Tag: New York
Kelvin Thomas, Sex Trafficking and Narcotics Distribution, Jamestow…
⏱ 3 min read Kelvin Thomas, 43, is staring down a potential life sentence for running a sex trafficking ring and slinging dope in Jamestown, New York. The scheme unfolded between October and December 2022, targeting two vulnerable addicts and forcing them into prostitution at a residence on W. Main Street in Falconer, NY. Thomas…
Christopher Ferguson, Faked Purchase Orders, New York, 2023
⏱ 2 min read The hustle for pandemic profits turned criminal. Christopher Ferguson, former CEO of Edison Nation, and Brian McFadden, a consultant for the firm, both pleaded guilty in federal court today to cooking the books. They confessed to faking $10 million in purchase orders after a massive deal for hand sanitizer went belly-up,…
Eric Simpson, Running a Brothel, NY, 2021-2025
⏱ 3 min read Eric Simpson, 66, a former Rochester public school teacher, wasn’t teaching kids – he was running a brothel. For over four years, from 2021 to late 2025, Simpson allegedly turned his Macedon home into a fully operational prostitution den, raking in cash while facilitating illegal sex acts. Federal prosecutors say the…
Todd Faustin, Workers’ Compensation Fraud, New York NY, 2023
⏱ 2 min read Todd Faustin, 43, a former Rikers Island correction officer, confessed today to a years-long scheme to steal over $370,000 from New York City’s Workers’ Compensation system. Faustin repeatedly lied about being injured during altercations with inmates, filing bogus claims to the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board and lining his pockets…
James Johnson, Sexual Abuse of a Minor, Brooklyn NY, 2023
⏱ 3 min read James Johnson, a guard at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, is facing federal charges for allegedly sexually abusing an inmate. The indictment unsealed today details the abuse and accuses Johnson of lying to federal investigators about it. He was arrested this morning and is due in court this afternoon. Prosecutors…
Shane Daley, Voicemail Harassment, Galway NY, 2024
⏱ 3 min read Shane Daley, 40, of Galway, New York, wasn’t content to let tragedy stand alone. Hours after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was brutally murdered in Manhattan in late 2024, Daley allegedly unleashed a torrent of digital cruelty, flooding Thompson’s family with voicemails. These weren’t condolences; they were celebrations of death and direct…
Sark Wire Corporation, PPP Loan Fraud, Albany NY, 2020
⏱ 3 min read Albany manufacturer Sark Wire Corporation is on the hook for $1.9 million after admitting they cooked the books to grab COVID-19 relief money. Back in 2020, when the CARES Act was supposed to be a lifeline for struggling businesses, Sark Wire allegedly lied about its size to qualify for Paycheck Protection…
Kenneth Thom Pleads Guilty to Pump-and-Dump Scheme, New York NY, 2023
⏱ 3 min read Kenneth Thom, a 40-ish ex-broker known online as “K$” and “K Money,” confessed in Manhattan Federal Court today to fleecing investors with a classic pump-and-dump scheme. Thom, already radioactive in the financial world, built a slick online persona to lure victims after being barred from trading in 2011. He’s facing sentencing…
Maximiliano Davila Perez, Cocaine Pipeline Orchestrating, New York,…
⏱ 3 min read Maximiliano Davila Perez, the former director of Bolivia’s anti-drug agency, is facing a quarter-century in federal prison after a New York jury convicted him of orchestrating a cocaine pipeline into the United States. The 50-something Perez didn’t just turn a blind eye to the cartels; he was on their payroll, guaranteeing…
James Pavlounis, Social Security Disability Benefits Fraud, New Roc…
⏱ 3 min read James Pavlounis, 53, is trading his New Rochelle address for a federal prison cell after admitting to a decade-plus con. For 12 years, starting January 2013, Pavlounis pocketed $646,370 in bogus Social Security disability payments while secretly raking in cash from his valet parking business, Select Parking Systems Inc. – and…
