Tag: March 2015
Krishna Tripuraneni Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion, Palm Beach FL, 2023
GRIMY TIMES EXCLUSIVE: Palm Beach County resident and licensed gastroenterologist Krishna Tripuraneni, 56, has entered a guilty plea for systematically underreporting his income on corporate and personal tax returns, resulting in a staggering $6 million in lost tax revenue over four years. The investigation, spearheaded by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), revealed that Tripuraneni manipulated…
Noel Barrientos, ID Theft, Florida 2023
Miami-Dade County resident Noel Barrientos was slammed with a 61-month sentence for masterminding an identity theft scheme that involved over 8,600 patients’ identities. The grim details of his crime were unveiled by United States Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer, IRS Special Agent Kelly R. Jackson, and USSS Agent Paula Reid. Barrientos’s downfall began with a search…
Juan Alejandro Rodriguez Cuya, Mail Fraud, Florida 2014
MIAMI, FL – Juan Alejandro Rodriguez Cuya, 35, is headed to federal prison for more than 17 years after a jury found him guilty of masterminding a ruthless operation that preyed on Spanish-speaking residents of the United States. Rodriguez Cuya was sentenced to 210 months – that’s seventeen years and six months – in federal…
Fred Davis Clark Jr. and Cristal R. Clark, Bank Fraud, Florida 2006
Former Cay Clubs Resorts and Marinas executives, Fred Davis Clark Jr., 56, and Cristal R. Clark, 41, have been charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and multiple counts of bank fraud in a massive $300 million Ponzi scheme. The duo, both formerly from Monroe County, Florida, are accused of selling vacation rental units to…
Brandon James, IRS Refund Fraud, Florida 2013
Brandon James, a Miami resident, was today sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel T.K. Hurley to 81 months in prison for his pivotal role in a fraudulent tax refund scheme that attempted to bilk the IRS out of over $862,000. The scheme, which preyed on at least 121 stolen identities, saw James and co-conspirators Laron…
Steven E. Siff, Tax Evasion, Florida 2001
GRIMY TIMES EXCLUSIVE: Miami attorney Steven E. Siff is facing serious charges after failing to file income tax returns for over two decades, a federal crime that could land him in hot water with the feds. Siff, who has worked as an attorney at the Miami office of an international law firm since 1982, is…
Richard Anthony Siler, Identity Theft, Florida 2014
Hollywood’s Richard Anthony Siler, 50, was handed a 154-month sentence plus three years of supervised release after being convicted of a massive identity theft tax refund fraud scheme. The defendant, who previously had access to lists of personal identity information at his workplace, provided this sensitive data to an FBI confidential source for fraudulent purposes.…
Brian Henderson, Extortion and Bomb Threats, Florida 2014
HALLANDALE, FL – Brian Henderson, 50, of Hallandale, is facing a lengthy stretch behind bars after pleading guilty and being sentenced to a total of 188 months in federal prison. The sentence, handed down by U.S. District Judge Frederico A. Moreno, caps a multi-faceted investigation into Henderson’s brazen attempts at extortion, a daring bank robbery,…
Ernesto Fernandez, Medicare Fraud, Florida 2015
MIAMI – Ernesto Fernandez, the owner and operator of Professional Medical Home Health LLC (Professional Home Health), has pleaded guilty for his role in a massive $6.2 million Medicare fraud scheme, officials announced. Fernandez, 48, of Miami, admitted to conspiring to commit health care fraud before U.S. Magistrate Judge Chris M. McAliley of the Southern…
Rony Maurival, EITC Scam, Florida 2023
Fort Pierce Tax Man Gets 81 Months for EITC Scam FORT PIERCE, FL – Rony Maurival, 39, of Fort Pierce, Florida, is headed to federal prison for nearly seven years after admitting to a brazen scheme to defraud the United States government through false tax returns and outright identity theft. Maurival was sentenced today to…
