Tag: March 2017
Anchorage Couple Nabbed: Drugs, Fraud, and a Staged Burglary
Anchorage, AK – Greed and deception landed Arnold Wesley Flowers, II, 42, and his wife, Miranda May Flowers, 32, both of Anchorage, in federal prison this week. Arnold Flowers received a hefty 75-month sentence, followed by five years of supervised release, while Miranda Flowers will spend 20 months behind bars, also with three years of…
Movie Mogul’s $13M Fraud: Odom Admits Scam
Movie Mogul’s $13M Fraud: Odom Admits Scam BALTIMORE, MD – A Hollywood dream turned into a federal nightmare. David Odom, 53, of Chicago, Illinois, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, admitting his role in a brazen scheme to swindle lenders out of $2.5 million while attempting to finance a feature film, “Season…
Bridgeport Heroin Dealer Gets 57 Months
BRIDGEPORT, CT – Glen Porter, also known as “Kuran,” 32, of Bridgeport, will spend the next 57 months in federal prison after being sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven. Porter was convicted for his role in a Bridgeport heroin distribution network, a case brought by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for…
Tiffany Hall Indicted
A former hotel clerk in Alabama has been indicted on fraud and identity theft charges for the unauthorized use of a customer’s bankcard. TIFFIANY LASHAWN HALL, 40, of Birmingham, was charged with three counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. According to the indictment, Hall worked as a front desk clerk…
Trash Tycoon Accused of $473K Landfill Scam
BOSTON – Stephen P. Aguiar, Jr., 47, of Westport, is facing federal charges after allegedly defrauding the operator of the Fall River Landfill out of a hefty $473,000 in disposal fees. The scheme, prosecutors say, involved a deliberate misrepresentation of where the trash originated, lining Aguiar’s pockets at the expense of a vital public service.…
Avantair Exec Hid Evidence After Plane Part Fell Off
TAMPA, FL – David Esteves, 52, of Port Richey, Florida, admitted in federal court today to deliberately sabotaging a federal investigation into a potentially catastrophic aviation incident. The former Director of Maintenance for Avantair, Inc., a now-defunct fractional aircraft ownership company, pleaded guilty to obstructing proceedings before a federal agency or department. Esteves now faces…
Clay Co. Man Gets 30 Years for Child Pornography
CLAY COUNTY, FL – A 45-year-old man from Green Cove Springs has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for producing and transporting child pornography. Leonard Leland Walters Jr. was also ordered to a lifetime term of supervised release following his imprisonment, according to court documents. Walters’ conviction followed an investigation that uncovered over 619…
Chicago Gunrunner Biles Gets 2 Years
CHICAGO – Willie Lee Biles Jr., 44, of Indianapolis, Indiana, is headed to federal prison for two years after being convicted of running guns into Chicago and illegally peddling them on the West Side. The sentence was handed down Thursday by U.S. District Judge Sara L. Ellis. Between fall 2013, Biles repeatedly hopped on a…
Monroe Guard Bowden Sentenced for Prison Contraband Smuggling
Seattle, WA — A former correctional officer at the Monroe Correctional Complex in Washington was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in a contraband smuggling ring. Michael W. Bowden, 31, of Everett, pleaded guilty last year to extortion under color of official right. Bowden, who had access to the Twin Rivers Unit…
Pharmacy Chiefs Face Decades in Fraudulent Compounding Scam
BOCA RATON, FL – Federal prosecutors have handed down severe sentences to nine defendants in a massive insurance fraud scheme involving the manufacture and distribution of compounded medications. The sentencing of Benjamin G. Greenberg, Adolphus P. Wright, Kelly R. Jackson, and Michael J. Satz marks the culmination of an investigation that charged sixteen individuals for…
