Tag: Q4 2016
Peruvian National Pedro Jaramillo Busted in $1.2M Ponzi Scheme
Peruvian national PEDRO JARAMILLO, a/k/a “Enrique Jaramillo,” is behind bars in Manhattan, charged with commodities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering after allegedly running a $1.2 million Ponzi scheme that preyed on more than two dozen investors—mostly retirees and professionals from Peru and across Latin America. JARAMILLO promised sky-high returns from short-term commodity futures contracts…
Arizona Men Haul 5 Pounds Heroin to Idaho, Get Slammed
Five pounds of heroin, a hidden compartment, and a dead-end deal in Nampa — the latest chapter in the Southwest’s relentless drug pipeline north. Rodrigo Ramirez, 22, and Irwin Camacho, 19, both of Phoenix, Arizona, were sentenced to federal prison this week after attempting to offload a massive heroin shipment in western Idaho. The bust,…
Samuel Below Gets 10 Years for Meth, Gun Run in Wichita
A Phoenix man crossed state lines to push poison — and brought a warzone weapon with him. Samuel Below, 29, was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine in Wichita, Kansas, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall announced. Below admitted to driving from Phoenix to Wichita on Jan. 12, 2016, hauling more than…
Irfan Demirtas Gets 88 Months for Funding Uzbek Militants
Irfan Demirtas, 58, a dual Dutch-Turkish citizen, is headed to federal prison for 88 months after admitting he funded the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), a designated foreign terrorist organization. The sentence, handed down in Washington, D.C., marks the end of a years-long pursuit by U.S. authorities who say Demirtas acted as a key facilitator…
Jason Vanduyn Gets 151 Months for Truck Bomb Plot
Jason Vanduyn, 41, of Machesney Park, is headed to federal prison for more than 12 years after masterminding a revenge-fueled plot to blow up a pickup truck with an explosive device. Vanduyn was sentenced today to 151 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard, followed by three years of supervised release. The…
Amber Kay Otero Pleads Guilty to Oxycodone Theft in Carlsbad
Amber Kay Otero, 31, of Carlsbad, N.M., admitted in federal court today to stealing thousands of oxycodone pills from the pharmacy where she worked, capping a three-year theft spree that went undetected until a federal probe cracked the case wide open. Otero pled guilty in Las Cruces, N.M., to a misdemeanor charge of unlawful possession…
Darren Dozier Charged With Producing Child Pornography
Darren Dozier a/k/a “Dante Dozier”, 54, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is back behind bars — and this time, he’s facing federal charges for producing child pornography. The indictment unsealed today levels three counts of production of child pornography, one count of transportation of child pornography, and one charge specific to offenses committed by a registered sex…
Las Cruces Man Pleads Guilty to Meth, Heroin Trafficking
Jimmy Alex Barela, Jr., 38, of Las Cruces, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court to possession of methamphetamine and heroin with intent to distribute — a high-stakes drug charge that exposes him to a mandatory minimum of ten years and up to life behind bars. The plea was entered without a deal, meaning Barela…
NECC Sales Director Ronzio Pleads Guilty to FDA Fraud
Robert A. Ronzio, 42, of North Providence, R.I., the national sales director for New England Compounding Center (NECC), pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Boston to one count of conspiring to defraud the Food and Drug Administration. The guilty plea marks a pivotal development in the sprawling federal case against NECC, the Framingham, Mass.-based…
Cushing Man Gets 135 Months for Facebook Child Porn Scheme
Carlos Ozz Fritinger, 24, of Cushing, Oklahoma, is headed to federal prison for 135 months after being sentenced for distributing child pornography he obtained from minors through Facebook. The sentence, handed down by U.S. District Judge Robin Cauthron, marks the end of a disturbing case involving manipulation, exploitation, and the predatory use of social media.…
