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Edward A. Allen and David L. Olson Indicted by a Federal Grand Jury with Conspiracy, Securities Fraud, Mail Fraud, Wire Fraud, and Money Laundering
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U.S. Attorneys Office Northern District of Ohio on June 29, 2011 released the following press release: A federal grand jury returned a 30-count indictment charging Edward A. Allen, age 34, of Lakeland, Florida, and David L. Olson, age 59, of Lakeland, Florida, with conspiracy, securities fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. Allen and Olson were business associates and partners in A&O Companies. Allen and Olson and others associated with the companies solicited investors from the areas of Youngstown, Ohio, Arizona, Florida, and Texas to invest money with various companies under the umbrella of A&O Companies, according to the indictment. Investors were told that the purpose of A&O Companies was to purchase residential real estate properties and sell them at a profit. In fact, the investments were used to pay salaries to employees of the companies, personal expenses, socalled interest payments to various investors, and mortgage payments on real estate purchased on behalf of A&O Companies by investors, according to the indictment. Allen and Olson promised investors that they would earn a high rate of return on their principal, in one case as high as 45 percent, and that they would receive monthly interest payments reflecting that rate of return on their investments. Investors then received promissory notes in exchange. Allen and Olson further misled investors about the security of their investments by representing that numerous promissory notes were collateralized by David L. Olsons
Tracy Russo (USDOJ: Justice Blog)
Submitted at 1:00 PM June 30, 2011
personal property, according to the indictment. This lakefront property was purchased for approximately $425,000. However, its value dropped significantly after a sink hole developed and drained the water from the lake in 2006. Nevertheless, approximately $8 million in promissory notes were collateralized by this single piece of property, according to the indictment. A&O Companies paid some investors purported interest payments for a period of time so as to give the false impression that there were actual investments when, in fact, any interest payments came from other investors funds as part of a classic Ponzi scheme. A Ponzi scheme is where one set of investors funds are used to pay supposed interest payments to other investors to encourage others to invest, or re-invest, and to keep investors from realizing that there are no investments and that they have been defrauded. In total, A&O Companies, obtained approximately $14 million in funds through the use of these promissory notes, according to the indictment. The charges allege that Allen and Olson, doing business as A&O Companies, then used portions of this money to obtain real estate on behalf of A & O Companies through joint venture agreements. Allen and Olson solicited investors from the promissory note program to enter into joint venture agreements. Pursuant to these joint venture agreements, investors with good credit ratings would purchase property on behalf of A&O Companies. The property would be in the investors name, but the mortgage would be paid by A&O Companies. The investor would be paid a monthly fee, and the investor agreed that when the property was sold, the profit would go to A&O Companies. The lending institutions were provided Division, addressed youth scholars from around the country today at George Mason Universitys Washington Youth Summit on the Environment. AAG Moreno discussed the Justice
with false and misleading information about the purpose of the mortgage, who was responsible for paying the mortgage, and the source of money provided to the lending institution. As a result of this fraudulent activity, A&O Companies purchased approximately 80 properties in Ohio, Florida and South Carolina, using the joint venture agreements, according to the indictment. If convicted, the defendants sentences will be determined by the Court after review of factors unique to this case, including each defendants prior criminal record, if any, each defendants role in the offense and the characteristics of the violations. In all cases the sentences will not exceed the statutory maximum and in most cases it will be less than the maximum. The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue Service. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney David M. Toepfer. An indictment is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. A defendant is entitled to a fair trial in which it will be the governments burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. To find additional federal criminal news, please read The Federal Crimes Watch Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.
