Monday for cold-bloodedly executing a fellow gang member who failed to pay “taxes” to the Mexican Mafia. The former 18th Street gang affiliate admitted to gunning down David Dragna with a bullet to the head in 2006 as part of…
Juan Cruz Gets 7 Years for 6 Bank Heists Across CT, NY
Juan Cruz, 38, of New Haven, is headed to federal prison for 84 months after being sentenced for a six-bank robbery spree that terrorized tellers and customers across Connecticut and New York last year. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer handed down the sentence in New Haven, adding three years of supervised release following Cruz’s…
Toby Donovan Sentenced to 20 Years for Child Pornography
A 39-year-old Cascade man has been slammed with a 20-year federal prison sentence for receiving child pornography over the Internet. Toby Donovan was sentenced on December 20, 2016, in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge Linda R. Reade, bringing a grim end to a case rooted in years of predatory digital behavior.…
Suffolk Man Charged in ISIL Support Plot
Lionel Nelson Williams, 26, of Suffolk, Virginia, is behind bars and facing federal charges after attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. The arrest marks a direct line from a quiet Virginia neighborhood to one of the world’s most violent extremist movements.…
Roberta Czap Charged in $6.1M Wire Fraud Scheme
Roberta Czap, 66, of Newark, Delaware, is accused of stealing $6.1 million from her employer through a years-long wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy, federal prosecutors announced today. The indictment unsealed in Wilmington charges Czap with wire fraud, identity theft, multiple money laundering counts, and tax offenses—all stemming from a brazen theft that gutted her…
Oklahoma Consultant Stephen Holsey Cops to $1.5M Real Estate Scam
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Stephen Holsey, a senior consultant to Oklahoma-based Strategic Development Corporation (SDC), was arrested yesterday and charged with wire fraud conspiracy in a brazen $1.5 million advance-fee scheme that preyed on desperate real estate developers. Holsey and his co-conspirators allegedly dangled millions in financing for large-scale construction projects—money they never had—while pocketing non-refundable…
Rose Umana Sentenced in $1.1M Medicaid Fraud Scheme
Rose Umana, 49, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, is going to federal prison for running a rigged medical staffing racket that stole over $1.1 million from Medicaid. The owner and operator of Vision Healthcare Services, Inc., in Harrisburg, Umana was sentenced on December 21, 2016, to 36 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Sylvia H. Rambo…
Yaisel Rodriguez Gets 20 Years for Child Porn Production
Yaisel Rodriguez, 25, of Cape Coral, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for producing child pornography—locking away a predator caught red-handed during an FBI raid. The conviction marks one of 103 child exploitation cases brought by the Middle District of Florida in Fiscal Year 2016 under the Department of Justice’s Project Safe…
David A. Skally Admits to Possessing Child Pornography
David A. Skally, 57, of Providence, admitted in federal court Tuesday to possessing and accessing child pornography, including graphic videos and images of prepubescent girls, marking the end of a years-long investigation by federal and state authorities. Skally pleaded guilty to one count of possession and access with intent to view child pornography, a charge…
