Tag: Delaware
Kyle Scott, Fentanyl Trafficking, Delaware 2024
⏱ 2 min read Kyle Scott, a 38-year-old Dover man, has been sentenced to 147 months in prison for dealing fentanyl and methamphetamine, and possessing firearms to further his drug trafficking operation. Scott, who was released from state prison in 2021 after a prior drug conviction, was caught by law enforcement in 2024 with 307…
Ty Mauldin, Obtaining Drugs by Fraud, Delaware 2026
⏱ 2 min read Ty Mauldin, a 35-year-old South Dakota man, pleaded guilty to ordering thousands of opioid pills by stealing the identities of medical professionals he worked with in Delaware. Mauldin used his access as a medical biller and credentialer to obtain medical professionals’ licensure information and order oxycodone pills from wholesale pharmaceutical suppliers.…
Brahmananda Prasad, Cocaine Trafficking, Delaware 2026
⏱ 2 min read Brahmananda Prasad, a 65-year-old Queens, New York, man, was at the helm of a coast-to-coast cocaine-trafficking conspiracy that brought 956 kilograms of cocaine to the East Coast. Prasad regularly flew from New York to California, where he met with suppliers and purchased multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine, which he then shipped back…
Damion Thomas, Cocaine and Fentanyl Trafficking, Delaware 2024
⏱ 2 min read A 26-year-old New Castle County man, Damion Thomas, is facing a long prison sentence after a federal jury convicted him of trafficking cocaine and fentanyl in the area. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Thomas attempted to sell marijuana to an undercover police officer on July 2, 2024.…
John Kungu, Tax Evasion, Delaware 2018
⏱ 2 min read John Kungu, a 62-year-old business owner from Townsend, Delaware, has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for engaging in a multi-year tax evasion scheme. Between 2018 and 2021, Kungu submitted false sworn statements to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and filed false personal and corporate tax returns, intentionally categorizing…
John Kungu, Tax Evasion, Delaware 2024
Business Owner Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Tax Evasion Scheme A Townsend, Delaware man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for a multi-year tax evasion scheme. John Kungu, 62, the owner of Advanced Nursing Care, engaged in a calculated scheme to avoid paying nearly $1.2 million in taxes. Between 2018…
Corteva Agriscience LLC, et al., Patent Violations, Delaware 2026
Justice has been served, albeit indirectly, in the case of Corteva Agriscience LLC and its cohorts, as the Justice Department has filed a statement of interest in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. The statement, filed on December 6, 2025, highlights the importance of the public’s ability to access and read patented…
Dr. Shayasta S. Mufti, Unlawful Medical Billing, Delaware 2019
⏱ 2 min read Wilmington, DE – Between April 2019 and November 2019, Dr. Shayasta S. Mufti, a former physician in Newark, ordered medically unnecessary genetic tests for over 100 Medicare patients, often after brief or no consultations. These tests cost Medicare thousands of dollars per patient. There was no physician-patient relationship, no examinations, and…
Kenneth L. Branch, Fraud, Delaware 2009
Kenneth L. Branch, of New Castle, Delaware, has been ordered to pay over $1.5 million in restitution and penalties for defrauding customers, according to a settlement announced by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on May 20, 2009. The CFTC filed an enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for Maryland on March 28,…
Miles Clark, Sex Trafficking, Delaware 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 12-year-old girl’s Snapchat nightmare turned into a nightmare for her 22-year-old predator, Miles Clark of Sussex County, Delaware. The girl’s innocent online interactions with Clark quickly turned dark when he began sending her explicit videos of himself. Clark, who knew the victim was just 12, even described in detail the…