A Focus on Youth and the Environment

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Federal Criminal
Chief Judge Rules in Favor of Prosecutors, Says Bulger Must Face Federal Criminal Charges for an Alleged Role in 19 Murders
The Boston Globe on June 30, 2011 released the following: By Milton J. Valencia, Maria Cramer and John R. Ellement, Globe Staff US District Court Chief Judge Mark Wolf today handed federal prosecutors their first victory in the James Whitey Bulger prosecution and said prosecutors can focus on the case involving the 19 murders Bulger allegedly played a role in committing. Wolf, ruling from the bench, approved a motion by US Attorney Carmen Ortiz office to drop a set of charges filed against Bulger in 1995 and to keep intact a second batch of charges, which include the allegations the 81-year-old reputed gangster participated in 19 killings. It is in the public interest that this case be dismissed, Wolf said. I find that the US attorney has made a good faith decision to dismiss this case. Speaking to a courtroom filled with relatives of Bulgers alleged victims as well as Bulgers two brothers, John and William, Wolf said Bulger could have raised the concern when he was first charged. But now, after having spent 16 years on the run, the judge said Bulger should not benefit from being a fugitive. Mr. Bulger did not appear to object to alleged judge shopping in 2000. He could have, Wolf said. The extraordinary case of Bulger had yet another unexpected twist today when authorities used a United States Coast Guard helicopter to transport Bulger from the Plymouth jail to Boston for a court appearance. Since his return to Boston last week, authorities have deployed a caravan of speeding vehicles to bring him to US District Court. NECN-TV video shows a handcuffed 81year-old Bulger, in an orange prison uniform, being helped out of the helicopter by a camouflage-clad officer armed with an assault rifle. Bulger, who appears to be wearing ear protectors, crouches a little as he passes under the helicopters rotors toward an SUV waiting a short distance away. The alleged vicious gangster stands patiently by the open door of an SUV before being placed in it. Bulger is in the courthouse for the third time this week for two separate hearings in which lawyers and federal prosecutors will battle over the number of criminal charges Bulger will face and whether the
alleged gang leader will get a courtappointed lawyer. Wolf s decision to throw out the 1995 also ends his personal inovlvement in the prosecution of Bulger and Bulgers confidant, Stephen The Rifleman Flemmi, both of whom worked as informants for the FBI while engaging in years of criminal activity, allegedly including some of the 19 murders Bulger is charged with. My role in this case is essentially over, Wolf said from the bench. At the courthouse today, Steven Davis, the brother of Debra Davis, one of Bulgers 19 alleged murder victims, protested when Bulgers brothers, John and William, were allowed into the courtroom before anyone else. The Globes Maria Cramer reports that security officials tried to calm Steven Davis, who was thrown out of court proceedings against a Bulger associate in the 1990s when he lost his temper. Its his brother. If it was your brother, Id let youse in, too, a security official told Davis. In the courtroom, John and William Bulger sat next to each other. James Bulger, wearing the orange uniform of a federal pretrial detainee, winked at his two brothers while waiting for the court hearing to get underway. From the bench, Wolf said he would unseal a federal affidavit late today that outlines how the government is cracking down on leaks to reporters about what Bulger has said since he was taken into custody. The issue was raised by the defense following a Boston Sunday Globe story reporting that Bulger had told officials that he had gone to Mexico during his years on the run. Later today, US Magistrate Judge Marianne B. Bowler is slated to hold a hearing to determine whether Bulger cannot afford a lawyer. Peter Krupp, a provisional attorney for Bulger, argued Wednesday in court documents that prosecutors were forum shopping when, earlier this week, they moved to dismiss the racketeering charges brought against Bulger in 1995. Prosecutors want to focus instead on charges brought in 2000, which includes allegations that Bulger murdered 19 people. Krupp argued Wednesday for pursuing both sets of charges at the same time. That would keep the indictments before Wolf, the original judge in the case. The 2000
case was assigned to a different judge. The defense lawyer accused prosecutors of wanting to drop the 1995 charges as a way to keep the case out of Wolfs court. He suggested prosecutors wanted to avoid Wolf because of the judges thorough examination more than a decade ago of the governments scandalous dealings with Bulger. The government would be allowed to game the system, Krupp said in the court documents. Having encountered difficult questions from this court in lengthy hearings in the late 1990s, the government chose to have the newest allegations returned in a separate indictment, so that it might be assigned a different docket and drawn to a different judge. Prosecutors responded by saying that Bulgers call for consolidation of the cases was an attempt to delay his trial on the 19 slayings by bogging down the proceedings. They also said his lawyer lacks the authority to challenge the governments decision to drop the 1995 case, in which the most serious charge is that Bulger extorted money from bookmakers. Prosecutors have the support of families of Bulgers alleged victims, including Thomas Donahue of Dorchester, whose father, Michael, was gunned down, allegedly by Bulger, in 1982. Noting Bulgers age, Donahue said that the defense tactics could prevent Bulger from standing trial at all. As the government tries to push the issue, the defense is just dragging their feet, Donahue said. If this man dies, everything with him dies as well, and everything that happened to my father dies. Krupp has argued that investigators seized more than $800,000 that they found in Bulgers apartment after his arrest last week and that they have vowed to seize other assets they find, leaving him incapable of hiring his own lawyer. But prosecutors say Bulger has the means to pay for an attorney, even if that means getting the financial support of his family, including former state Senate president William M. Bulger. The ongoing legal wrangling that has occurred in the week following Bulgers arrest June 22 in Santa Monica, Calif., after 16 years in hiding shows the complexities of the high-profile, highstakes case, legal analysts say. CHIEF page 4
