Joletta Vallejo, a former Wichita police officer, and two others were charged with conspiracy and wire fraud after an internal investigation concluded that they were involved in a scheme to keep the officer from losing her job. Vallejo, and her friends, Patrick Melendrez and Courtney Foster, have been charged with
The former controller for a Stamford marketing and research firm pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to wire fraud charges relating to funds he embezzled from his former employer. Thomas J. Turey, of Norwalk, waived his right to a federal grand jury indictment and pleaded guilty to a wire fraud charge
Stephen Maiden, 40, pleaded guilty on Thursday to carrying out a Ponzi scheme that caused a total loss to victims of at least $8.9 million. The United States Attorney’s Office in Charlotte says Maiden conducted this scheme through his Charlotte based hedge fund: Maiden Capital Opportunity Fund. Maiden formed his
Arnett L. Waters has been sentenced to 17 years in a federal prison for his involvement in a large Ponzi scheme that defrauded customers out of millions of dollars by selling coins at inflated prices. In addition to the prison sentence, Waters will also face three years of supervised release,
A spokeswoman for the United States Attorney’s Office in Sacramento said that a Bridgeport woman is free on a $50,000 bond after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging her with theft and embezzlement. While employed as a branch manager at Eastern Sierra Community Bank, prosecutors say Roxana Foley was guilty of
Edward Lincoln Forehand, of Dothan, AL, has been convicted on charges of securities fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. According to the United States Attorney’s Office, he used the business name of “USA Marketing” to solicit investments from people mainly in South America and the panhandle of Florida
Caitlin Lucille Walls Smith, who used a fraudulently-acquired military status and forged bank statements to buy a home in York County, has been sentenced to 30 months in a federal prison. According to a news release from the United States Attorney Office she must also spend three years of supervised
A veteran attorney in Birmingham, Alabama has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for his role in a criminal mortgage fraud scheme. On January 7, 2013, the United States Attorney in Birmingham unsealed the criminal charges against Attorney Kelvin Davis, which allege Davis engaged in mortgage fraud in his position as
A former stockbroker in Washington recently pled guilty to criminal wire fraud and filing false tax returns, and has now been sentenced to federal prison. The criminal wire fraud scheme to which he pled is believed to have included stealing significant money from a brokerage client whose money he was
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