Tag: February 2017
Colleyville Oil Mogul James VanBlaricum Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud
FORT WORTH, Texas — In a stunning revelation for the Northern District of Texas, James VanBlaricum, 77, of Colleyville, Texas, has pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud in what authorities describe as a Ponzi oil and gas scheme. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney John Parker. VanBlaricum, who ran Signal Oil and…
Dupree & Pearson: Dollar General Armed Robbery Duo Convicted
DETROIT, MI – Two Detroit men face serious federal time after being convicted yesterday of terrorizing employees and stealing from multiple Dollar General stores. Dwayne Dupree, 30, and Shawn Pearson, 23, were found guilty following a week-long trial, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced. The crime spree began December 17, 2014, at the Dollar General…
Linda Ferris, 55, Charged in $194K Bankruptcy Fraud
Linda Ferris, 55, of Newfoundland, Pennsylvania, is staring down federal charges after allegedly lying under oath about her assets during a Chapter 7 bankruptcy hearing in 2013. Prosecutors say Ferris concealed approximately $194,000—money she received but never reported—while claiming full financial disclosure in Wilkes-Barre. The criminal information, filed in U.S. District Court in Scranton, accuses…
Aldric Bordeaux Gets 15 Years for Firearm Possession
Aldric Bordeaux, 29, of New Haven, is headed to federal prison for 15 years after being convicted of illegally possessing a firearm — a sentence handed down under the federal Armed Career Criminal Act. U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson imposed the 180-month sentence in Hartford, followed by five years of supervised release, marking the…
Yvonne Flores Pleads Guilty to Counterfeit $100 Scheme
A Sacramento woman has admitted to flooding Northern Nevada businesses with fake $100 bills in a brazen counterfeiting operation that spanned nearly seven months. Yvonne Geneal Flores, 38, pleaded guilty today in federal court to producing and passing counterfeit currency, facing up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Sentencing is set for…
Matthew Moretz Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud in $529K Scam
Matthew Moretz, 31, of Taylorsville, N.C., is facing federal prison after pleading guilty to filing a false tax return, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today. Moretz admitted to concealing more than half a million dollars in income from the IRS while collecting unemployment benefits — a brazen financial double-dip that spanned four years. The plea,…
Long Beach Woman Pleads Guilty to Smuggling 131K Ammo Rounds to Philippines
A Long Beach woman has admitted to funneling a small army’s worth of ammunition out of the U.S. and into the Philippines, sidestepping federal export laws meant to keep dangerous weapons out of hostile hands. Marlou Mendoza, 61, pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court to three counts of failing to notify freight forwarders that…
Providence Couple Indicted in Fentanyl-Laced Heroin Bust
Agustin Acevedo, a/k/a Daniel Martinez Suazo, 49, and Dismery Uceta, 42, both of Providence, are behind bars and facing federal time after a grand jury indicted them on charges of trafficking a kilogram of fentanyl-laced heroin from New York to Rhode Island. The two-count indictment, returned Tuesday in Providence, charges the couple with conspiracy to…
Jeffrey Green Charged in Bedford Hills Inmate Sex Assault
A former correction officer at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women is facing federal charges after allegedly sexually assaulting a female inmate inside her cell. Jeffrey Green, 48, of Brooklyn, New York, was arrested and charged with one count of deprivation of rights under color of law, following a brutal assault on March 10, 2016,…
Sacramento IT Pro Yasir Mehmood Gets 4.5 Years for ID Theft
Sacramento man Yasir Mehmood, 45, was hit with a 4-year, 6-month federal prison sentence Tuesday for a calculated identity theft and bank fraud scheme that bled hundreds of customers dry. U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez handed down the sentence after Mehmood admitted to exploiting his role as an IT contractor to steal sensitive financial…
