Tag: March 2015
Randy Thomas, Felon in Possession of Firearm, Florida 2014
MIAMI GARDENS, FL – A routine call to a Miami Gardens apartment complex turned into a violent ambush on January 11, 2014, when Randy Thomas, 45, opened fire on a 25-year-old Miami Gardens Police officer. After a three-day federal trial, Thomas was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, a charge that…
Dennis L. Bradley, Travel Reimbursement Fraud, Virginia 2023
Facing up to five years in prison each, seven Florida defendants have been indicted for defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs out of nearly $150,000 in travel reimbursement funds. Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Monty Stokes, Special Agent in Charge of the VA-OIG, announced the charges against…
Allen Weintraub, Facebook Stock Fraud, Florida 2023
Boynton Beach’s Allen Weintraub, 48, was yesterday sentenced by U.S. District Judge Donald Graham to 111 months in prison for orchestrating a massive Facebook stock fraud scheme that bilked investors out of $414,000. According to United States Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer and FBI Special Agent in Charge George L. Piro, Weintraub, using an alias, lured…
Kenneth Cornelius Coleman, Sea Turtle Egg Poaching, Florida 2023
Crime journalist’s gritty portrayal of Kenneth C. Coleman’s guilty plea in the Juno Beach sea turtle egg poaching case. United States Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer and Supervisory Law Enforcement Officer William H. Calvert announced that 52-year-old Kenneth Cornelius Coleman, from Riviera Beach, entered a guilty plea before U.S. District Judge William Zloch for unlawfully transporting…
Irene Shannon, Conspiracy to Launder Money, Florida 2009
Fort Lauderdale, FL – In a stunning turn of events, Irene Shannon, the former Chief Financial Officer of Rothstein, Rosenfeldt and Adler, P.A. (RRA), has been charged with conspiracy to launder money and defraud a financial institution in a Ponzi scheme that has shocked the nation. Irene Shannon, now 50 years old and living in…
Richard A. Bunnell, Constructing Illegal Docks, Florida 2023
MIAMI, FL – Richard A. Bunnell, 70, of Coconut Grove, is trading ocean views for house arrest. The Miami businessman was sentenced yesterday for brazenly flouting federal law by constructing illegal docks and piers in South Florida waterways. Bunnell’s actions violated the Rivers and Harbors Act, a federal statute designed to protect navigable waters from…
Jerrick David Bartee, Cocaine Distribution, Florida 2013
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Another cog in a brutal cocaine pipeline connecting Arizona and Florida is off the streets. Jerrick David Bartee, 31, of West Palm Beach, received a 168-month federal prison sentence today, concluding a sprawling case that ensnared 30 individuals and flooded the streets of Lake Worth with crack cocaine. U.S. District…
Pavel Sosa Medina, Money Laundering, Florida 2014
Miami, FL – Pavel Sosa Medina, a 46-year-old Miami Dade County resident, has been sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for his role in laundering over $400,000 from purported narcotics transactions. United States Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer and IRS Special Agent in Charge Kelly R. Jackson announced the sentence today, which also includes one…
Daniel Paul Vranich, Manufacturing and Possession with Intent to Manufacture, Florida 2014
STUART, FL – A quiet Stuart, Florida apartment turned into a volatile crime scene last December, and now 31-year-old Daniel Paul Vranich of Lake Park is facing serious federal charges. Authorities uncovered a fully operational butane hash oil (BHO) laboratory inside his residence, along with a loaded firearm and enough marijuana to raise serious questions…
Wisly Toussaint, Identity Theft Tax Refund, Florida 2018
Miami, FL – Wisly Toussaint, 36, a Miami-Dade resident, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for orchestrating an identity theft tax refund fraud scheme. United States Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer, along with FBI, IRS-CI, and ICE-HSI agents, announced the sentence. Toussaint was convicted by a federal jury on charges including conspiracy to commit…
