Tag: Wire Fraud
Vet Contractor Milks Military for $1M+
⏱ 2 min read Donald Smith, 75, a Pittsburgh contractor, is staring down serious time after a federal jury convicted him of ripping off the U.S. military for over a million bucks. The scheme, carried out through his defense contracting business, involved billing the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for goods that were either junk or…
Grave Robbery: WV Cemetery Owner Admits Fraud
⏱ 2 min read RELATED: NOLA Man Packed Heat & Poison: Fed Indictment WHEELING, WV – Jeffrey Phares, 65, wasn’t laying loved ones to rest. He was robbing the grieving. The Fayetteville man, who ran four cemeteries across North Central West Virginia – Greenlawn Memorial Park (New Martinsville), Elkins Memorial Gardens, Greenlawn Memorial Cemetery (Clarksburg),…
Vet Funds to Casinos: Dayton Commander Jailed
⏱ 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…
Lehigh Valley Con Man Gets a Year
⏱ 3 min read Chinedu Ekuma, 45, of Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, is trading sidewalks for cell blocks after getting 12 months and a day in federal prison. The sentence, handed down yesterday by Judge John M. Gallagher, is the result of a cold-blooded scheme that bled nearly $2 million from victims between August 2020 and March…
Alabama Advisor Ran $2M Ponzi
⏱ 2 min read Brooklynn Chandler Willy, a financial advisor operating in Alabama, confessed today to running a $2 million Ponzi scheme that left investors scrambling for cash. The fraud unfolded over an unspecified period in the Middle District of Alabama, with Willy using new money to pay off old investors while skimming off the…
Haverhill Grifter Blew $700K, Lied to Investors
⏱ 2 min read RELATED: Manitowoc Man Indicted in Child Porn Case SEE ALSO: New Rochelle Grifter Gets 37 Months HAVERHILL, MA – Luciano Schipelliti, 28, is facing a wire fraud charge after allegedly fleecing investors out of $700,000 through two failed cryptocurrency ventures, federal prosecutors say. Schipelliti started the Superstars Fund in late 2018,…
Bankster Nails $25M Venezuela Scam
⏱ 2 min read Ex-Nodus International Bank CEO, whose name is being withheld pending sentencing, is looking at serious time after admitting to a $24.9 million wire fraud. Federal prosecutors in Alabama say the scheme stretched across the country, and brazenly blew holes in U.S. sanctions against Venezuela. The grift involved diverting funds and hiding…
Bank CEO Admits $25M Scam
⏱ 2 min read A Puerto Rican banking executive just torched his career – and potentially his life. Former Nodus International Bank CEO admitted today to running a $24 million wire fraud and sanctions evasion scheme, right here in the Middle District of Alabama. Prosecutors say he and his crew used fake IDs and bogus…
NOLA Lawyer Accused of $250K Scam
⏱ 3 min read New Orleans lawyer Tanzanika Ruffin, 48, is facing federal charges after allegedly ripping off a client’s family for a quarter of a million dollars. A grand jury indicted Ruffin on Friday, March 13, 2026, accusing her of wire fraud – essentially, using lies and the phone/internet to steal. The feds say…
Crypto Con Man Squeezed $700K From Investors
⏱ 3 min read Luciano Schipelliti, 28, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, is facing up to twenty years in federal prison for running a pair of cryptocurrency investment scams between late 2018 and 2021. The feds say Schipelliti pocketed roughly $700,000 from investors, then promptly lost it all gambling on crypto and funding a lavish lifestyle. The…
