Tag: Q4 2016
John Desantis, Dwayne Malloy Indicted in $9.3M Securities Fraud
John Desantis, a New York resident, and Dwayne Malloy, of New Jersey, were arrested today on federal charges of securities fraud and wire fraud tied to a $9.3 million scam that ripped off more than 300 investors across 40 states. The pair, former owner and president of Staten Island-based Premier Links, Inc., allegedly ran an…
Felix Ayo Campbell Sentenced in Roanoke Drug, Gun Case
Felix Ayo Campbell, a 40-year-old man from Roanoke, Virginia, is headed to federal prison after being sentenced to 72 months for dealing cocaine and illegally possessing a firearm. The sentence, handed down today in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, marks the end of a case rooted in violence and illegal trade.…
Marwin Wilson Pleads Guilty
Marwin Uriah Wilson, 28, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm, a charge that could land him in prison for up to ten years. Wilson, who has a prior conviction for the felony offense of “Unlawful Wounding” in Berkeley County, admitted to possessing a .9mm pistol in March 2016.…
Gregory Harriman Gets 30 Months for $386K NSK Embezzlement
Gregory Harriman, 52, formerly of Bennington, Vermont, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison on December 19, 2016, for embezzling $386,850 from NSK Steering Systems America, one of the largest employers in southern Vermont. Harriman, who served as plant manager, used his position to orchestrate a years-long fraud scheme, funneling company funds through shell…
Timothy Paprocki Guilty in Heroin Overdose Death
A deadly heroin deal sealed in texts and closed with a fatal transaction has ended in a federal guilty plea. Timothy Paprocki, 33, of Ledyard, admitted in Hartford federal court today to distributing the batch of heroin that killed a 25-year-old man in Groton on April 12, 2016. The plea, entered before U.S. District Judge…
Delexsia Harris Gets 10 Years for Witness Tampering
Delexsia Harris, 24, of Bradenton, is headed to federal prison for a decade after being sentenced to 10 years for witness tampering and obstruction of justice. U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew handed down the sentence Tuesday in Tampa, capping a case rooted in threats, lies, and a violent murder from 2012. Harris was convicted…
Ohio Man Charged in First Chicago Carfentanil Case
CLIFFORD REED, a 27-year-old from Cincinnati, Ohio, is set for arraignment today in Chicago on a federal charge tied to the distribution of a kilogram or more of heroin laced with carfentanil—the first prosecution of its kind in the Chicago area. The case marks a grim escalation in the region’s opioid crisis, as traffickers turn…
Barbershop Bandit: Brown Gets 135 Months for $20M Tax Scam
WASHINGTON D.C. – Kevin Brown, formerly of Capitol Heights, Maryland, is trading his barber chair for a prison bunk after being sentenced to 135 months behind bars for orchestrating a brazen $20 million tax fraud scheme. The Justice Department announced the sentence today, capping a case that exposed a sprawling network of identity theft and…
Three USVI Women Sentenced in L.A.-to-St. Thomas Weed Cash Scheme
Three U.S. Virgin Islands women are headed to prison after admitting their roles in a cross-country money laundering conspiracy that funneled cash from massive marijuana shipments shipped from Los Angeles to St. Thomas. Demincia Dore, 31, of St. Thomas; Kishma Weeks, 27, of St. Croix; and Tamisha McBean, 32, of St. Thomas—all cuffed by federal…
Juan Quinones Gets 37 Months for Gun, Drug Bust in Stamford
A loaded Glock .45 caliber pistol, heroin, crack cocaine, and a convicted felon—this was the deadly combo police uncovered when they raided a hotel room in Stamford on September 24, 2015. At the center of it all: Juan Quinones, 43, of Port Chester, N.Y., who was sentenced today to 37 months in federal prison for…
