Investigative Press Releases
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
RICHMOND, Va. –The former owner of a Richmond-based assisted living facility pleaded guilty today to health care fraud after diverting over $800,000 in federal and state benefits that were intended to pay for the care of the facility’s residents.
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
NEWARK, N.J. – A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man was arrested today on charges related to his role in fraudulently obtaining $1.3 million in federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL), Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
WAYCROSS, GA: Three healthcare professionals have been charged in a 52-count federal indictment unsealed Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
ATLANTA - Maurice Fayne, who starred in Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, has been sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison for conspiracy and wire fraud related to a Ponzi scheme, and for bank fraud, and making false statements to a financial institution related a fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan application.
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
BOSTON – A Worcester man pleaded guilty today to fraudulently applying for business loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, and then spending the money on personal expenses.
Richard Oworae, 59, pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman scheduled sentencing for Jan. 12, 2022. Oworae was arrested and charged on Jan. 21, 2021
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
BOSTON – The former head coach of men and women’s tennis at Georgetown University has agreed to plead guilty in connection with soliciting and accepting bribes to facilitate the admission of prospective Georgetown applicants and failing to report a significant portion of those bribe payments on his federal income taxes.
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – A Council Bluffs man, Andrew J. Fischer, age 55, was sentenced on September 10, 2021, by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to five months in prison for False Statements in Connection with Federal Crop Insurance. His term of imprisonment is to be followed by five years of supervised release. Fischer was ordered to pay $399,725 in restitution.
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Denise Mitchell, age 57, and John Mitchell, age 61, of Albany, were arraigned today on a federal indictment charging them with knowingly concealing Denise Mitchell’s work history and making a false statement in order to deceive the Social Security Administration (SSA) into paying disability benefits to Denise Mitchell when she was not entitled to those benefits.
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
PLANO, Texas – A Denison woman has been sentenced to prison for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
Lydia Henslee, 29, pleaded guilty on March 25, 2021, to conspiring to possess and use means of identification in connection with various offenses and was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison today by U.S. District Judge Sean D. Jordan.
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
LOS ANGELES – A West Los Angeles man pleaded guilty today to federal charges stemming from a scheme that used a series of corporations he controlled to fraudulently obtain approximately $9 million in loans from COVID-relief programs, some of which he used on gambling excursions to Las Vegas and transferred to his stock trading accounts.
Andrew Marnell, 41, who resides in the Beverly Grove neighborhood, pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud and one count of money laundering.