Investigative Press Releases
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
PLANO, Texas – An Allen, Texas man has been indicted for federal crimes arising from a scheme to extract Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act using the stolen identity of others, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
POCATELLO – Steven L. Young, an Idaho man already incarcerated in Utah on unrelated charges, was ordered to repay $63,192.96 and sentenced to 15 months (which he has already served), and three years of supervised release for theft of government funds. Young also settled a parallel civil matter after admitting to violating the False Claims Act.
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
DETROIT- Timothy Edmunds, the former Financial Secretary Treasurer of Local 412 of the United Auto Workers union, was sentenced to 57 months in prison today based on his convictions for embezzling $2.1 million in union funds and for money laundering announced U.S. Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
A Virginia man who laundered over $900,000 in fraudulently obtained Paycheck Protection Program loan proceeds was sentenced on July 20, 2022, to more than three years in federal prison. Benjamin Sakyi, age 31, from Dumfries, Virginia, originally from Accra, Ghana, received the prison term after a February 8, 2022 guilty plea to one count of money laundering conspiracy.
DJ Drugs & Surgicals Inc. Agrees to Pay $115,000 to Resolve Allegations of Prior Authorization Fraud
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
BOSTON – A New York-based specialty pharmacy, DJ Drugs & Surgicals Inc., has agreed to resolve allegations that it altered patient medical records and submitted the altered medical records to Medicare in support of prior authorization requests. DJ Drugs will pay $115,000 to settle this matter.
Monday, July 25, 2022
Former U.S. Congressman Charged with Insider Trading Based on Inside Information Obtained from Consulting Work
Former FBI Agent Trainee and Friend Charged with Insider Trading Based on Inside Information Stolen from the Trainee’s former Girlfriend
Network of Individuals Charged with Insider Trading based on Inside Information obtained from the Former Chief Information Security Officer of Telecommunications Company
Monday, July 25, 2022
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Melvin Ansong, age 26, of Corona, New York, pled guilty today to mail fraud, aggravated identity theft and wire fraud in connection with schemes in which he obtained more than $190,000 in unemployment insurance benefits and government-backed loans meant to provide relief from the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Monday, July 25, 2022
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Hector J. Sanchez, age 30, of Rensselaer, New York, was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for defrauding pandemic-related unemployment insurance and small business loan programs.
Monday, July 25, 2022
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb sentenced Deborah Laughlin, 66, of Magalia, today to 12 months in prison and ordered to pay $77,249 in restitution for making false statements in an application for FEMA benefits in connection with the 2018 Paradise Camp Fire, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
Monday, July 25, 2022
BOSTON – A Brockton man was charged on July 21, 2022 in connection with a scheme to submit false applications to obtain Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program (EIDL) funds through the Small Business Administration (SBA) which were made available under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
Joao Mendes, 59, was charged and has agreed to plead guilty to one count of wire fraud. A plea hearing has not yet been scheduled by the Court.