Tag: U.S. Attorney’s Office
Adam Brosius, Healthcare Fraud and Kickback Scheme, New Jersey 2016
⏱ 3 min read A sleazy scheme to bilk Medicare and private insurance for $33 million has landed a former pharmacy president in the slammer for two years. Adam Brosius, 61, of Delray Beach, Florida, masterminded the racket from his perch as director of business development and later president of Main Avenue Pharmacy in Clifton,…
Tyreece Quincy, Fentanyl Trafficking, Louisiana 2022
⏱ 2 min read A 26-year-old New Orleans man is headed to the slammer after pleading guilty to peddling fentanyl and packing heat, authorities said. Tyreece Quincy, 26, copped to possession with intent to distribute controlled substances and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, court records show. Prosecutors allege Quincy and his…
Alexandria Williams, Medicare Fraud, Massachusetts 2018
⏱ 2 min read A Massachusetts-based doctor is facing heat over a lucrative scheme to bilk Medicare out of hundreds of thousands of dollars for unnecessary orthotics. Dr. Alexandria Williams, a licensed physician in Massachusetts, allegedly signed orders for medically unnecessary braces for Medicare beneficiaries she never examined and who often didn’t want or need…
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…
Roan Lynch, 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…
