Tag: US Attorney’s Office
DC Teen Gets 10 Years in Armed Carjacking
⏱ 3 min read Eighteen-year-old Eric Woods is heading to prison for a decade after a late-night armed carjacking in Northwest DC last October. Woods and an accomplice cornered a man in his Hyundai Elantra near Hanover Place and North Capitol Street around 1:33 a.m. on October 11, 2024, and stole the car at gunpoint.…
KY Woman Gets 44 Months in COVID Loan Scam
⏱ 2 min read London, KY – Nicole Pennington, 50, is trading her freedom for 44 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to fleecing the government out of over a million bucks in COVID-19 relief money. Judge Claria Horn Boom dropped the sentence Tuesday, finding Pennington guilty of wire fraud and conspiracy to launder…
Maine Seniors Hit by Crypto Scam Claw Back $470K
Two Maine residents are seeing a sliver of their life savings returned after the feds managed to untangle $470,735 stolen in a sophisticated cryptocurrency scam that preyed on vulnerable seniors. The victims, targeted in 2022, lost a combined $800,000 to fraudsters who promised riches but delivered only ruin. While the recovery is a win, it’s…
