Investigative Press Releases
Friday, October 14, 2022
HOUSTON – Two individuals have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions of conspiracy to commit and committing health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
A federal jury convicted Francis Ekene, 71, Sugar Land, on all counts following a three-day trial.
Thursday, October 13, 2022
PROVIDENCE – A Brooklyn, NY, clothing and goods wholesaler who directed the development, manufacture, and importation of $20 million worth of Chinese-made counterfeit U.S. military uniforms and gear that were passed off as genuine American-made products has been sentenced to forty months in federal prison and ordered to forfeit the $20 million in proceeds that he obtained from the sale of the counterfeit goods, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
Thursday, October 13, 2022
BOSTON – A Marblehead man and woman were arrested today in connection with their alleged submission of fraudulent applications for Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds for several purported non-profit religious organizations and related businesses they controlled.
Brian Andrew Bushell, 47, and Tracey M.A. Stockton, 64, were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and unlawful monetary transactions. Bushell and Stockton will appear in federal court in Boston today at 1:15 p.m.
Thursday, October 13, 2022
BOSTON – A Beverly Farms man was charged today in a 13-count indictment in connection with a payroll scheme involving underreporting of overtime hours for his union employees and failing to collect and pay payroll taxes.
Thursday, October 13, 2022
CAMDEN, N.J. – Two New Jersey women today admitted trafficking methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
Sherri Craig, 42, of Clementon, New Jersey, and Shannon Foster, 27, of Egg Harbor City, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert B. Kugler in Camden federal court to an indictment charging each with one count of conspiring to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:
Thursday, October 13, 2022
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Melissa Waller, 45, of St. Albans, was ordered today to pay $84,509 in restitution and sentenced to probation for five years, with the first year to be served on home detention, for theft of government benefits.
Thursday, October 13, 2022
SAN ANTONIO – David Joseph Bolduc, Jr., 61, of Herndon, Virginia, pleaded guilty on October 12 to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his role in a government contract fraud scheme. Bolduc and QuantaDyn bribed a government official to obtain confidential government information and secure government contracts. Consequently, the government overpaid for flight simulators and training services at the expense of the American taxpayer.
Thursday, October 13, 2022
Memphis, TN – Four defendants have been sentenced for conspiracy to defraud the Small Business
Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. The EIDL program provided grants and
low-interest loans to small businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, among other disasters.
Between April 2020 and June 2020, the defendants submitted more than 400 fraudulent EIDL
applications and attempted to get over $7 million in funding. Kevin G. Ritz, United States
Thursday, October 13, 2022
NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that RAYCHAEL DEPLAND, age 33, of New Orleans, plead guilty today to Identity Theft, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1028(a)(7).
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
MIAMI – A U.S. federal district judge has sentenced 56-year-old Ariel Madero Paez to 55 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for submitting more than $2.2 million in fraudulent billings to Medicare.