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Agoura Hills accountant pleads guilty to lying to federal officials investigating illegal gambling operation
July 25, 2023 — An entertainment industry accountant pleaded guilty today to a felony charge for lying to federal law enforcement officials about his role in laundering illicit proceeds from an illegal gambling operation run by a former minor-league baseball player and which involved professional athletes.
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Lowell money manager sentenced to more than nine years in prison for defrauding clients of millions of dollars
February 23, 2023 — A Lowell man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for engaging in a scheme to defraud his clients of millions of dollars.
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Florida pilot involved in cocaine trafficking schemes is sentenced
May 29, 2024 — Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Rupert De Las Casas of Miami, Florida, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to approximately 85 months of imprisonment, time already served, and three years of supervised release for his participation in two separate cocaine trafficking conspiracies.
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Seven Georgians indicted for operating online fentanyl, meth marketplace
June 20, 2025 — Seven Georgia residents are charged by federal indictment with allegedly conspiring to ship thousands of parcels containing fentanyl and methamphetamine across the United States and in the Middle District of Georgia utilizing the dark web vendor account “WallStreetBets.” The final defendants were arraigned in federal court this week following arrests and seizures resulting from the ongoing investigation.
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New indictment alleges Aaron Rossi committed fraud in COVID-19 testing
June 18, 2024 — A grand jury today indicted a Morton, Illinois man, Aaron Rossi (“Rossi”), on six counts of healthcare fraud, one count of mail fraud, and four counts of wire fraud for allegedly defrauding the State of Illinois and public and private health insurance companies out of hundreds of thousands of dollars during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Jury finds Russian-Swedish operator of ‘Bitcoin Fog’ guilty of running the darknet cryptocurrency mixer
March 12, 2024 — Roman Sterlingov, a citizen of Russia and Sweden, was found guilty today of operating among the longest-running and most prolific bitcoin money laundering services on the darknet.
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Four men sentenced for $18m global investment fraud scheme
March 18, 2024 — Four men were sentenced last week for participating in an eight-year investment fraud and money laundering scheme that defrauded over a dozen victims around the world out of more than $18 million.
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Former New Jersey official admits defrauding New Jersey health care benefit program of more than 4.5 million dollars
January 4, 2023 — The former manager of the New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury Fund (TBI Fund) and one of his conspirators today admitted their roles in a long-running scheme to defraud the fund, a publicly funded health care benefit program, of more than $4.5 million, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
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Second Canadian resident pleads guilty to massive COVID-19 benefit fraud scheme
Sept. 13, 2024 — The second of two Nigerian men residing in Canada pleaded guilty Thursday September 12, 2024, in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for his fraud scheme that stole more than $1.3 million in federal funds, announced U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Fatiu Ismaila Lawal, was extradited from Canada in mid-July. U.S. District Judge Robert J. Bryan scheduled his sentencing for December 12, 2024.
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Former state senator and sister/business owner charged with obstruction of justice
June 21, 2024 — An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Boston charging former Massachusetts state senator Dean Tran and his sister for allegedly attempting to cover up a sham job offer from the sister’s company to Tran.
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