Tag: Q4 2016
Laurel Man Stole $214K in Disability Benefits
Brad Douglas Gatlin, 50, of Laurel, Mississippi, pleaded guilty to theft of federal funds on December 19, 2016, in U.S. District Court, admitting he stole $214,109 in disability insurance benefits while secretly working for years. Gatlin began receiving Social Security Disability Insurance after being approved for benefits due to a claimed inability to work. But…
Edgewater Fraudster Pleads Guilty To $1.3M Bank Scheme
ORLANDO, FL – The grim reaper of the financial world, 38-year-old Mrugesh G. Patel from Edgewater, Florida, has pleaded guilty to a bank fraud scheme that bled over $1.3 million from the unsuspecting victims of his criminal endeavors. In what can only be described as a sordid tale of deceit and greed, Patel masterminded a…
Salamanca Woman Sentenced in Heroin Conspiracy
Amber Crouse, of Salamanca, NY, was sentenced to time served—17 months—after being convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin. The sentence, handed down by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford, marks the end of a two-year narcotics probe that exposed a daily street-level distribution ring feeding addiction…
James Kendrick Gets Life for 2 Murders in Drug Empire Bloodshed
James Kendrick, a central figure in a decades-long narcotics empire rooted in Rochester, has been sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years for orchestrating two brutal murders to protect his criminal enterprise. U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. handed down the sentence after a federal jury convicted Kendrick of the killings of Francisco…
Benjamin Bolton Sentenced for Threats to SUNY Buffalo Staff
Benjamin Bolton, 32, of Glendale, Colorado, is going to prison for threatening to assault faculty, staff, and police at SUNY Buffalo State College. The former graduate student was sentenced to 30 months behind bars after pleading guilty to transmitting interstate communications containing threats to injure others. The threats weren’t vague or veiled. Between June 2015…
Alexander KneGINICH Arrested for Faking U.S. Citizenship
Alexander KneGINICH, 56, of Crown Point, Indiana, was arrested on December 19, 2016 near Kalamazoo, Michigan, accused of one of the most brazen betrayals of the nation’s immigration system: faking his way into U.S. citizenship after concealing a violent past tied to the Bosnian Conflict. Federal authorities say KneGINICH built his American life on a…
Highland Man Gets 5 Years for Child Porn Distribution
Neil Rothfeder, 58, of Highland, New York, is going away for five years — hard time — for peddling child pornography across digital lines he thought were safe. Sentenced today in Albany federal court, Rothfeder will serve 60 months behind bars, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, a permanent scarlet letter for a crime…
Phillip E. Southwood Jr. Sentenced in $171K Bankruptcy Fraud Scheme
Phillip E. Southwood, Jr., a 50-year-old former small business owner from Poway, California, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison for orchestrating a years-long bankruptcy fraud scheme that concealed $171,000 in assets from creditors. The judgment, handed down in San Diego federal court, marks the end of a years-long federal investigation…
Psychologist Kenneth Breslin Charged with Child Porn Possession
A federal grand jury in Oakland indicted 68-year-old psychologist Kenneth Breslin of Lafayette, California, on December 15, 2016, for possession of child pornography. The charges, announced by U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch and HSI Special Agent in Charge Ryan L. Spradlin, mark a stunning fall for a man who once ran a respected therapy practice…
David W. Kent Pleads Guilty to Hacking Competitor’s Database
David W. Kent, 41, of Spring, Texas, the founder of Oilpro.com, pleaded guilty today in Manhattan federal court to one count of intentionally accessing a protected computer without authorization. The admission caps a years-long cybercrime scheme in which Kent, a former executive at a New York-based professional networking site, repeatedly breached his competitor’s database to…
