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Aug. 2, 2024 ¡ª William Dalton Edwards of Mount Airy, N.C., pleaded guilty today to a conspiracy charge for his role in a $1 million scheme involving the theft of livestock, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

Aug. 2, 2024 ¡ª The final defendant of 41 arrested in an extensive drug trafficking investigation, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute and unlawfully possessing a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Kendle Rashen Hawkins of Goodyear, Arizona, will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez on November 8, 2024. Because of the quantity of drugs involved, Hawkins faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison.

Aug. 2, 2024 ¡ª Omolere Omomowo of Laurel, Maryland and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, who led several companies that claimed to provide mental health rehabilitative services to some of the District¡¯s most vulnerable citizens, was indicted on August 1, 2024, along with five ¡°community support workers¡± (CSWs) employed by his company, on charges that they conspired to and did defraud the D.C. Medicaid program of over $10 million by engaging in a scheme to submit bills for mental-health related services that were not medically necessary, not reimbursable, and did not occur.

Aug. 2, 2024 ¡ª U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Jeffrey Tome of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to filing a false tax return, which carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison and a fine of $250,000.

Aug. 9, 2024 ¡ª A Frankfort woman, Brittany Joyce May pleaded guilty on Thursday, before U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove, to committing wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Aug. 8, 2024 ¡ª Jose Vicente Badillo and Jessica Elizabeth Najarro appeared in federal court today to face mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering charges related to a scheme to defraud an auto insurance company, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey; IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS CI) Acting Special Agent in Charge Michael Mosley of the Oakland Field Office; and FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert K. Tripp. The case has been assigned to the Hon. Rita F. Lin, United States District Judge.

Aug. 8, 2024 ¡ª Jose Vicente Badillo and Jessica Elizabeth Najarro appeared in federal court today to face mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering charges related to a scheme to defraud an auto insurance company, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey; IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS CI) Acting Special Agent in Charge Michael Mosley of the Oakland Field Office; and FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert K. Tripp. The case has been assigned to the Hon. Rita F. Lin, United States District Judge.

Aug. 8, 2024 ¡ª U.S. District Judge Carlos Mendoza has sentenced Avinash Singh of St. Cloud to 24 years in federal prison for wire fraud and money laundering. The court also ordered Singh to forfeit the $57 million in proceeds he obtained from his offenses, as well as real property that he purchased with those proceeds. Singh entered a guilty plea on May 6, 2024.

Aug. 12, 2024 ¡ª Joe Lewis Jefferson of Nashville, North Carolina, pled guilty for executing a scheme to defraud a program designed to help struggling North Carolinians stay in their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. He faces up to 31 years in prison. On March 27, 2024, Jefferson¡¯s wife, Danyael Davis Jefferson, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud for her role in the scheme.

Aug. 12, 2024 ¡ª A police officer for the Village of Dolton, Ill. was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Chicago on bankruptcy fraud charges for allegedly engaging in a scheme to conceal assets and income from creditors and prevent payment of the settlement of a lawsuit.