Tag: February 2017
Metallurgy Mogul Admits $70K Bribery Scheme
Metallurgy Mogul Admits $70K Bribery Scheme NEWARK, N.J. – A Connecticut businessman with a taste for backroom deals has confessed to greasing palms to land a multi-million dollar contract. Eugene Ostrovsky, 56, of Stamford, Connecticut, pleaded guilty today to violating the Federal Travel Act, admitting he funneled $70,000 in bribes to a New Jersey medical…
Deptford Bandit Sentenced For Robbing Six Banks In NJ & PA
Camden, N.J. – The Deptford Bandit has been locked up for his brazen bank heists across New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Michael A. Fanelli, also known as ‘Michael Carducci,’ 37, was sentenced today to 37 months in federal prison for robbing six banks in a spree that terrorized the region between June and September 2015, according…
Doctor Accused in Fatal Fentanyl Deal
MANHATTAN, NY – A Manhattan doctor is facing federal charges after authorities allege he peddled fentanyl that led to the death of a 32-year-old man on the Upper West Side. Avinoam Luzon, 32, was taken into custody this morning and will appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn today, accused of turning a medical degree…
Augusta Man Pleads Guilty to $5M Fraud Scheme
Phillip Thompson, a 67-year-old resident of Augusta, Georgia, has admitted his role in a massive conspiracy that defrauded the government out of over $5 million. According to United States Attorney Beth Drake, Thompson, along with another conspirator, concocted fraudulent invoices purporting to cover expenses for work at the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility at the…
“Carlito” Perez Gets 41 Months for New Haven Cocaine Run
HARTFORD, CT – Carlos Perez, 43, of New Haven, is headed to federal prison after being sentenced to 41 months for trafficking cocaine. U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny handed down the sentence today, adding three years of supervised release to Perez’s term. The case, spearheaded by the DEA New Haven Task Force, exposed a…
Jennifer Martin Guilty
Jennifer Lyons Martin, age 34, of Ehrhardt, has pleaded guilty to stealing from a bank in South Carolina. The guilty plea was accepted by United States District Judge J. Michelle Childs of Columbia. According to evidence presented at the change of plea hearing, Martin worked as a vault teller at the Bamberg Branch of South…
North Augusta Racketeering Ring Change-of-Plea Hearings Set for Tuesday
It’s a tense scene in the courtrooms of Columbia, South Carolina, as 22 defendants tied to a sprawling criminal enterprise in North Augusta prepare to face the music. The group, accused of racketeering charges, is set to have their change-of-plea hearings scheduled for Tuesday, February 28, 2017. Law enforcement has been on high alert since…
Drayton & Fraction Hit With Cocaine Sentences
Cocaine Conspiracy Lands Two PA Men in Federal Prison SCRANTON, PA – The streets of Northeastern Pennsylvania are a little less flooded with poison today after Ronald Drayton, 48, of Wilkes-Barre, and Marcal Fraction, 36, of Hudson, Pennsylvania, received federal sentences for their roles in a large-scale cocaine distribution network. U.S. District Court Judge Malachy…
Polywood Crips Members Sentenced for Child Sex Trafficking
FORT WORTH, Texas — In a gritty tale of exploitation and abuse, three members of the Polywood Crips street gang have been handed lengthy federal prison sentences for their despicable involvement in a child sex trafficking conspiracy. U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor announced the sentencing today. Chad Johnson, known as “Ocho Hood Fame,” was…
Rochester Tax Trio Faces Fraud Charges
ROCHESTER, NY – Three Rochester residents are facing federal charges after allegedly running a scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service, according to Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. The trio – Jason Jimenez, 38, Jessica Rosario, 36, and Ashley Walker, 32 – were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to defraud…
