Investigative Press Releases
Friday, September 10, 2021
Friday, September 10, 2021
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Michael McNew, former resident of Mt. Sterling, was sentenced to 86 months in federal prison today by U.S. District Court Judge Karen C. Caldwell for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in furtherance of a crop insurance fraud scheme. Shortly thereafter, Roger Wilson, resident of Mt. Sterling, was sentenced to 12 months in federal prison, also by Judge Caldwell, for conspiracy to commit crop insurance fraud.
Thursday, September 9, 2021
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Hector J. Sanchez, age 29, of Rensselaer, New York, was arrested today on an indictment charging him with six counts of mail fraud and three counts of aggravated identity theft related to filing for, and receiving more than $80,000 in benefits from, false unemployment insurance claims. The alleged false claims exploited federal programs intended to aid out-of-work New Yorkers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thursday, September 9, 2021
PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has been sentenced in federal court to six months in prison followed by two years of supervised release on his conviction of theft of government funds and willful failure to file tax returns, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
Chief United States District Judge Mark R. Hornak imposed the sentence on Louis Impell, 58, of Pittsburgh, PA 15210.
Thursday, September 9, 2021
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – On September 9, 2021, Dios E. Tate, 32, currently of Knoxville, Tennessee, was sentenced in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville, to serve 24 months in federal prison, followed by one year of supervised release, by the Honorable Thomas Varlan, U.S. District Judge.
Thursday, September 9, 2021
AUGUSTA, GA: A Lincoln County man has been sentenced to prison after admitting that he operated a cockfighting venue.
Thursday, September 9, 2021
Miami, Florida — Former Florida Department of Corrections officer, Terrance Reynolds, 31, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Donald L. Graham to 33 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release. Reynolds was convicted following a 14-day trial for conspiring to assault youthful offender inmates at the South Florida Reception Center, a prison located in Doral, Florida. A second former officer previously pleaded guilty in this case and was sentenced in federal court.
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
LOS ANGELES – A former California Employment Development Department (EDD) employee has agreed to plead guilty to a federal criminal charge for causing nearly 200 fraudulent COVID-related unemployment relief claims to be filed in other people’s names, resulting in more than $1.6 million in ill-gotten gains, the Justice Department announced today.
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
RALEIGH, N.C. – A former Army Captain, previously stationed at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, and his wife’s company, White Board Solutions, pled guilty to federal charges today before United States Magistrate Judge Robert Numbers, II.
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Richard Meleski, 58, of Chalfont, PA, was sentenced to three years and four months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $302,121 in restitution for a particularly disgraceful fraud scheme to steal Veterans Administration (VA) benefits by pretending to be a veteran who had been captured by the enemy during combat.