Tag: October 2016
Wendy Askins Sentenced in $233K Fraud Scheme
Wendy Askins, 55, of Red Boiling Springs, just got 18 months behind bars for ripping off a federally funded development agency she was supposed to lead. The former Executive Director of the Upper Cumberland Development District (UCDD) was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Aleta A. Trauger, who also slapped her with two years of supervised…
Arlington Man Pleads Guilty to Downloading 83K Child Porn Images
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — James Jeffrey Schroeder, 50, of Arlington, has admitted to one of the most extensive child pornography collections uncovered in recent federal investigations. The former teacher’s assistant at Sharyland High School in Mission, Texas, pleaded guilty today to charges of receiving and downloading child pornography, following a forensic sweep of his digital devices.…
Carlton P. Cabot Jailed 10 Years for $17M Elder Investor Scam
Carlton P. Cabot, the 54-year-old former owner and CEO of Cabot Investment Properties LLC, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for orchestrating a $17 million securities fraud scheme that gutted hundreds of elderly investors. The sentence, handed down today in Manhattan federal court by U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman, marks the end…
Ormat Geothermal Hit With $5.5M Fraud Settlement
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A Reno-based geothermal power plant operator, Ormat Technologies, Inc., and its associated companies, will shell out $5.5 million to the U.S. Department of Justice to settle civil fraud allegations. The companies unlawfully applied for and received millions in federal clean energy grants, according to federal prosecutors. The settlement involves Ormat Technologies,…
Serial Bank Robber Brian Dwayne Glass Gets 84 Months
Brian Dwayne Glass, 35, of Garland, Texas, is headed to federal prison for 84 months after pleading guilty to six counts of bank robbery. The sentence, handed down by Chief U.S. District Judge Barbara M. G. Lynn in Dallas, marks the end of a crime spree that terrorized bank branches across North Texas from July…
Morgantown Man Myers Cops to Heroin Sales Near WVU
Justin Donald Myers, 37, of Morgantown, West Virginia, is headed to federal prison after admitting to pushing heroin within feet of college students at West Virginia University. The conviction hits hard in a region gutted by opioid abuse, where street-level dealers profit off addiction and despair. Myers sold the deadly drug in January 2016 in…
Fairmont Man Kyle Kuroski Gets 70 Months for Gun Possession
Fairmont man Kyle Kuroski, 24, is headed to federal prison for 70 months after being caught with a loaded .45 caliber pistol — a weapon he’s legally barred from owning due to a prior felony conviction. Kuroski admitted guilt in June 2016 to one count of “Felon in Possession of a Firearm,” a charge that…
Antonio Romero Jr. Led Fentanyl, Cocaine Trafficking Ring
LAREDO, Texas — A sprawling narcotics empire fueled by fentanyl, cocaine, and blood money has been ripped apart by federal authorities, with 18 defendants now in custody across five states. At the center of the web: Antonio Romero Jr., 29, of Laredo, identified as the ringleader of a transnational drug trafficking cell operating out of…
Adrian Spence AKA ‘AJ’ Gets 10 Years for Heroin Ring
Baltimore County drug boss Adrian Spence, 28, known on the street as ‘AJ’ and ‘SP,’ is headed to federal prison for a decade after admitting his role in flooding the region with heroin. U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett slammed Spence with a 10-year prison sentence, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy…
Jack Weichman Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud, Tax Evasion
Jack Weichman, 64, of Dyer, Indiana, stood before Chief Judge Philip Simon today and admitted to orchestrating a multi-year financial crime spree that bled clients, banks, and the IRS dry. The accountant and business owner pleaded guilty to two counts of bank fraud, one count of concealment of assets, one count of wire fraud, and…
