Tag: U.S. Attorney’s Office
Daniel Keith McDougal, Counterfeit U.S. Treasury Check, Wyoming 2023
⏱ 2 min read Daniel Keith McDougal, a 37-year-old from Florida, traveled to Wyoming in January 2023 to pull off a brazen scam. Along with accomplice Kennard Bouk, McDougal attempted to pass a counterfeit U.S. Treasury check valued at $560,625 at a bank in Cheyenne. The motives behind the scam are unclear, but the consequences…
Thomas Brown Hammond, Securities Fraud, California 2012
⏱ 2 min read Thomas Brown Hammond, a California man, has paid $325,000 in restitution to 14 victims in Montana, nearly a decade after his 2012 conviction for theft from an employee benefit plan. Hammond, a registered securities representative and investment advisor, was found guilty of inducing his victims to invest in a fraudulent private…
Gregory Dean, Wire Fraud, Maryland 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Maryland man has admitted to his role in a sophisticated scheme to defraud the IRS using stolen United States Treasury checks, fraudulent business registrations, and illicit withdrawals from newly created bank accounts in West Virginia. Gregory Dean, 33, of Suitland, Maryland, participated in the scheme beginning in October 2024, along…
Lance Aaron Larkin, Receipt and Possession of CSAM, Missouri 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 35-year-old Boonville man was caught with thousands of child pornography images and videos on his devices after an investigation by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Lance Aaron Larkin shared a file containing child porn using a peer-to-peer software, leading authorities to his doorstep. During a search of his residence, law…
Alejandro Mendoza-Hernandez, Re-entry after removal, Georgia 2026
⏱ 2 min read Five Mexican nationals and one Honduran were arrested in Southern Georgia for immigration violations, accused of re-entering the United States after being removed. The indictment charges Alejandro Mendoza-Hernandez, 39, with re-entry after removal in Long County. Didier Mora-Tino, 38, was arrested in Ware County, while Marcos Saraya-Canales, 26, was picked up…
Dr. Warrick Stewart, Medicaid Fraud, Kentucky 2022
⏱ 2 min read Two Kentucky day treatment centers, Recovery Center of Kentucky, and Recovery Center of Ohio, plus their CEO Dr. Warrick Stewart, swindled Medicaid out of $15.2 million. Between August 2022 and June 2025, they sought reimbursement for kids’ education, recreation, and lunch breaks – services that Medicaid doesn’t cover. Recovery Center of…
Tanisha Spencer, Tax Evasion, Missouri 2025
⏱ 2 min read A Kansas City tax preparer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for filing false tax returns for clients, reaping a whopping $730,709 in restitution. Tanisha Spencer, 35, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the preparation of false tax returns on December 3, 2025. Spencer, who charged clients up to…
Carlos Roberto Guardado-Ramirez, Re-entry of a Removed Alien, Louisiana 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 46-year-old Honduran man, Carlos Roberto Guardado-Ramirez, was caught re-entering the US in Louisiana, violating a 2006 deportation order. He was arrested in LaPlace on December 3, 2025, after a tip from Homeland Security Investigations. Guardado-Ramirez had been previously deported on May 4, 2006, and was found in the US again…
Brandon Ramos Bonilla, Importation of a Controlled Substance, California 2022
⏱ 2 min read A massive cocaine haul and multiple alien smuggling attempts were busted at the San Diego border this week, federal prosecutors announced. Customs and Border Protection officers sniffed out 61 pounds of cocaine hidden in a vehicle attempting to cross the Otay Mesa Port of Entry on April 24. Brandon Ramos Bonilla,…
Jodi Dyan Spargur-Tate, Embezzlement, Iowa 2026
⏱ 3 min read A brazen con artist used her job as a program director at Children and Families of Iowa to steal from a federal jobless aid fund, submitting fake invoices and reimbursement requests that netted her thousands of dollars, authorities say. Jodi Dyan Spargur-Tate, 55, worked at the nonprofit between 2015 and 2022,…
