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Man pleads guilty to operating convoluted mail scam

A man who ran a convoluted get-rich-quick scam for over a decade out of post office boxes around the Southtowns pleaded guilty this week in U.S. District Court. Jerry Hayes of West Seneca sent letters from 2006 to 2017 that asked people to send cash,.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsFeb 16th, 2019

22 Year Old FX Trader Pleads Guilty To Fraud He Started While In His Teens

22 Year Old FX Trader Pleads Guilty To Fraud He Started While In His Teens 22 year old FX trader Kevin Perry has pleaded guilty to defrauding his investors in an FX scam that started when he w.....»»

Category: blogSource: zerohedgeMar 11th, 2020

Penny-stock promoter pleads guilty a second time in the Spongetech scam

A penny-stock promoter is facing a possible long prison stretch after pleading guilty to asking a to help extort $6 million from another friend who cooked up the epic . Friday’s guilty plea was the... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Category: blogSource: crainsnewyorkMar 6th, 2020

Ex-NFL Team Owner Pleads Guilty to Running Unlicensed Money Transmitter

Crypto Capital co-founder Reginald Fowler pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmission business Friday. Additional charges were dropped......»»

Category: forexSource: coindeskJan 17th, 2020

Tampa woman, who posed as an attorney and rented Rivergate Tower space, pleads guilty to fraud and ID theft

A Tampa woman has pleaded guilty to mail fraud and aggravated identify theft in connection with a scheme where she posed and practiced as a licensed attorney, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida. Roberta A. Guedes fa.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsDec 19th, 2019

Former Trucking Executive Pleads Guilty To Two Counts Of Wire Fraud In USPS Mail Contracts Case

A former executive of a Florida-based trucking company pleaded guilty in federal court on two counts of wire fraud related to mail contracts it had with the U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday, June 12. read more.....»»

Category: blogSource: benzingaJun 17th, 2019

Olathe man pleads guilty in $346M ‘rent-a-vet’ scam

An Olathe businessman pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring with two others in a scheme that secured hundreds of millions of federal contract dollars by fraudulently claiming to be veteran-owned. In his guilty plea, Matthew C. McPherson admitted that h.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsJun 4th, 2019

Boca Raton resident known as "Mailman" pleads guilty to fraud charges

He's known as "Mailman" due to his pervasive participation in direct-mail penny stock pump-and-dump schemes......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMay 21st, 2019

Maryland man pleads guilty in sprawling investment scam

A bogus investment scheme that entrapped hundreds of individuals and corporate investo.....»»

Category: topSource: foxnewsMay 16th, 2019

Canadian man pleads guilty to wire fraud

A Canadian man who recruited workers to use Western Union locations in Buffalo to wire money collected in a fraud scheme over the border pleaded guilty. Sheldon Hurley, 39, of Markham, Ontario, admitted to running a scam in which he tricked U.S. r.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMay 10th, 2019

Former Willkie Farr co-chairman pleads guilty in college-admissions scam

Gordan Caplan, the suspended co-chairman of law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher, said Friday he would plead guilty to charges that so she . "I apologize not only to my family, friends, colleagues and... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Category: blogSource: crainsnewyorkApr 7th, 2019

Third man in debt scam trio pleads guilty

A third man pleaded guilty in connection to his role in a money laundering scheme that used debt restructuring as a front. Sergiy Bezrukov, of Salamanca and formerly of Queens, opened two debt restructuring businesses in Western New York with other .....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 19th, 2019

University of Colorado professor pleads guilty in mail fraud case

A University of Colorado at Boulder professor pleaded guilty Monday to to mail fraud and aiding and abetting. The government alleges that Oleg Viktorovich Vasilyev, 50, a professor in the department of mechanical engineering, obtained a $234,000 fede.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsJul 11th, 2018

Fyre Festival Organizer Pleads Guilty to Selling Fraudulent Tickets

The authorities said the organizer, Billy McFarland, got involved in the scam while out on bail on charges related to the festival......»»

Category: mediaSource: nytJul 26th, 2018

So-called "Frack Master" pleads guilty in Dallas to fraud

Prosecutors say a Dallas businessman who dubbed himself the "Frack Master" and went on TV to discuss oil and gas has pleaded guilty to fraud and tax evasion charges in an $80 million scam......»»

Category: topSource: foxnewsOct 23rd, 2018

Phony "IRS agent" pleads guilty to Target gift card scam

Federal prosecutors said this week that a man charged with scamming victims out of $250,000 worth of Target Corp. gift cards by posing as an IRS agent has pleaded guilty to fraud. Minnesota's U.S. Attorney's office announced the guilty plea by Yu Zh.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsOct 26th, 2018

Bitcoin Trader Pleads Guilty Over Unlicensed Exchange Business

A bitcoin trader from California has pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmission business and now faces up to five years in prison......»»

Category: forexSource: coindeskOct 30th, 2018

Man who was part of international "boiler room" scam pleads guilty

A man who participated in what officials called an international “boiler room” scam in which money was funneled through a Western New York bank account has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, U.S. Attorney James Kennedy said. Ap.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsNov 7th, 2018

Developer pleads guilty to $58M fraud

White Plains real estate developer, Michael D'Alessio, pled guilty today to operating a years-long scheme to defraud investors in his luxury real estate development projects in Manhattan, the... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Category: blogSource: crainsnewyorkNov 8th, 2018

St. Pete man pleads guilty in IRS money laundering scam

A St. Petersburg man is facing 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty on Thursday in federal court in connection with a money laundering scheme. Alejandro Juarez, 33, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering for his role in a sche.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsDec 14th, 2018

Illegal UK Immigrant Who Protested With Sign Saying "Migrants Are Not Criminals" Pleads Guilty To Rape Of 15-Year-Old Girl

Illegal UK Immigrant Who Protested With Sign Saying ".....»»

Category: dealsSource: nytApr 19th, 2024