Tag: Mail fraud
Treivorn McLeod, Mail Fraud, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read Treivorn McLeod, a 25-year-old from Mary Esther, Florida, has pleaded guilty to running a massive scam that defrauded victims of approximately $530,000. Between June 1, 2022, and January 29, 2024, McLeod and his co-conspirators targeted unsuspecting individuals, falsely claiming they had won millions in the Publisher’s Clearing House lottery and the…
Gary E. Matthews, Mail Fraud, Illinois 2023
Pere Marquette developers convicted of mail fraud, money laundering, and bankruptcy charges. Find out the details, sentencing, and investigative agencies involved.
Robert Carter, Mail Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft, California 2020
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!
Erica Lynn Hornof, Mail and Wire Fraud, Illinois 2023
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.
Vanessa Motta, Mail Fraud, Louisiana 2023
⏱ 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…
Andre Whitehurst, Check Cashing Scheme, North Carolina 2023
⏱ 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…