Federal Criminal Justice
John A. Crowe, a TSA Screener, Arraigned on Federal Child Pornography Charges

U.S. Attorneys Office District of New Mexico on June 30, 2011 released the following press release: ALBUQUERQUE This morning in federal court in Albuquerque, John A. Crowe, 51, was arraigned on a five-count indictment charging him with child pornography offenses. The indictment charges Crowe with (1) advertising a visual depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct; (2) transporting a visual depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct; (3 & 4) distribution and attempted distribution of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct on two separate dates; and (5) possession of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. If convicted of the charges in the indictment, Crowe faces a maximum penalty of imprisonment for not less than 15 years and not more than 30 years and will be required to register as a sex offender. Crowe entered a not guilty plea to the indictment during this mornings proceedings. Crowe has been in federal custody since his arrest on a criminal complaint on May 28, 2011; he remains detained pending trial, which has yet to be scheduled. Crowe was employed as a screener by the United States Transportation Security Administration and recently had relocated to Albuquerque from Ohio when he was arrested on child pornography charges on May 28, 2011. United States Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales said that Crowe was arrested in Albuquerque based on an investigation by the New Mexico State Police (NMSP) and the United States Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). The criminal complaint alleges that,
based on investigation in March and April of 2011, the NMSP and HSI learned that an IP address subscribed to by Crow at an Albuquerque address was being used to distribute child pornography. On May 26, 2011, officers and agents of the NMSP and HSI executed a search warrant at Crowes apartment and seized a computer and computer-related media. According to the complaint, Forensic investigation revealed that the computer contained images and videos of child pornography, including images and videos that appeared to have been taken with a hidden camera in a bedroom and bathroom in an unidentified residence. Several images that appeared to be taken with a hidden camera were of young females, both clothed and unclothed, who appeared to be under the age of 18. According to the complaint, on May 28, 2011, after being advised of his Miranda rights, Crowe participated in a consensual interview during which he allegedly stated that he had obtained certain images and videos containing child pornography in Ohio, Alabama and Georgia by use of a hidden camera. Crowe allegedly stated that some of the minors in the images and videos were daughters of his past girlfriends, and that, when he moved from Ohio to Albuquerque in November 2010, he brought his computer, which contained the images and videos of child pornography, with him. Crowe also allegedly stated that he continued to have contact with three of the minors depicted in the images and videos that contained the child pornography. Charges in indictments are only accusations. All criminal defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Charlyn E. Rees, and was investigated by the NMSP and HSI. The case was brought as part of
Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by U.S. Attorneys Offices and the Criminal Divisions Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov. The case also was brought as part of the New Mexico Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force whose mission it is to locate, track, and capture Internet child sexual predators and Internet child pornographers in New Mexico. There are 61 federal, state and local law enforcement agencies associated with the Task Force, which is funded by a grant administered by the New Mexico Attorney Generals Office. Anyone with information relating to suspected child predators and suspected child abuse is encouraged to contact federal or local law enforcement. To find additional federal criminal news, please read The Federal Crimes Watch Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.
A Life in Service of Others

Tracy Russo (USDOJ: Justice Blog)
Statement of the Attorney General Regarding Investigation into the Interrogation of Certain Detainees
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Former Chairman of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison and Ordered to Forfeit $38.5 Million
Last week, the department celebrated John Wodatchs 42 years as a career civil rights lawyer for the federal government. Wodatch, who is retiring today, is a disability rights pioneer who has been instrumental in crafting federal disability rights laws and enforcing those laws. Wodatch began his civil rights career in 1969 at the Department of Health, Education [...]
"On August 24, 2009, based on information the Department received pertaining to alleged CIA mistreatment of detainees, I announced that I had expanded Mr. Durhams mandate to conduct a preliminary review into whether federal laws were violated in connection with the interrogation of specific detainees at overseas locations."
The former chairman and owner of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker (TBW) was sentenced today to 30 years in prison and ordered to forfeit approximately $38.5 million for his role in a more than $2.9 billion fraud scheme that contributed to the failure of TBW and Colonial Bank.
