Albany, NY - The United States of America charged Cheorghe Cirstea with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, access device fraud, aggravated identity theft with forfeiture.

Gheorghe Cirstea, age 33, and a citizen of Romania, was sentenced to 27 months in prison for conspiring to steal bank customers’ account information and personal identification numbers (PINs) by using skimming devices that... More...   $0 (12-13-2019 - NY)

Brooklyn, NY - The United States of America charged Enock Mensah with theft of funds and health care fraud.

A federal jury in Brooklyn returned a guilty verdict for public benefits theft and healthcare fraud against Enock Mensah, a social worker participating in the New York State Early Intervention Program (EIP) that provides remedial services to developmentally delayed children. When s... More...   $0 (12-13-2019 - NY)

New York, NY - The United States of America charged John Ulrich with conspiracy to bribe officers or an employee organization and employee welfare benefit plaintiff, fraud and attempt and conspiracy to commit honest services health care fraud.

John Ulrich, who previously served as the vice president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 812 (the “Union”) and as a trustee of ... More...   $0 (12-13-2019 - NY)

17 Plaintiff‐Appellant Maxmillian Sloley brought this action pursuant to 42
18 U.S.C. § 1983 to vindicate the violation of his constitutional rights occasioned by,
19 inter alia, a visual body cavity search to which he was subjected incident to
20 arrest. The district court (Gary L. Sharpe, J.) granted summary judgment in favor
21 of Defendants‐Appellees Eric and Bryan ... More...   $0 (12-13-2019 - NY)

Syracuse, NY - The United States of America charged Alfredo Carballo Nava with immigration fraud.

A jury convicted Alfredo Carballo Nava, age 26, a citizen of Mexico staying in Homer, New York, of one count of immigration fraud for using a counterfeit permanent resident card. The jury acquitted the defendant of one count of social security fraud.

Evidence presented during the t... More...   $0 (12-12-2019 - NY)

New Haven, CT - The United States of America charged Latrice M. Colvin with mail fraud.

Latrice M. Colvin, age 33, of Bridgeport, was sentenced to 30 days of imprisonment, followed by seven months of home confinement and two years of supervised release, for operating a credit card fraud scheme.

According to court documents and statements made in court, between September 2015 and... More...   $0 (12-12-2019 - CT)

Rutland, VT - The United States of America charged Randall Swartz with mail fraud.

Randall Swartz, 59, of Orleans, was sentenced to 48 months of imprisonment following his guilty plea to a charge of mail fraud. Chief Judge Geoffrey Crawford also ordered that Swartz serve three years of supervised release following completion of his prison term and pay restitution in the amount of $452,55... More...   $0 (12-12-2019 - VT)

Atlanta, GA - The United States of America charged Carmen Pearson with wire, radio or television fraud, false statements and misuse of social security number.

Carmen Pearson has pleaded guilty to stealing over $175,000 from the federal government by concealing her father’s death from the Social Security Administration for nine years so that she could continue to receive his Social Securi... More...   $0 (12-11-2019 - GA)

Columbus, GA - The United States of America charged Gregg Ramsdell with misrepresenting his military career and achievements.

A discharged veteran of the military who reaped monetary benefits for faking a mental health condition triggered by a combat experience that did not occur, and who falsely claimed to have earned two of the highest honors bestowed for military service entered a guil... More...   $0 (12-11-2019 - GA)

Miami, FL - The United States of America charged Manuel R. Fernandez with bribery and fraud.

A former Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Safety Inspector Manuel R. Fernandez, 42, of Miami, was sentenced to 75 months in prison today, after having been convicted by a trial jury of twenty-one criminal counts related to his participation in a bribery and fraud scheme.

Ariana Fajar... More...   $0 (12-11-2019 - FL)

Memphis, TN - The United States of America charged Babatunde Martins with wire fraud, money laundering, computer fraud and aggravated identity theft.

A Nigerian citizen residing in Accra, Ghana, has been extradited to stand trial for an indictment charging him with wire fraud, money laundering, computer fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Assistant Attorney General Brian A Ben... More...   $0 (12-11-2019 - TN)

Defendant and appellant John-David Gonzales (Gonzales) appeals the orders of
the trial court that led to the disbursement of settlement funds to respondents Michael
Silvers, a law corporation (Silvers), Panish, Shea & Boyle (PSB), Michael W. Jacobs
(Jacobs), Case Advance (CA),1 Nexus Physical Therapy (Nexus), and Everence
Association, Inc. (Everence) (Silvers, PSB, Jacobs, CA, Nexu... More...   $0 (12-10-2019 - CA)

Las Vegas, NV - The United States of America charged Josiah Ntekume with aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, theft of government property, and access device fraud.

