Tag: Q2 2025
Vincent Thayer, Medical Visit Fraud, California 2023
GRIMY TIMES EXCLUSIVE: San Jose’s Vincent Thayer is in hot water after being charged with wire fraud, health care fraud, and aggravated identity theft, stemming from a $68 million scheme involving false medical office visit claims. The Department of Justice’s latest National Health Care Fraud Takedown has landed this doctor on the wrong side of…
Vincent Thayer, Health Care Fraud, California 2025
SAN JOSE, CA – Five individuals are facing federal charges today as part of a massive nationwide crackdown on health care fraud and illegal drug diversion, U.S. Attorney Craig H. Missakian announced. The charges, stemming from the Department of Justice’s 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, reveal a pattern of brazen greed and disregard for…
Royce Newcomb, Wire Fraud and Money Laundering, California 2024
FRESNO, CA – Royce Newcomb, 62, of Fresno, is trading his ‘smart’ ideas for prison bars. He was sentenced today to five years and 10 months in prison after being convicted of wire fraud and money laundering stemming from a brazen $4.2 million scheme. The con man stole funds from investors, lenders, and even the…
Royce Newcomb, $4.2M Wire Fraud, California 2024
Fresno tech magnate Royce Newcomb has been handed a heavy penalty for orchestrating a $4.2 million fraud scheme through his technology startup, Strategic Innovations. The 62-year-old was sentenced today to five years and ten months in prison by Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith for wire fraud and money laundering charges. Newcomb’s fraudulent enterprise spanned from…
Isaias Aroldo Contreras, Fentanyl Distribution, California 2024
Facing the harshest penalties of his criminal career, Isaias Aroldo Contreras, 26, of Sacramento, was today sentenced by U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb to five years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith. The sentence followed the execution of a search warrant at Contreras’s residence…
Ian Andre Zephyrin, Attempted Murder, District of Columbia 2025
WASHINGTON D.C. – A brazen attack on a Metropolitan Police Department officer has left one cop seriously wounded and a District man facing attempted murder charges. Ian Andre Zephyrin, 45, of Washington D.C., is accused of repeatedly stabbing an MPD officer with a knife during an attempted arrest in Northwest D.C. on June 24, 2025.…
Ian Zephyrin, Assault on Officer, District of Columbia 2024
WASHINGTON D.C. – A routine shoplifting call exploded into a violent assault on a Metropolitan Police Department officer Monday morning, leaving the officer with a severe head wound. Ian Andre Zephyrin, 45, of the District of Columbia, is now facing charges of assault with intent to kill while armed and assault on a police officer…
Yeison Perdomo, Enticement of a Minor, Missouri 2024
ST. LOUIS – A chilling admission from Yeison Perdomo, 30, as he confessed to meeting a 14-year-old with intent to engage in sexual activity. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri, Perdomo pleaded guilty to one count of coercion and enticement of a minor. The unsettling encounter began on a…
Junior Elixon Burgos-Lara, Illegal Re-entry, Louisiana 2025
New Orleans, LA – In a stunning turn of events, Honduran national JUNIOR ELIXON BURGOS-LARA, 28, has been charged with illegal re-entry into the United States after being deported. Burgos-Lara was found in St. Tammany Parish on May 21, 2025, having been previously removed to Honduras on November 27, 2018. Acting United States Attorney Michael…
Terrell Kimble, Wire Fraud, Connecticut 2024
HARTFORD, CT – Terrell Kimble, 45, of Hartford, is facing up to 20 years in federal prison after admitting today to a brazen scheme to defraud Amazon. The former Amazon Regional Fleet Specialist and Area Manager pleaded guilty to wire fraud before U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford. Federal prosecutors detailed how Kimble…
