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Nov. 22, 2024 ¡ª United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Mauricio Chahine (Jacksonville) with five counts of money laundering and attempted money laundering. If convicted, Chahine faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on each count. Chahine was arrested on a criminal complaint on November 12, 2024, and has been ordered detained while awaiting trial.

Nov. 22, 2024 ¡ª An undercover law enforcement investigation has resulted in federal prison sentences for two Nigerian nationals residing in the Chicago suburbs who conducted online inheritance scams and other fraud schemes.

Nov. 22, 2024 ¡ª A co-founder of a so-called Christian health care sharing ministry in St. Joseph, Mo., has been sentenced in federal court for his role in an $8 million wire fraud conspiracy that cheated hundreds of members, and for making false statements on a personal tax return.

Nov. 22, 2024 ¡ª United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. has announced that an investigation into a drug trafficking organization based out of Ascension Parish has resulted in a federal grand jury indictment leading to the arrest of six individuals on various charges, including firearm and drug trafficking offenses.

Nov. 22, 2024 ¡ª A pair of repairmen that earned more than $1.5 million from elderly customers for home repair services appeared in federal court today and pleaded guilty to tax fraud, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. David Angelo Quick of Charlotte, and Tony Joshua Christo formerly of Charlotte, now residing in Florida, pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return.

Nov. 22, 2024 ¡ª A federal jury in Brooklyn returned a guilty verdict yesterday against Avraham Tarshish for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, and related wire fraud counts, in connection with a scheme to defraud mortgage loan holders, including the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) and other mortgage lending businesses. The verdict followed a 12-day trial before Chief United States District Judge Margo K. Brodie. When sentenced, the defendant faces up to 30 years in prison.

Nov. 25, 2024 ¡ª A Lancaster, Mass. man was convicted on Nov. 22, 2024 following a five-day jury trial for his involvement in an unlicensed money transmission business that exchanged cash for Bitcoin for an individual who represented to be involved in unlawful trafficking in counterfeit goods.

Nov. 25, 2024 ¡ª Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Mark Legowski of Farmington, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to eight months of imprisonment, followed by one year of supervised release, for filing false tax returns. Judge Dooley also ordered Legowski to pay a $10,000 fine.

Nov. 25, 2024 ¡ª Thomas Aaron Signorelli pleaded guilty today in federal court to one count of bank fraud, two counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, one count of theft of government property, one count of destruction of records, and one count of conspiracy to launder money.

Nov. 26, 2024 ¡ª United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Murat Aslansan of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Joshua D. Wolson to 12 months and one day in prison, two years of supervised release, and a $10,000 fine, and was ordered to pay $327,723 to the Internal Revenue Service for committing tax evasion.