A Las Vegas resident pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, theft of government property, and access device fraud, relating to a stolen identity tax fraud.

According to court documents and statemen... More...   $0 (12-10-2019 - NV)

Oakland, CA - The United States of America charged Terrence Patrick Goggin with money laundering.

Terrence Patrick Goggin pleaded guilty to money laundering.

Goggin, 78, of San Francisco, is a former California State Assemblyman and current California-licensed attorney. According to his guilty plea, he admitted that, in 2013 and 2014, he was the founder and CEO of Metropolitan C... More...   $0 (12-10-2019 - CA)

Santa Ana, CA - The United States of America charged Susan Margaret Werth wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

A San Diego woman who ran a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison for deceiving investors by falsely claiming their money would be used to make short-term construction loans to other investors seeking to defer capital gains taxes... More...   $0 (12-10-2019 - CA)

San Diego, CA - The United States of America charged Almamy Baba Ly with identity theft.

Almamy Baba Ly was sentenced in federal court this morning to 30 months in prison for misusing the identity of a deceased American citizen for 31 years in order to obtain identification documents and thousands of dollars in federal, state and local government benefits.

U.S. District Judge Ant... More...   $0 (12-10-2019 - CA)

Tucson, AZ - The United States of America charged Mona Rodriguez with wire fraud.

Mona Rodriguez, 37, of Tucson, to 30 months in prison. Rodriguez had previously pleaded guilty to Wire Fraud. The court also ordered Ms. Rodriguez to pay $171,631 in restitution for the losses sustained by the victim.

Ms. Rodriguez and her mother, co-defendant Margaret Gastelum, provided home ... More...   $0 (12-10-2019 - AZ)

Minneapolis, MN - The United States of America charged Marqurite Mary Cofell with credit union fraud.

MARGURITE MARY COFELL, 62, to 96 months in prison for orchestrating a multimillion dollar credit union fraud scheme. COFELL, who pleaded guilty on April 3, 2019, to one count of credit union fraud, was sentenced on December 3, 2019, before Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright in U.S. District Court... More...   $0 (12-10-2019 - MN)

Long Beach Unified School District (the District)
appeals from the dismissal of its cross-complaint under Code
of Civil Procedure section 425.16, commonly known as the
anti-SLAPP statute. (See Wilson v. Cable News Network,
Inc. (2019) 7 Cal.5th 871, 880 (Wilson).) In 2006, the District
entered into a contract with respondent Margaret Williams,
LLC (Williams LLC), which had ... More...   $0 (12-10-2019 - CA)

Plaintiffs filed a malicious prosecution action against defendant, the attorney for
the opposing party in prior litigation. Defendant filed a special motion to strike the action
on the ground it was a strategic lawsuit against public participation. Defendant asserted
plaintiffs’ claim arose out of defendant’s protected petitioning activity, and plaintiffs
could not demonstrate ther... More...   $0 (12-08-2019 - CA)

Indianapolis, IN - The United States of America charged Annie Fields with wire fraud.

Annie Fields, 54, Lebanon, Indiana, was sentenced in federal court, by U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt, to 21 months in federal prison, after being charged by information and pleading guilty to charges of wire fraud.

"Fields abused her position with M&M, took advantage of her elderly emp... More...   $0 (12-07-2019 - IN)

Detroit, MI - The United States of America charged Joseph Ashton with money laundering and conspiracy to commit fraud.

Joseph Ashton, former Vice President of the UAW’s General Motors Department, pleaded guilty to conspiring with other UAW officials to engage in honest services fraud by taking $250,000 in bribes and kickbacks from a UAW vendor and to conspiring to launder the proceeds of ... More...   $0 (12-06-2019 - MI)

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Gerardo Martinez with:


Count # 1. Count as Filed: COMPFR, WORKER'S COMPENSATION FRAUD, in violation of 21 O.S. 1663(C)(9)
Date of Offense: 11/12/2006
Party Name Disposition Information
MARTINEZ, GERARDO Disposed: DISMISSED, 12/05/2019. Dismissed- Request of the State
Count as Disposed: WORKER'S COMPENSATION FRAUD(COMPFR)... More...   $0 (12-05-2019 - OK)

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Curtis L. Williams with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: WORKERS' COMPENSATION FRAUD/FELONY, in violation of O.S. 85 OS
Date of Offense: 09/05/1997
Party Name Disposition Information
WILLIAMS, CURTIS L Disposed: DISMISSED, 12/05/2019. Dismissed- Request of the State
Count as Disposed: WORKERS' COMPENSATION FRAUD/FELONY
Count # ... More...   $0 (12-05-2019 - OK)