Tag: Q1 2015

  • Pavel Sosa Medina, Money Laundering, Florida 2014

    Pavel Sosa Medina, Money Laundering, Florida 2014

    Miami, FL – Pavel Sosa Medina, a 46-year-old Miami Dade County resident, has been sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for his role in laundering over $400,000 from purported narcotics transactions. United States Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer and IRS Special Agent in Charge Kelly R. Jackson announced the sentence today, which also includes one…

  • Daniel Paul Vranich, Manufacturing and Possession with Intent to Manufacture, Florida 2014

    Daniel Paul Vranich, Manufacturing and Possession with Intent to Manufacture, Florida 2014

    STUART, FL – A quiet Stuart, Florida apartment turned into a volatile crime scene last December, and now 31-year-old Daniel Paul Vranich of Lake Park is facing serious federal charges. Authorities uncovered a fully operational butane hash oil (BHO) laboratory inside his residence, along with a loaded firearm and enough marijuana to raise serious questions…

  • Wisly Toussaint, Identity Theft Tax Refund, Florida 2018

    Wisly Toussaint, Identity Theft Tax Refund, Florida 2018

    Miami, FL – Wisly Toussaint, 36, a Miami-Dade resident, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for orchestrating an identity theft tax refund fraud scheme. United States Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer, along with FBI, IRS-CI, and ICE-HSI agents, announced the sentence. Toussaint was convicted by a federal jury on charges including conspiracy to commit…

  • Diana Cunningham, Theft of Government Funds, Florida 2013

    Diana Cunningham, Theft of Government Funds, Florida 2013

    PEMBROKE PINES, FL – A Pembroke Pines woman is facing a decade behind bars after admitting to a decade-long scheme to defraud the Social Security Administration (SSA) out of over $80,000. Diana Cunningham, 56, pled guilty this week to two counts of theft of government funds, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section…

  • Cecilio Pelaez Delgado, Health Care Fraud, Florida 2023

    Cecilio Pelaez Delgado, Health Care Fraud, Florida 2023

    MIAMI, FL – Cecilio Pelaez Delgado, 51, of Miami, is facing serious time after a federal jury found him guilty of a brazen $2.5 million Medicare fraud scheme. Delgado, a former billing employee at Viton Therapy Medical Center Inc., was convicted on ten counts of health care fraud (Title 18, United States Code, Section 1347)…

  • Russell S. Adler, Conspiracy to Violate Federal Election Campaign Act and Defraud the United States, Florida 2008

    Russell S. Adler, Conspiracy to Violate Federal Election Campaign Act and Defraud the United States, Florida 2008

    FT. LAUDERDALE, FL – Russell S. Adler, 52, of Ft. Lauderdale, is facing federal charges for his alleged role in a conspiracy to illegally funnel money into political campaigns while associated with the now-defunct law firm Rothstein, Rosenfeldt and Adler, P.A. (RRA). The indictment marks the latest fallout from the sprawling $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme…

  • Jonathan M. Hale, Trafficking Marine Life, Florida 2012

    Jonathan M. Hale, Trafficking Marine Life, Florida 2012

    MIAMI, FL – Jonathan M. Hale, 30, of Patchogue, New York, is facing the consequences after pleading guilty to federal charges related to the illegal trafficking of marine life harvested from Florida waters. Hale was sentenced to two years of probation and slapped with a $10,000 criminal fine, the Department of Justice announced today. The…

  • Euridice Borroto, Conspiracy to Solicit and Receive Health Care Kickbacks and Defraud the United States, Florida 2014

    Euridice Borroto, Conspiracy to Solicit and Receive Health Care Kickbacks and Defraud the United States, Florida 2014

    Euridice Borroto, 45, of Miami, has entered a guilty plea in the Southern District of Florida for her involvement in a massive $6.5 million health care fraud scheme. Borroto, who served as a patient recruiter at Nestor’s Health Services Inc., pleaded before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman for conspiracy to solicit and receive health care…

  • Diego Perez Henao, Cocaine Trafficking, Florida 1994

    Diego Perez Henao, Cocaine Trafficking, Florida 1994

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  • Rowan George Hemmings, Mail Fraud, Florida 2023

    Rowan George Hemmings, Mail Fraud, Florida 2023

    MIAMI, FL – Rowan George Hemmings, 46, of Miami-Dade County, is facing federal charges for his continued involvement in a sophisticated lottery scam originating in Jamaica. Hemmings, already warned once, allegedly resumed collecting funds from victims swindled by the fraudulent scheme, proving a promise is only as good as the con man keeping it. U.S.…