Tag: May 2017
Teri Dimond, Medicaid Billing Fraud, Minnesota 2016
MINNEAPOLIS – Complementary Support Services (CSS), led by TERI DIMOND and HERBERT STOCKLEY, has agreed to cough up $4.52 million to resolve allegations of fraudulent billing against Medicaid, the joint federal-state healthcare program for low-income Minnesotans. The settlement comes after a federal investigation revealed CSS, between 2007 and 2016, violated clinical supervision requirements and billed…
David DeMulle, Firearms Stockpiling, California 2024
LOS ANGELES – David “Doc” DeMulle, 75, of Tujunga, traded ink for iron bars this week, receiving a 41-month federal prison sentence for illegally stockpiling firearms. The editor-in-chief of the Sunland/Tujunga’s The Foothills Paper was sentenced Monday by United States District Judge Otis D. Wright III, bringing a grim end to a case that exposed…
Jason Michael Mower, Receipt of Child Pornography, Iowa 2024
DAVENPORT, IA – In a chilling case of online criminality, Jason Michael Mower, 43, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced to 80 months in federal prison for the receipt of child pornography. This pronouncement came from United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel, who also stated that Mower must serve eight years of supervised release following his…
Fred A. Santiago, Cocaine Distribution, New York 2024
BUFFALO, N.Y. – A six-count federal indictment has dropped on two Dunkirk men, accusing them of running a significant cocaine distribution network. Fred A. Santiago, 29, and Michael Pacheco, 27, are facing serious time if convicted, potentially life behind bars for their alleged crimes. Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced the indictment today,…
Raymond Hopson, Crack Cocaine Distribution, New York 2016
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has leveled a heavy hand against Raymond Hopson and Lindsay Carrier, both aged 32 and residents of Niagara Falls, NY, as they face federal charges for a ruthless crack cocaine distribution operation. Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., revealed that the duo was indicted by…
Derrick Pitts, Conspiracy to Distribute Crack Cocaine, New York 2017
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Sean Michael Fitzgerald, Operating a Common Carrier Under the Influence of Alcohol, Michigan 2016
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — Sean Michael Fitzgerald, 35, a Boca Raton resident, has been convicted by a federal jury of operating a common carrier under the influence of alcohol. The case, which took place in Traverse City, Michigan, was presided over by Chief United States District Judge Robert J. Jonker. Fitzgerald’s trial, which spanned four…
Howard Hsu, Tax Evasion Scheme, California 2024
SAN FRANCISCO – In a stunning reversal of fortune, Howard Hsu and his mother, Tracy Chang, have been sentenced to prison for their alleged role in a massive tax fraud scheme at Didsee Corporation. Hsu, 36, was handed a 33-month sentence, while Chang, 65, received a 12-month-and-a-day term. The sentences were announced by U.S. Attorney…
Mario Cardenas, RICO conspiracy and use of a firearm during a crime of violence, California 2017
SAN JOSE, CA – Mario Cardenas, 22, of San Jose, is headed to federal prison for eight years and four months after admitting his role in a brutal Sureño gang conspiracy. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Davila handed down the 100-month sentence yesterday, marking the sixteenth conviction in a sweeping FBI operation targeting violent crime…
Robert James Guthrie, Meth Distribution, California 2016
FRESNO, Calif. — In a significant crackdown on drug trafficking and firearms offenses, 14 federal defendants, including members of the Sureno criminal street gang in Merced County, were indicted for their roles in a bustling meth distribution ring. U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced the charges after a multi-agency investigation. Starting in December 2016, law…
