Report Crime, Fraud, Waste & Abuse
Press Releases
Filter search results using the following criteria
Thu, 07/20/2017 - 20:00
Press Release
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Three California residents were sentenced today to a combined 39 years in prison for their roles in a nationwide, multi-year “home mortgage modification” fraud that scammed thousands of vulnerable victims out of at least $11 million.
Sammy Araya, 41, of Santa Ana, was sentenced…
Wed, 07/26/2017 - 20:00
Press Release
CITYSIDE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION PAYS $4.3 MILLION TO RESOLVE FALSE CLAIMS ACT ALLEGATIONS
Office of the United States Attorney
Eastern District of California
U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
www.justice.gov/edca
CONTACT: LAUREN HORWOOD
PHONE:…
Thu, 08/24/2017 - 20:00
Press Release
Eugene Peter Kenworthy, Jr., age 50, of Ambler, PA, was charged today by Indictment with wire fraud, false statements for the purpose of influencing the Federal Housing Administration, aggravated identity theft, and failure to file a tax return, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis…
Sun, 08/27/2017 - 20:00
Press Release
Memphis, TN – A Memphis real estate investor has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain mortgage loans. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney, announced the sentence today.
An indictment returned last September by a federal grand jury…
Tue, 08/29/2017 - 20:00
Press Release
Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that URMILA SRI THAKUR, also known as Urmila Buddhu-Thakur and Indro Buddhu-Thakur, 72, of Wethersfield, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to a money laundering offense stemming from a fraudulent debt…
Wed, 09/27/2017 - 20:00
Press Release
Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Dane Narode, Associate General Counsel for Program Enforcement for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”), and Christina Scaringi, the Special Agent in Charge of HUD’s Office of the Inspector…
Wed, 10/04/2017 - 20:00
Press Release
BOSTON – The president and founder of a Falmouth mortgage company pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with defrauding the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) out of approximately $2.5 million.
Robert Pena, 68, of Falmouth, pleaded guilty to one…
Thu, 10/19/2017 - 20:00
Press Release
BOSTON – A Taunton woman was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for concealing information and making false statements in order to receive Social Security disability benefits and Section 8 housing assistance to which she was not entitled.
Marisha Ebanks, 41, was sentenced by U.S.…
Tue, 11/21/2017 - 19:00
Press Release
John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that URMILA SRI THAKUR, also known as Urmila Buddhu-Thakur and Indro Buddhu-Thakur, 73, of Wethersfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to four years of probation, the first…
Thu, 11/30/2017 - 19:00
Press Release
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Distribution November 29, 2017
LOS ANGELES – A longtime fugitive was named today in a nine-count indictment that alleges he participated in a $9 million loan fraud scheme that targeted Wells Fargo Bank. Napoleon Olarte, 40, who is believed to be in Venezuela after fleeing…