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Prosecutors and family members of some of Bulgers alleged victims say Krupp is doing his own forum shopping in an attempt to keep the case before Judge Wolf and trying to preserve the original charges. They say he is drawing out the legal process and delaying justice. Ortiz said in court documents that prosecutors wanted to dismiss the older case because it is weaker. Two key witnesses have died, she said, and prosecuting the case would divert resources from the more serious case. Responding to Krupps motion late yesterday, prosecutors decried the defendants lack of knowledge of the history of the case, saying the 2000 racketeering indictment alleges a new enterprise and a different pattern of racketeering. In fact, the only logical explanation for the defendants counterintuitive strategy of opposing dismissal and requesting that he be prosecuted for additional offenses is that the defendant is engaging in forum shopping, prosecutors said. Bulger, a longtime FBI informant, fled just before Christmas 1994 after his former FBI handler, John J. Connolly Jr., warned him that he was about to be indicted. Bulger and his longtime sidekick, Stephen the Rifleman
Flemmi, were indicted in January 1995, along with Francis Cadillac Frank Salemme, then boss of the New England Mafia, and four other men on racketeering and extortion charges. Bulger, Flemmi, and Salemme were accused of running illegal rackets in Greater Boston and extorting money from bookmakers. Bulger became the target of a worldwide manhunt. Flemmi tried to get the case dismissed by revealing that he and Bulger were longtime FBI informants who provided the bureau with information about local Mafia leaders, including Salemme. He argued that their alliance was with the FBI, not with the Mafia. But the defense backfired. Several of Bulgers former associates began cooperating with investigators, leading them to secret graves of homicide victims and exposing Bulgers relationship with the FBI during a series of hearings before Wolf. The former associates assistance led to the 2000 indictment, which charged Bulger and Flemmi with 19 murders. Flemmi pleaded guilty to participating in 10 of those slayings and is serving a life sentence. The son of William OBrien, who was gunned down on Morrissey Boulevard in
March 1973, said yesterday that prosecutors and the court should focus on the 2000 case. Billy OBrien never got to meet his father. He was born four days after the slaying, and he said the trial could help him understand the past. Im just looking for this to get going, so I can put it all behind me, OBrien said. Ive been looking at this for so long. He needs to answer to the 19 murders that he has coming to him. They need to get on to the stuff that really does matter to me and the other victims involved in this case. To find additional federal criminal news, please read The Federal Crimes Watch Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.
Vicki L. Perchinske Charged in a Superseding Indictment by a Federal Grand Jury with Bank Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft
U.S. Attorneys Office Northern District of Ohio on June 29, 2011 released the following press release: A federal grand jury returned a twocount superseding indictment charging Vicki L. Perchinske, age 52, of Canton, Ohio, with bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. The superceding indictment charges that between on or about December 8, 2004, until on or about September 9, 2010, Perchinske, then employed as a financial advisor for First Merit Bank in North Canton, Ohio, executed and attempted to execute a scheme and artifice to defraud First Merit Bank and to obtain approximately $535,017.44 from First Merit Bank by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations and promises.
The superseding indictment charges that Perchinske made various fraudulent withdrawals from First Merit Bank accounts of elderly customers without authorization. The superseding indictment also charges that Perchinske fraudulently submitted liquidation and distribution request forms to Allstate Life Insurance Company, AIG and Oppenheimer Funds containing forged signatures of elderly customers, and then converted the proceeds to her personal use. If convicted, Perchinskes sentence will be determined by the Court after review of factors unique to this case, including the defendants prior criminal record, if any, the defendants role in the offense and the characteristics of the violation. In all cases, the sentence will not exceed the statutory maximum and in most cases it will be less than the maximum. The superseding indictment was presented to the grand jury by Assistant United States Attorney Robert W. Kern and Special Assistant United States
Attorney Jason Katz. This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the North Canton Police Department, and First Merit Bank Corporate Security in Akron, Ohio. An indictment is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. A defendant is entitled to a fair trial in which it will be the governments burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. To find additional federal criminal news, please read The Federal Crimes Watch Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.
