Investigative Press Releases
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A former Joplin, Mo., physician pleaded guilty in federal court today to falsely certifying that products and tests were medically necessary for more than 2,000 Medicare and Medicaid patients in Missouri whom he never met or examined.
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
MIAMI – Yesterday, Avraham Zano, 41, of Hollywood, made his first appearance in federal court to face charges that he and a co-conspirator operated an interstate moving company scam that included inflating the costs of clients’ interstate moves, taking possession of client household belongings, failing to deliver the goods as promised, and abandoning them throughout the nation at undisclosed self-storage facilities, often resulting in the total loss of client property.
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Ahmad Al Saleh (59, Tampa) to 12 months in federal prison for conspiracy to defraud and to make false statements to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The court also ordered Al Saleh to make restitution to the USDA in the amount of $654,502.28.
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – Stewart Jerome Messerschmidt, age 60, of Minden, was sentenced on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, to two months in prison followed by five years of Supervised Release following his plea to a charge of bank fraud.
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
PITTSBURGH – A resident of Texas was sentenced in federal court for his role in defrauding federally-funded meal programs, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
DETROIT – Three family members of the former executive director of the St. Clair Housing Commission, Lorena Loren, pleaded guilty today to various federal offenses due to their involvement in Loren’s fraudulent scheme to steal money from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced.
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
CLEVELAND - A federal grand jury has returned a two-count indictment charging Brandon Monteal Williams, 32, of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, with theft of mail by a postal employee and misappropriation of postal funds.
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA — Darnell Khan, 39, was sentenced to seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to his role in a scheme to extort and defraud military members that was operated from the South Carolina Department of Correction (SCDC).
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
LAS VEGAS – A Las Vegas man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Gloria M. Navarro to three years and five months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a conspiracy to commit mail fraud in connection to the illegal possession of unemployment benefit debit cards issued by the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) and Arizona’s Department of Economic Security (DES).
Vincent Okoye (40) pleaded guilty in June 2022 to conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
HOUSTON – A federal jury sitting in Houston has convicted a 61-year-old Dallas man for money laundering, conspiracy to commit and committing wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
The jury deliberated for half a day before convicting Clarence Roland III on all charges following a eight-day trial.