Tag: Q4 2016
Jackson County Loan Officer Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud
Kevin R. Griffin, 43, of Alford, Florida, pled guilty yesterday to bank fraud, admitting to a years-long scheme that gutted customer accounts and exploited his position as a loan officer. The plea, announced by U.S. Attorney Christopher P. Canova for the Northern District of Florida, exposes a brazen betrayal of trust at the heart of…
Frazier B. Todd Jr. Guilty of Massive Tax Fraud Scheme
Frazier B. Todd, Jr., 58, of Atlanta, Georgia, has been convicted on multiple counts of fraud after running a brazen tax scam out of his Union City storefront, Diverse Resource Business and Tax Firm. A federal jury handed down a guilty verdict following a three-day trial, marking the fall of a man who exploited the…
Bank Fraud Ring Busted: Three Florida Men Face Federal Charges
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – In a stunning turn of events, Anthony J. Atkins, 51, Samuel D. Cobb, 37, and Bruce A. Houle, 57, have been arraigned on federal charges for orchestrating a $3.8 million mortgage fraud scheme at GulfSouth Private Bank. The trio, along with accomplices Mark W. Shoemaker, Michael Bradley Bowen, and William Blake Cody,…
Deuvontay Charles Convicted of Sex Trafficking Minors
Deuvontay Shelby Charles, 21, of Minneapolis, was convicted after a six-day federal trial on charges of sex trafficking three minor girls and producing and receiving child pornography involving two underage victims. The jury returned its guilty verdict on December 14, 2016, in the District of Minnesota, capping a case built on chilling digital evidence and…
Todd Noble: 25 Years for Exploiting Children Online
CHICAGO – Todd Noble, 51, of Lindsay, Oklahoma, will spend the next 25 years in federal prison after being sentenced Thursday for producing sexually explicit images of children he met online. The case, a chilling example of online predation, revealed a calculated scheme to exploit vulnerable minors. Between 2014 and 2015, Noble systematically groomed three…
Bronx Man Pleads Guilty to Gun Charge in Buffalo Drug Bust
A 31-year-old Bronx man walked into a Buffalo courtroom and admitted he had no business holding a loaded 9mm handgun—because he was high on oxycodone at the time. Christian O. Dalmau pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of a controlled substance, a federal charge carrying a maximum 10-year prison sentence…
Jesus Alanis, 8 Others Charged in Cartel Marijuana Trafficking
McALLEN, Texas — A sprawling marijuana trafficking ring funneling drugs for Mexican cartel operatives has been ripped apart by federal prosecutors, with nine defendants now in custody. The operation, which ran from May 2013 to February 2014, moved massive quantities of marijuana from South Texas to Houston under orders from cartel members, according to indictments…
Paul R. Hansmeier, John L. Steele Indicted in Porn Extortion Scam
Federal prosecutors have unmasked a multimillion-dollar fraud operation led by attorneys PAUL R. HANSMEIER, 35, and JOHN L. STEELE, 45, who allegedly weaponized the U.S. legal system to extort thousands of unsuspecting internet users. The indictment, announced by U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger, charges the two lawyers with running a calculated scheme from 2011 to…
Tina Connolly Gets 20 Years for Meth Empire in DFW
Dallas meth kingpin Tina Connolly, 55, is going away for 20 years after being sentenced to 240 months in federal prison for her central role in a sprawling methamphetamine distribution network that poisoned neighborhoods across the Pleasant Grove, Seagoville, and Balch Springs corridors of the DFW metroplex. The takedown, the result of a coordinated 2016…
Pharmacy Bandits Sentenced for Narcotic Thefts
ABILENE, Texas — In a grim turn of events, Marcus Christopher Hargrove Jr. and Kirkston Bernard Smith, both aged 24, have been handed down severe federal prison sentences for their brazen pharmacy break-ins and theft of controlled substances. Hargrove, from Manvel, Texas, faces 30 months behind bars, while Smith, a resident of Houston, is sentenced…
