Tag: Maine

Tony Liang, Mortgage Fraud Conspiracy, Maine 2024
BANGOR, Maine: Two New York men, Tony Liang and Yongliang Deng, have pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud Maine banks of mortgage funding to buy houses used to illegally cultivate marijuana. According to court records, Tony Liang, 37, of Brooklyn, New York, orchestrated the conspiracy to fraudulently obtain over half a million dollars in residential…

Andrew Benson, Unlawful Obstruction, Maine 2024
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SVCMC Inc., False Claims Act Violations, Maine 2025
PORTLAND, Maine: SVCMC Inc., formerly known as Saint Vincents Catholic Medical Centers of New York, has been found to have violated the False Claims Act by knowingly retaining erroneously inflated payments received from the Department of Defense for healthcare services provided to retired military members and their families. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District…

Jeremy Grignon, Receiving Child Pornography, Maine 2019
BANGOR, Maine – A Sidney man pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography, a federal crime that carries significant penalties. Jeremy Grignon, 29, used social media platforms to receive videos of child pornography over the internet using his home computer and cellular phone. According to court records, Grignon received some of the videos from minors themselves.…

Christopher Colson, Child Pornography, Maine 2025
PORTLAND, Maine: A local man has been charged with child pornography in a nationwide crackdown on child sex predators. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine charged Christopher Colson, 24, of Lewiston, by criminal complaint with possessing and producing child pornography. The charges are a result of Operation Relentless Justice, a coordinated enforcement…

Shannon Littlefield, Mail Theft, Maine 2025
Farmingdale Woman Caught Stealing Mail from Greeting Cards A shocking case of mail theft has come to light in Portland, Maine, where a former postal employee has pleaded guilty to stealing cash and gift cards from greeting cards entrusted to her. The defendant, Shannon Littlefield, 29, was a Service and Distribution Clerk at the Auburn…

Ken Yiu, Mortgage Fraud and Marijuana Grow House, Maine 2025
A New York man has been brought to justice after admitting to using a Maine property to grow and distribute marijuana while lying about his intentions to obtain an $80,000 mortgage loan. Ken Yiu, 49, of New York City, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bangor, Maine, to submitting a false mortgage loan application…

Ken Yiu, Mortgage Fraud and Marijuana Grow House, Maine 2025
A New York man has been brought to justice after admitting to using a Maine property to grow and distribute marijuana while lying about his intentions to obtain an $80,000 mortgage loan. Ken Yiu, 49, of New York City, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bangor, Maine, to submitting a false mortgage loan application…

Juan Mendez-Morales, Illegally Reentering the US, Maine 2025
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Benjamin Brown, Making Interstate Threats, Maine 2024
BANGOR, Maine – In a disturbing display of hate speech, Benjamin Brown, 47, of Waterville, has been sentenced to time-served for making threatening interstate communications. According to court records, on February 8, 2024, Brown posted comments on YouTube threatening to hunt down and kill illegal immigrants. In his comments, Brown said that no one could…