Federal Criminal
One in Every 20 Federal Prisoners Convicted of a Crack Cocaine Offense Could Get a Sentencing Break
The Associated Press (AP) on June 30, 2011 released the following: By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) One in every 20 federal prisoners could be eligible for early release under a potential sentencing change for inmates convicted of crack cocaine offenses that will be voted on Thursday. Congress passed a law last year substantially lowering recommended sentences for people convicted of crack cocaine crimes, ranging from possession to trafficking. The idea was to fix a longstanding disparity in punishments for crack and powder cocaine crimes, but the new, lower recommended sentences for crack offenders didnt automatically apply to people already in prison. Now it is up to the six-member U.S. Sentencing Commission to decide whether offenders locked up for crack offenses before the new law took effect should also benefit and get out earlier. Up to 12,000 of the some 200,000 people incarcerated in federal prisons nationwide could be affected. A report by the
commission estimates that the average sentence reduction would be approximately three years, though a judge would still have to approve any reduction. There is a tremendous amount of hope out there, said Mary Price, vice president of Families Against Mandatory Minimums, an advocacy group for prisoners and their relatives. There is a potential that people could see their sentences reduced, for some quite dramatically. At a meeting in early June, commissioners suggested they want to apply the lower recommended sentences to at least some past offenders, but it is unclear how many. Advocacy groups have asked for the widest possible application while a group of 15 Republican lawmakers from the House and Senate wrote a letter to the commission saying the Fair Sentencing Act passed by Congress last year was not intended to benefit any past offenders. At a hearing in early June about the potential changes, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder took the middle road. He expressed support for making the new, lower guideline sentences retroactive but suggested limits on who should be eligible. Holder said prisoners who used
weapons during their crimes or who have significant criminal histories should not be eligible. If the commission adopts that view it could cut in half the number of prisoners who would stand to benefit from 12,000 to approximately 6,000. Any decision about who should be eligible for a reduced sentence will have to be approved by four of the commissions six members, who include judges and former prosecutors. Once the commission votes, Congress has until the end of October to reject or modify the guidelines, though that is considered unlikely. To find additional federal criminal news, please read The Federal Crimes Watch Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.
Lawrence Pazin Indicted by a Federal Grand Jury with Trafficking in Counterfeit Merchandise
U.S. Attorneys Office Northern District of Ohio on June 29, 2011 released the following press release: Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced that a federal grand jury in Cleveland, Ohio, returned an indictment charging Lawrence Pazin, age 62, of East Liverpool, Ohio, with Trafficking in Counterfeit Merchandise. The indictment charges that on or about February 3, 2011, Pazin intentionally trafficked and attempted to traffic in over 600 items of counterfeit sports apparel, including 372 counterfeit Reebok NFL jerseys, 30 counterfeit Mitchell & Ness NFL jerseys, 38 Reebok NHL jerseys, 50 NFL sweatshirts, 25 NFL hats and 121 NFL t-shirts, which contained counterfeit
marks, logos, labels and hangtags. The marks on the merchandise were identical to and substantially indistinguishable from marks used on genuine NFL and NHL merchandise, and were in use and registered for such goods on the principle register of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Also, the indictment alleges that the use of such counterfeit marks was likely to cause confusion, mistake or to deceive. If convicted, the defendants sentence will be determined by the Court after review of factors unique to this case, including the defendants prior criminal record, if any, the defendants role in the offense and the characteristics of the violation. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert W. Kern of the Cleveland U.S. Attorneys Office, following an investigation by the
Cleveland Office of the Department of Homeland Security, Office Immigration and Customs Enforcement. An indictment is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. A defendant is entitled to a fair trial in which it will be the governments burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. To find additional federal criminal news, please read The Federal Crimes Watch Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.
Jonathan Matthew Groth Indicted by a Federal Grand Jury with Mail Fraud and Wire Fraud
U.S. Attorneys Office Northern District of Ohio on June 29, 2011 released the following press release: A federal grand jury in Cleveland, Ohio, returned an indictment against Jonathan Matthew Groth, 33, charging him with one count of wire fraud and one count of mail fraud, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. The indictment alleges that, from 2004 through September 2006, Groth used his position as an employee of Verizon Wireless to fraudulently obtained telephones and other cellular telephone equipment. The indictment alleges further that Groth and then posted or caused those items to be posted on eBay, an internet auction website. The indictment also
further charges that Groth, after receiving payment for those items via the internet website PayPal, sent the items to he purchasers via the U.S. mail or other private or commercial interstate carrier. The indictment alleges further that Groths conduct caused Verizon Wireless to suffer a loss of greater than approximately $125,000. If convicted, Groths sentence will be determined by the court after review of factors unique to this case, including Groths prior criminal record, if any, Groths role in the offense and the characteristics of the violations. In all cases the sentence will not exceed the statutory maximum and in most cases it will be less than the maximum. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Bridget M. Brennan after an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Canton
Field Office. An indictment is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. A defendant is entitled to a fair trial in which it will be the governments burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. To find additional federal criminal news, please read The Federal Crimes Watch Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.
