Tag: March 2015
Fecker Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud in Ponzi Scheme Scam
Former Ft. Lauderdale resident Henry Fecker III has pleaded guilty to a count of bank fraud in what authorities describe as an elaborate Ponzi scheme scam. The 60-year-old, who was the listed owner of Camden Consulting, Inc., admitted using the shell company to receive proceeds from the massive Ponzi scheme operated by Mutual Benefits Corporation…
Miami Officer Accused of Protecting Illegal Gambling Ring
MIAMI, FL – A former City of Miami Police officer is facing the music after being slapped with federal extortion charges. Jerry Sutherland, 28, of Miami-Dade County, is accused of using his badge to protect and profit from an illegal gambling operation. The Department of Justice announced the charges today, detailing a pattern of alleged…
Delray Beach Doc Accused of $2.1M Medicare Scam
DELRAY BEACH, FL – A Delray Beach doctor is facing serious allegations of bilking Medicare out of over $2.1 million through a scheme to inflate patient diagnoses. Isaac Kojo Anakwah Thompson, M.D., 55, has been charged with eight counts of health care fraud, federal prosecutors announced today. According to the indictment, Thompson operated two clinics…
Palm Beach Resident Pleads Guilty to Espionage Act Violations
West Palm Beach’s Christopher R. Glenn, 34, has entered a guilty plea on serious charges stemming from the illegal access and removal of classified information from military computers. In what federal prosecutors describe as an unprecedented breach of national security trust, Glenn faces up to 10 years in prison for each count of violating the…
Miami DME Clinic Owner Sentenced to 70 Months for $11M Fraud
MIAMI – Francisco Enrique Chavez, the former owner of a defunct durable medical equipment (DME) clinic, was sentenced to serve 70 months in prison for his role in an $11 million health care fraud scheme. The sentence, handed down by U.S. District Judge Patricia A. Seitz in the Southern District of Florida, also includes three…
Dale Gets 10 Years in $2M Identity Theft Scam
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Lee Ervin Dale, 31, of Fort Lauderdale, is headed to federal prison for a decade after being convicted of orchestrating a brazen $2 million tax refund fraud scheme fueled by stolen identities. U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams delivered the sentence today, ordering Dale to serve 120 months, followed by three…
Miami Duo Admits to $1.2M Tax Refund Scam
MIAMI, FL – A brazen scheme to defraud the U.S. government out of over $1.2 million in fraudulent tax refunds has landed two Miami residents in federal court. Michael Virgile, 28, and Shana Sainvil, 26, both of Miami, each admitted guilt to one count of wire fraud (Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343) earlier…
Brazilian National Faces Charges for Airplane Take-Down Threats
MIAMI – Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, along with Miami-Dade County State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle and FBI Special Agent in Charge Michael B. Steinbach, have announced charges against Francisco Fernando Cruz, 22, a citizen of Brazil, in connection with a terroristic threat aimed at derailing a TAM…
Miami Woman Pleads Guilty to Mail Theft & ID Fraud
MIAMI – Rodelyn Lamour, a 26-year-old Miami resident, has pleaded guilty to a multi-faceted identity theft scheme that targeted apartment complex mailboxes. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, Lamour and her co-conspirator, Nestor Herrera, orchestrated a year-long campaign of mail theft from various Miami-Dade County complexes. Lamour admitted to…
Copeland & Rudd Accused of $300K Tax Refund Scam
MIAMI, FL – A brazen scheme to steal tax refunds using the identities of unsuspecting Americans has landed three South Florida residents in federal court, with one still on the run. Authorities allege Marlan L. Copeland, 42, and Vory V. Copeland, 40, both of Miramar, along with Brannoc K. Rudd, 71, of Miami Gardens, conspired…
