Tag: February 2017
Juan Salamanca-Chavez Pleads Guilty to Illegal Reentry
Juan Salamanca-Chavez, a 32-year-old native of Mexico, pleaded guilty today to illegally reentering the United States after prior deportation — a federal crime carrying up to two years behind bars and a $250,000 fine. The guilty plea was entered in the Eastern District of Louisiana, where Salamanca-Chavez was apprehended just months after being formally removed…
Roseville Predator Gets 21+ Years for Sexting Minors
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Jacob Anthony Mora, 33, of Roseville, will spend over two decades behind bars after receiving a 21-year and 10-month sentence today for preying on underage girls. U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. delivered the sentence, alongside a lifetime of supervised release, following a disturbing investigation that revealed a pattern of online…
Trevoir Jackson Charged with Stolen Firearm Possession
A 36-year-old New Orleans man is facing federal charges after being caught with a stolen .45 caliber semi-automatic handgun. Trevoir Jackson was indicted on February 9, 2017, on two counts: being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a stolen firearm, according to U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite. The charges, filed under…
Thibodaux Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Disability Benefits
Clint A. Schwab, 42, of Thibodaux, Louisiana, pled guilty yesterday to theft of Social Security disability benefits, admitting to a years-long scheme that defrauded federal programs of taxpayer funds. Schwab knowingly collected monthly payments while working full-time — a direct violation of federal rules governing disability claims. Court documents reveal Schwab began receiving Social Security…
Inmate Cydrus Accused of Threatening President, Judges
CINCINNATI, OH – A federal grand jury has slammed Rodney D. Cydrus, 47, formerly of Chillicothe, Ohio, with charges stemming from a barrage of threatening letters sent to high-ranking federal officials. The indictment, handed down yesterday, alleges Cydrus, currently serving time at Lebanon Correctional Institution, engaged in a campaign of intimidation targeting the very system…
Norwegian Sentenced for Threatening Maine Police
PORTLAND, ME: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II revealed that Espen Brungodt, 29, of Norway, was meted out a 15-month prison sentence in U.S. District Court for making threatening interstate communications. The sentence came into effect after Brungodt’s guilty plea on September 26, 2016. According to court documents, on August 3, 2016, Brungodt dispatched…
Matthew S. Greacen Sentenced in FDA Steroid Fraud Scheme
A New York man has been nailed for his role in a shadowy operation to flood the U.S. market with dangerous, unapproved drugs disguised as dietary supplements. Matthew S. Greacen, 50, of Pt. Byron, N.Y., was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Abingdon, Virginia, after pleading guilty to one felony count of conspiracy to…
Paul Randolph Beeks Jr. Jailed for $526K Wire Fraud Scheme
Paul Randolph Beeks Jr., 59, of Mt. Airy, Maryland, is headed to federal prison for ripping off a trusted client of more than half a million dollars through a years-long wire fraud scheme. On February 16, 2017, U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III handed down a 15-month prison sentence, followed by three years of…
Matthew S. Greacen Sentenced in FDA Fraud Case
Abingdon, VIRGINIA — A New York man who conspired to flood the U.S. market with illegal designer steroids disguised as dietary supplements was sentenced yesterday in federal court. Matthew S. Greacen, 50, of Pt. Byron, N.Y., admitted to his role in a scheme that undermined the FDA and endangered American consumers. Greacen previously pled guilty…
Santa Fe Heart Doctor Admits to Fraud Scheme
ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Roy G. Heilbron, 53, a cardiologist practicing in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has confessed to defrauding the healthcare system, pleading guilty to one count of federal health care fraud in Albuquerque federal court today. The plea, accepted by the court, sets the stage for a two-year federal prison sentence followed by a…