Timothy Davis Indicted by a Federal Grand Jury with Juvenile Sex Trafficking and Attempting to Destroy Evidence
Justice Department Sues James J. Williams Bulk Service Transport in Washington to Protect Employment Rights of Air Force Reservist
U.S. Attorneys Office Northern District of Ohio on June 29, 2011 released the following press release: A four-count indictment was filed against Timothy Davis related to juvenile sex trafficking, said United States Attorney Steven M. Dettelbach. Human trafficking, particularly in the commercial sex industry, is a devastating crime, Dettelbach said. Our office, working with the FBI and other partners, have made stopping it a priority. Davis, 41, lives in Elyria, Ohio, according to court records. He is charged with three counts of juvenile sex trafficking and one count of attempting to destroy evidence. Between September 2010 and February 2011, Davis knowingly recruited, enticed, harbored, transported, provided, obtained and maintained by any means a juvenile identified as H.M. for commercial sex acts, in reckless disregard of the fact that H.M. had not attained the age of 18 years, according to the indictment. In December 2010, Davis transported H.M. from Cleveland to Jacksonville,
Florida to engage in prostitution and commercial sex acts, in reckless disregard of the fact that H.M. had not attained the age of 18 years, according to the indictment. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney James V. Moroney after an investigation by the Cleveland Federal Bureau of Investigations Violent Crimes Task Force. An indictment is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. A defendant is entitled to a fair trial in which it will be the governments burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. To find additional federal criminal news, please read The Federal Crimes Watch Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above. Robert Nicol was sentenced this week in connection with a series of Utah-based
The Department of Justice today filed a lawsuit on behalf of Dave Axtell, a U.S. Air Force reservist, against James J. Williams Bulk Service Transport Inc., its parent company Trans-System Inc., and another Trans-System subsidiary, System TWT Transportation Inc.
California Real Estate Investors Agree to Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging at Public Foreclosure Auctions
Eight California real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty for their roles in two separate conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California.
Fraudulent Business Opportunity Owner Sentenced in Miami

business opportunity fraud ventures.
Raymond Anthony Napolitan Indicted by a Federal Grand Jury with Possessing Cocaine, 21 Firearms
Former United Nations Employee Charged in Connection with a $100,000 Fraud Scheme Involving Concurrent Jobs
U.S. Attorneys Office Western District of Pennsylvania on June 29, 2011 released the following press release: PITTSBURGH, JUNE 29, 2011 A resident of Farrell, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating the federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. The two-count indictment named Raymond Anthony Napolitan, 48, as the sole defendant. According to the indictment presented to the court, on June 29, 2007, Napolitan possessed with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine; in addition, he possessed 21 firearms in furtherance of that crime. The law provides for a maximum total sentence of not less than ten (10) years and up to life in prison, a fine of $1,250,000, or both. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed would be based upon the seriousness of the offenses and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant. Assistant United States Attorney Troy
Rivetti is prosecuting this case on behalf of the government. The Southwest Mercer County Regional Police Department, the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General Bureau of Narcotics Investigation and Drug Control, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Mercer County Sheriffs Office and the Mercer County Drug Task Force conducted the investigation leading to the indictment in this case. An indictment or information is an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. To find additional federal criminal news, please read The Federal Crimes Watch Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.
A former employee of the United Nations (U.N.) was arrested today for allegedly obtaining more than $100,000 in salary payments as a result of holding jobs at the U.N. and the National Labor Relations Board at the same time.
United States Sues Seattle-Area Man to Bar Him from Promoting Alleged Form 1099-OID Tax Fraud Scheme
The United States has sued a Seattle-area man to stop him from promoting an alleged tax fraud scheme.
Federal Court Bars Alabama Woman from Preparing Federal Tax Returns
A federal court has permanently barred Aurelia Sanderson Johnson from preparing federal tax returns for others.
Todd R. Berry Indicted by a Federal Grand Jury with Theft of Government Property
U.S. Attorneys Office Western District of Pennsylvania on June 29, 2011 released the following press release: PITTSBURGH, JUNE 29, 2011 A resident of Pittsburgh, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of theft of government property, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. The one-count indictment, returned on June 28, named Todd R. Berry, 37. According to the indictment, Berry stole $9,532 in Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act benefits by unlawfully
collecting such payments for approximately 151 days when he was working at a trucking company and a gambling casino. The law provides for a maximum total sentence of 10 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed would be based upon the seriousness of the offense and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant. Assistant United States Attorney Leo M. Dillon is prosecuting this case on behalf of the government. The United States Railroad Retirement Board, Office of Inspector General conducted the investigation leading to the indictment in this case.
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