Tag: October 2016
Australian Man Sentenced for L.A. Child Sex Plot
Michael Quinn, a 33-year-old geneticist from Melbourne, Australia, was sentenced to 144 months in federal prison for traveling to Los Angeles with the intent to sexually abuse a 6-year-old boy. U.S. District Judge John F. Walter handed down the sentence, marking the end of a sting operation that exposed Quinn’s hidden predation behind a façade…
Leschyshyn Sentenced for $23M Fraud Scheme
HOUSTON – Alan Leschyshyn, 53, of Cave Creek, Arizona, has become the first defendant to be sentenced in a massive $23 million fraud scheme. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas announced that Leschyshyn was ordered to serve 235 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release, accompanied by…
Nancy Pineda Arrested in Heroin Death at McDonald’s
A young woman’s life ended in the grim backroom of a Farmers Branch McDonald’s, and now Nancy Pineda, 27, of Farmers Branch, Texas, sits in federal lockup accused of putting the poison in her hands. Pineda was arrested Friday night by Farmers Branch Police and DEA agents on a federal criminal complaint charging her with…
Karen Holtz, 50, Cuffed in $350K Identity Theft Scheme
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Karen Holtz, 50, of Haymarket, Virginia, was arrested today and charged in a $350,000 identity theft and financial fraud scheme she allegedly ran while employed at JMS Ventures, Inc., a small firm operating as the Kenyan Collection. The business imports and sells handmade goods from Kenya, but federal prosecutors say Holtz turned…
Scranton Brothers Charged in $150K Unemployment Fraud Scheme
Scranton brothers Samuel Borgia, 52, and Steven Borgia, 46, are facing federal charges in a $150,000 unemployment benefits fraud scheme tied to their now-defunct home improvement company, Home Resource Corporation. The pair, who owned and operated the Scranton-based business, allegedly orchestrated a years-long scam from 2009 to 2012, filing false claims to collect benefits they…
Laguna Pueblo Man Jailed for Sexually Abusing Patient
Benjamin Shiosee, 38, a former certified nursing assistant from Laguna Pueblo, N.M., is headed to federal prison after admitting to sexually abusing a vulnerable patient under his care. The crime occurred on Sept. 4, 2015, on tribal land in Cibola County, where Shiosee exploited his position of trust to commit the assault. Shiosee was sentenced…
Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Offender Registration Charge
Beau Shields, a 29-year-old man from Barre, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to failing to register as a sex offender under federal law, marking the latest enforcement of the Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) in northern New England. The plea was announced today by U.S. Attorney Emily Gray Rice in Concord, New Hampshire. Court records…
Priscilla Ellis Charged in Murder-for-Hire Plot
Priscilla Ellis, a 51-year-old woman from Killeen, Texas, has been charged in a chilling murder-for-hire scheme aimed at silencing witnesses who testified against her in a federal fraud trial. Prosecutors say the plot was launched the day after her conviction, targeting a key government witness and the mother of a cooperating defendant. The criminal complaint,…
Georgia Man Charged with Meth Trafficking in NM After Massive Drug Seizure
ALBUQUERQUE – The grimy streets of New Mexico have been witness to a major drug bust as 21-year-old Timothy Wayne McGahee, from Flowery Branch, Georgia, now stands accused of methamphetamine trafficking. Today, a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Las Cruces confirmed probable cause for the charges against McGahee. The defendant was nabbed on October 23, 2016,…
Valley Grove Credit Union Boss Nabbed in $156K Heist
WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Kathleen Gramlich, 65, of Valley Grove, West Virginia, traded her fiduciary duty for personal gain, admitting in federal court today to pilfering over $156,000 from the Ohio County Schools Public Credit Union. The former executive director now faces a reckoning for betraying the trust placed in her. According to United States…
