Tag: DOJ
Iftekhar Latif Nieon, Wire Fraud Conspiracy, New York 2025
⏱ 2 min read In a shocking case of elder abuse, Iftekhar Latif Nieon, a 24-year-old Bangladeshi man, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in Western New York. The scheme, which unfolded in 2025, targeted three victims, including a 68-year-old woman and a 73-year-old man, and involved fake tech support and credit card…
Melissa Farris, Vandalism, Kentucky 2023
⏱ 2 min read Melissa Farris, a 41-year-old woman from Elizabethtown, Kentucky, was charged with vandalizing the World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on August 13. Farris, also known as Melissa Lovewell, allegedly spray-painted graffiti on the Atlantic Theatre Pavilion, including the words ‘Clean Hands Dirty $’ in orange paint.…
Todd Burkhalter, Ponzi Scheme, Georgia 2020
⏱ 3 min read Todd Burkhalter, the CEO of Georgia-based financial advisory group Drive Planning, orchestrated a massive $380 million Ponzi scheme that duped thousands of investors across the country. Between September 2020 and June 2024, Burkhalter and his cohorts marketed fake investment opportunities, including the ‘Real Estate Acceleration Loan’ and ‘Cash Out Real Estate…
Candia V. Williams, Tax Refund Fraud, Florida 2023
⏱ 2 min read Candia V. Williams, a Jacksonville woman, has been charged with conspiring to submit false claims and submitting false claims to the United States government. Williams, also known as Wisdom Shield El, allegedly caused at least four fraudulent tax returns to be submitted to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) seeking over $130…
Deveil Oliver Jean Westerfield, Possessing a Firearm as a Felon, Iowa 2025
⏱ 2 min read Deveil Oliver Jean Westerfield, 28, a Davenport, Iowa man, was sentenced to 115 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a felon. The incident occurred on November 5, 2025, when officers responded to a shots-fired call outside the Happy Hollow bar. Westerfield was identified as carrying a rifle with…
Jeffrey Pope, Voter Fraud, Pennsylvania 2024
⏱ 2 min read Jeffrey Pope, a 65-year-old resident of Apollo, Pennsylvania, has been accused of casting multiple votes in the 2024 presidential election. According to the indictment, Pope voted twice, once in Pennsylvania and once in Alaska, where he owns property. The alleged crimes occurred on October 18 and 22, 2024, when Pope submitted…
Luciano Schipelliti, Wire Fraud, Massachusetts 2026
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Theron Feidt, Possession of Child Pornography, New York 2026
⏱ 2 min read Theron Feidt, a 54-year-old martial arts business owner from Liverpool, New York, has been charged with possessing child pornography. The disturbing allegations against Feidt, who appeared in federal court, claim he knowingly had material depicting the sexual abuse of children as young as four years old on his iPad on August…
Curtis John Shupe, Social Security Benefits Theft, Pennsylvania 2021
⏱ 2 min read Curtis John Shupe, a 61-year-old Indiana County man, has been indicted for stealing over $1,000 in Social Security benefits from someone else in Pennsylvania. The theft occurred between September 2021 and July 2025, while Shupe was acting as the representative payee for the benefits. The indictment was handed down by a…
Christopher Matthew Marsh, Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material, Virginia 2025
⏱ 2 min read Christopher Matthew Marsh, a 49-year-old Wytheville, Virginia man with a history of criminal convictions, was sentenced to 174 months in federal prison for possessing child sexual abuse material. The material, found on one of Marsh’s cell phones, included approximately 2000 images of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct, with most of…
