Tag: Q1 2017
Con Man Donald Hicklin Hits 98-Month Sentence in VA Bank Fraud Plot
Lynchburg, VIRGINIA – In a gritty tale of financial deception, Donald Hicklin, 39, a North Carolina con man, has been handed a 98-month sentence for masterminding a bank fraud and identity theft conspiracy. The revelation comes from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Lynchburg, as Acting United States Attorney…
B Scott Bass Pleads Guilty to Prison Contraband Scheme
St. Croix, USVI – B Scott Bass, 43, has been hit with a heavy charge after pleading guilty to providing contraband in prison, according to Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett. The grim details emerged that on May 18, 2016, Bass visited the Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility, intent on delivering personal items to detainee…
Magnan Gets 108 Years for Heinous Abuse
Ethete, WY – A Wyoming man will spend the vast majority of his life behind bars after receiving a staggering 108-year sentence for a litany of horrific crimes. Marvin Wayne Magnan, 63, of Ethete, was sentenced March 28, 2017, by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on two counts of aggravated sexual abuse; six…
Knott Co. Man Bags Four Life Sentences for Child Sex, Drug Smuggling
PIKEVILLE, Ky. — In a grim turn of justice, Freddie Kennedy, Jr., has been handed four consecutive life sentences for his heinous crimes of drug trafficking and the sexual exploitation of minors. The federal judge Amul Thapar imposed the severe sentence on Wednesday, leaving Kennedy without hope of parole. The charges included one count of…
Butner Inmates Busted with Contraband Phones
WILMINGTON, NC – Five inmates serving time at Butner Correctional Institute are facing additional federal charges after a grand jury returned indictments accusing them of possessing contraband cell phones. The indictments, announced by U.S. Attorney John Stuart Bruce for the Eastern District of North Carolina, represent a crackdown on illicit communication within the prison walls.…
Doctor Fakes Death to Evade Healthcare Fraud Charges Sentenced
LOS ANGELES – A medical doctor, Tigran Svadjian, 58, who escaped the United States in 2002 by faking his own death to evade healthcare fraud charges, was handed a 29-month federal prison sentence this afternoon. Svadjian, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Armenia, lived in Newport Beach before fleeing to Russia in September 2002, according to…
“Sporty” & “Fatboy” Lead 18th Street Gang Drug & Gun Bust
LOS ANGELES – Ten members and associates of the notorious 18th Street gang are off the streets after a coordinated federal takedown targeting their narcotics and weapons trafficking, authorities announced Wednesday. The sweep, a multi-agency effort led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigation (HSI), represents a significant blow to the gang’s operations…
Craig Nabbed for $250K+ Employer Heist
Connecticut Woman Admits to Quarter-Million Dollar Theft SPRINGFIELD, MA – Angela M. Craig, 55, of Windsor, Connecticut, has confessed to systematically robbing her Massachusetts employer of over $250,000. The brazen scheme involved forged checks, a falsified accounting system, and a callous disregard for the company’s financial health. Craig pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court…
Janel McDonald Guilty Of Fake ID Scam To Cash Stolen Checks
OAKLAND—In a grim twist of justice, Janel McDonald, 38, from Los Angeles, has been convicted by a federal jury for her involvement in a conspiracy to cash stolen and fraudulently obtained U.S. Treasury checks, according to U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax…
Eagle Pass Ex-City Manager Chavez Pleads Guilty in Bribery Scheme
GRIMY TIMES: 68-year-old former Eagle Pass City Manager Hector Chavez, Sr., has copped to lying to FBI agents during their probe into a ‘pay-to-play’ scheme involving Maverick County contracts. The admission came this afternoon as United States Attorney Richard Durbin, Jr., and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, made the revelation.…
