Tag: Wire Fraud
Iftekhar Latif Nieon, Wire Fraud Conspiracy, New York 2025
⏱ 2 min read In a shocking case of elder abuse, Iftekhar Latif Nieon, a 24-year-old Bangladeshi man, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in Western New York. The scheme, which unfolded in 2025, targeted three victims, including a 68-year-old woman and a 73-year-old man, and involved fake tech support and credit card…
Heidi L. Beirich, Wire Fraud and Money Laundering, Alabama 2026
⏱ 4 min read Heidi L. Beirich, 59, and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) have been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering in a federal court in Montgomery, Alabama. The charges stem from an alleged scheme to funnel over $4 million in donated funds to individuals associated with violent extremist…
Mark Latham, Wire Fraud, Arizona 2026
⏱ 2 min read Mark Latham, 61, of Scottsdale, Arizona, was sentenced to 78 months in prison for embezzling over $10.7 million from his employer. Latham, a former finance director, pleaded guilty to wire fraud after using company funds to pay his personal credit card debt, provide himself unauthorized bonuses, and lead a lavish lifestyle.…
Kevin Ryan Straw, Wire Fraud, Kentucky 2021
⏱ 2 min read Kevin Ryan Straw, a 40-year-old former manager of Fraternal Order of Police lodges in Kentucky, was sentenced to 27 months in prison for a wire fraud scheme that spanned from 2021 to 2024. Straw, who served as President of Metropolitan Lodge 32 and held various roles in the Kentucky State Fraternal…
Steven James Smith, Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft, Arkansas 2026
⏱ 2 min read Steven James Smith, a 41-year-old Northwest Arkansas man, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for attempting to sell real estate he didn’t own and using someone else’s identity to do it. The scheme involved Smith identifying properties in the area, entering into fake purchase agreements with buyers, and transmitting them…
Nicolas Mondani Oleko, Wire Fraud and Bank Fraud, North Dakota 2026
⏱ 2 min read Nicolas Mondani Oleko, a 32-year-old man from the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been indicted in North Dakota for his role in a business email compromise scheme that defrauded an auction business of $113,050. The scheme, which involved wire fraud and bank fraud, allegedly occurred while Oleko was residing in the…
Eri Guzman Ortiz, Wire Fraud, Florida 2023
⏱ 2 min read Eri Guzman Ortiz, a 69-year-old Miami-Dade man, pleaded guilty to running a massive $14 million check scheme that swindled thousands of people and businesses out of their hard-earned cash. Ortiz created and deposited about $14 million in fake checks into the bank accounts of sham companies in the US, using lists…
Antonio Franklin, Wire Fraud, Wisconsin 2026
⏱ 2 min read Antonio Franklin, a 47-year-old Milwaukee County man, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for running a wire fraud scheme that scammed nearly $300,000 in government benefits. The scheme, which lasted from January 2020 to March 2025, involved Franklin failing to disclose a bank account with over $1 million in…
Jiaan Cao, Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Chinese national, Jiaan Cao, 33, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for his role in a sophisticated gold scam that targeted victims in Ocala, Florida. The scam, which took place between October 2024 and December 12, 2024, involved Cao and his co-conspirators gaining access to victims’ computers,…
Sidney Marc Wilson, Wire and Mail Fraud, Florida 2022
⏱ 2 min read Sidney Marc Wilson, a 48-year-old retired Army sergeant from Niceville, Florida, orchestrated a multi-million dollar scam, promising victims hefty returns on investments in his fake sales affiliate programs. Between 2018 and 2022, Wilson conned people into handing over cash, ranging from $3,000 to $21,000, with false promises of significant profits. Instead,…
