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A Georgia attorney and former City of Atlanta police officer, Shelitha Robertson, 62, was handed a sentence of seven years and three months in prison for her role in a scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of approximately $15 million. Robertson, along with co-conspirator Chandra Norton, orchestrated a plot to submit fraudulent PPP…
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In a legal development on June 4, 2024, a Michigan man received a 26-month prison sentence followed by three years of supervised release for his involvement in a hate crime conspiracy targeting Black and Jewish individuals. Nathan Weeden, 24, from Houghton, was found guilty in January of conspiring with members of a white supremacist group…
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Former executives of Epsilon Data Management LLC, Robert Reger and David Lytle, were found guilty of federal criminal charges related to mass-mailing fraud schemes targeting millions of U.S. consumers, announced the Justice Department today. After a two-week trial, the jury convicted Reger, 57, of Boulder, Colorado, and Lytle, 64, of Leawood, Kansas, of conspiracy to…
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The recent conviction of former President Donald Trump on all 34 charges of fraud related to hush money payments has sparked speculation about its implications for the upcoming election. Trump’s conviction stems from illegal campaign activities and attempts to influence the 2016 election by concealing information about his affair with Stormy Daniels through fraudulent means.…
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Former President Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felony charges of falsifying business records Thursday, May 30, 2024, marking the first time in U.S. history that a former or sitting president has been convicted on criminal charges. The jury found Trump guilty on every count he faced, multiple outlets report. The New York Times noted…
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Former California attorney David Kagel, 85, pleaded guilty on May 28, to charges related to his involvement in a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that defrauded victims of over $9.5 million. The scheme, outlined in court documents, involved false promises of high-yield profits through cryptocurrency investments, leveraging Kagel’s position as a trusted attorney to deceive investors. According…
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Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, a 71-year-old former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer from Honolulu, admitted to conspiring to gather and deliver national defense information to the People’s Republic of China (PRC), according to court documents revealed on Thursday, May 24, 2024. The plea agreement disclosed that Ma and a blood relative, identified as co-conspirator #1,…
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Gabriel Cerda-Guillen, a manager of a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization, received a sentencing of 21 years and 10 months in prison. Additionally, he was ordered to forfeit $1,339,500 for his pivotal role in an international drug trafficking conspiracy. According to the Department of Justice, court documents reveal that Cerda-Guillen, aged 49 and hailing from Mexico,…
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Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby was sentenced to one year of home detention on Thursday, May 23, 2024, for her convictions related to perjury and mortgage fraud. U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby handed down the sentence of three years of supervised release but opted against sending Mosby to prison, despite prosecutors seeking a…
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A former Venezuelan National Guard officer was sentenced on Thursday, May 24, 2024, to one year and one day in prison for his involvement in a money laundering scheme connected to bribery of foreign officials and fraudulent activities targeting foreign financial institutions. Nepmar Jesus Escalona Enriquez, aged 47, hailing from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and formerly…
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