Tag: U.S. Attorney’s Office
James Robert Smith, Child Molestation, California 2020
⏱ 2 min read In Wyoming, a disturbing reality is being confronted head-on: child abuse and neglect. This April, U.S. Attorney Darin Smith is teaming up with local communities to observe National Child Abuse Prevention Month, a crucial effort to protect the state’s most vulnerable citizens. The initiative aims to prevent child abuse and neglect…
Jacksonville Pastor, Embezzlement, Florida 2020
⏱ 3 min read In a brazen scheme, former Jacksonville church pastor Marcus Eichelberger, 46, allegedly swindled two Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans from the Small Business Administration (SBA), netting a cool $50,000. Between March 2021 and February 2022, Eichelberger directed a co-conspirator to submit fake applications for the loans, claiming the funds would be…
Jesus Obed Mejia Cortez, Alien Trafficking, California 2026
⏱ 2 min read Eleven tons of trouble arrived in San Diego this week as federal prosecutors filed 111 border-related cases, including cocaine smuggling, alien trafficking, and human smuggling. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry made the first bust on April 7, seizing 124 pounds of cocaine concealed in…
Leslie Victor Gentry, Filing False Claims for Refund, Arizona 2026
⏱ 2 min read A brazen Peoria con man bilked the government out of $1.8 million in COVID tax credits by filing fake tax returns for two shuttered businesses he owned. Leslie Victor Gentry, 54, pleaded guilty on April 8 to filing false claims for refund, admitting he submitted 14 phony Form 941 tax returns…
Jose Raul Maita, Operating a Vehicle Without a License and Driving Under the Influence, Connecticut 2025
⏱ 2 min read A twice-deported sex offender, with convictions dating back to 1996, was caught in Connecticut for the third time. Jose Raul Maita, 55, was arrested in Southbury on September 20, 2025, for operating a vehicle without a license and driving under the influence. According to court documents, Maita had previously been convicted…
Jamaican National, Identity Theft, California 2022
⏱ 3 min read A Jamaican national, Roan Lynch, 54, used a stolen identity to obtain a US passport in a brazen scheme that exposed a vulnerability in the nation’s immigration system. Lynch, a resident of Forsyth, Georgia, had previously been deported to Jamaica in 2000 after serving a federal prison sentence for conspiracy to…
Jonathan Leissler, Wire Fraud, Ohio 2022
⏱ 2 min read Jonathan Leissler, a 45-year-old Stow resident, swindled his employer out of $3.8 million and a local FOP chapter for campaign donations. While working as chief financial officer at an industrial supply company in Warrensville Heights, Ohio, Leissler created fake payroll records to add unauthorized extra money to his paychecks between March…
TD Bank, Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering, New Jersey 2025
⏱ 3 min read TD Bank coughed up a staggering $1.43 billion in fines and $328 million in criminal forfeiture for its role in the largest bank money laundering scandal in US history. The Newark-based financial giant pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act program failures. According to the US…
Anthony Dalton Wolff, Child Molestation, Arizona 2024
⏱ 2 min read An Arizona creep tried to lure a 7-year-old girl into sex on the dark web, but got caught by an undercover agent, federal prosecutors said. Anthony Dalton Wolff, 44, of Surprise, Arizona, communicated with the undercover agent on a forum for child sex abusers, where he boasted of his long-standing pedophilic…
Tyler Ramaley, Child Pornography Distribution, Delaware 2022
⏱ 2 min read A Wilmington man’s twisted game of online voyeurism ended with a 10-year prison sentence after he was caught distributing child sexual abuse material to fellow perverts on Zoom. Tyler Ramaley, 32, joined a sickening Zoom chat room where he and others would watch, discuss, and ejaculate to videos depicting heinous sexual…
