Tag: white collar crime
Connie Bobo, Food Program Embezzlement, Missouri 2023
⏱ 4 min read St. Louis – Connie Bobo, 46, got 16 years Monday for a cold-blooded scheme that ripped off a Missouri program feeding hungry kids. The former head of New Heights Community Resource Center funneled nearly $20 million into her own pockets starting in 2018, leaving children with empty plates while she lived…
Donald Smith, Wire Fraud, Pennsylvania 2019
⏱ 3 min read Donald Smith, a 75-year-old Pittsburgh contractor, is looking at serious federal time after a jury found him guilty of ripping off the U.S. military for over a million dollars. The scam unfolded between 2019 and 2023, with Smith’s company billing the Defense Logistics Agency for goods they never delivered. He then…
Michael Jett Sentenced to 23 Months for Tax Evasion, Missouri, 2017…
⏱ 3 min read Michael Jett, 60, is headed to the federal slammer for 23 months. The Independence, Missouri, timeshare salesman spent six years stiffing the IRS, cooking the books to avoid paying what he owed between 2017 and 2022. Jett didn’t just forget to file; he actively lied, claiming bogus exemptions and convincing his…
Karen McGinnis, Tax Roll Embezzlement, Pennsylvania 2023
⏱ 2 min read Karen McGinnis, 46, of Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, is headed to federal prison after a brazen scheme to pilfer over $400,000 from the Fairview Township tax rolls. The former tax collector used her position to line her own pockets between March 2023 and January 2025, and today, U.S. District Judge Karoline Mehalchick…
Christopher Ferguson, Fraud, New York 2026
⏱ 3 min read Two men are facing hard time after a brazen scheme to inflate the value of Edison Nation, a publicly traded consumer goods company. CEO Christopher Ferguson and consultant Brian McFadden both admitted in federal court to falsifying records and misleading investors with bogus purchase orders totaling over $10 million. The hustle…
Todd Faustin, Faking Injuries, New York 2026
⏱ 3 min read Todd Faustin, 43, a disgraced ex-correction officer at Rikers Island, admitted today to faking injuries during encounters with inmates to bleed the New York State Workers’ Compensation system for at least $370,336.79. The scheme spanned years and was exposed in federal court, where Faustin pled guilty to one count of making…
Ricky McMillian, Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, North Carolina 2023
⏱ 3 min read A Robeson County Sheriff’s deputy and three of his family members – his wife and two sons – ran a brazen scheme to steal over half a million dollars in Covid relief money, federal prosecutors revealed this week. Ricky McMillian, 50, wife Erica, 46, and sons Dwayne, 29, and Derian, 27,…
Danny Dale Gordon, Wire Fraud, Ohio 2025
⏱ 3 min read Danny Dale Gordon, 49, is trading the high life for a federal cell after admitting to a brazen two-year theft from the AMVETS Post #24 in Dayton, Ohio. Gordon, the post’s former commander, systematically siphoned over $620,000—money meant for veterans—and blew it on casino trips, travel, and even a local gentlemen’s…
Karen McGinnis Embezzled Public Funds, Mountain Top PA, 2026
⏱ 3 min read A trusted public official turned thief. Karen McGinnis, 46, of Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison on March 17, 2026, after admitting she siphoned off over $400,000 from Fairview Township, Luzerne County, and the Crestwood School District between March 2023 and January 2025. McGinnis, the township’s…
Nicole Hilstolsky, Embezzlement, Pennsylvania 2018
⏱ 3 min read Swoyersville, PA – A desperate attempt to cover up a simple theft landed Nicole Hilstolsky, 48, eight months in federal prison. Back in October 2018, Hilstolsky, an employee of the now-defunct WOD Federal Credit Union, swiped $16,247 and then tried to pass it off as an armed robbery. Instead of owning…
