Tag: Mail fraud
Crash for Cash: NOLA Lawyers Guilty
⏱ 3 min read New Orleans personal injury attorneys Vanessa Motta, 44, and Jason Giles, 47, are facing serious time after a federal jury slammed them with guilty verdicts Friday for orchestrating a decade-long “crash for cash” scheme. Motta’s firm, Motta Law LLC, and Giles’ The King Firm LLC, were also convicted, alongside accomplice Diamanike…
Peoria Hotel Scheme: Developers Face Decades Behind Bars
Pere Marquette developers convicted of mail fraud, money laundering, and bankruptcy charges. Find out the details, sentencing, and investigative agencies involved.
Illinois Man Gets 5+ Years for Pandemic Unemployment Scam
Discover the details of a Cook County man’s involvement in mail fraud and aggravated identity theft. He has been sentenced to over five years in prison and ordered to pay over $1 million in restitution. Learn more here!
Maui Jim Insider Swiped $750K in Sunglass Scam
Former Maui Jim employee sentenced to 12 months for mail and wire fraud. Stole parts to make sunglasses and sold them, causing a $749,000 loss.
Mailman’s Fraud Nets 15 Months
⏱ 2 min read Andre Whitehurst, a 34-year-old former postal worker in Charlotte, North Carolina, is headed to federal prison for 15 months after running a scheme to steal checks from the mail and cash them fraudulently. Whitehurst pilfered checks, then passed them off to associates who deposited them using fake IDs, attempting to defraud…
