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Investigative Press Releases

Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Benton,  Ill.  –  Casey  L.  Neal,  31,  of  Belle  Rive,  Illinois  (Jefferson  County),  was   sentenced  this afternoon to 2 years’ probation and was ordered to pay restitution to her victims.  Neal pled guilty in October 2021, to theft of mail by a postal service employee. In January and February 2021, while working as a substitute sales and distribution clerk at the  Belle Rive, Dahlgren, and Macedonia post offices, Neal stole over $300 worth of cash and gift cards 
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
BANGOR, Maine: A Sidney man was sentenced today in federal court for making false statements with respect to work on a federally approved highway project, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced. U.S. District Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. sentenced Jim Wentworth, 51, to one year of probation and $35,000 fine. Wentworth pleaded guilty on June 11, 2021.
Friday, January 14, 2022
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A former official of the U.S. Department of Defense’s Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) was sentenced today to 7.5 years in prison for accepting bribes and defrauding the government, among other crimes, in relation to a contract he oversaw at the DoD OIG.
Friday, January 14, 2022
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Myrna Ortiz, 43, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged in a 32-count Indictment in connection with a conspiracy to steal and conceal the origin of fraudulently obtained Social Security benefits and COVID-19 PUA unemployment benefits. The Indictment charges Ortiz with one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and 31 counts of theft of government funds. She made her initial appearance in federal court on these charges earlier today.
Friday, January 14, 2022
AUGUSTA, GA:  A Jefferson County, Ga., woman who admitted using false information to file for COVID-19 relief funding has been sentenced to federal prison.
Friday, January 14, 2022
            WASHINGTON – A former Acting Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General (DHS-OIG), pleaded guilty today to federal charges stemming from the theft of proprietary software and sensitive databases from the U.S. government.
Friday, January 14, 2022
CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Perry Santillo, 41, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, mail fraud, and conspiracy to launder money, was sentenced to serve 210 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. Santillo was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $102,952,582.77.
Thursday, January 13, 2022
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA — United States Attorney Corey F. Ellis announced today that Bridgett Dorsey, 39, of Blythewood, was sentenced to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to engaging in more than $1.2 million in fraud related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, and to committing tax fraud. The sentence is the first handed down in the District of South Carolina for a case involving CARES Act fraud.
Thursday, January 13, 2022
CINCINNATI – Fernando Arroyo-Alonso, 59, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to one year and one day in prison for stealing the identity of a disabled United States veteran.   The defendant was arrested in Warren County in May 2021 for misusing a Social Security number.  

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