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July 16, 2024 ¡ª Press release's first paragraph

July 16, 2024 ¡ª An Eau Claire, Wisconsin, man has been convicted of wire fraud and attempting to commit wire fraud. Robert Carter was convicted following a two-day trial in federal court in Madison. The jury reached a verdict today after just over an hour of deliberation. The guilty verdict is announced by Timothy M. O¡¯Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin.

July 16, 2024 ¡ª United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Abdur Rahim Islam, the former chief executive officer of Universal Community Homes (¡°UCH¡±) and Universal Education Companies (¡°UEC¡±) was sentenced today to 84 months¡¯ imprisonment, followed by three years¡¯ supervised release, for his convictions on 18 fraud, corruption, and tax charges relating to his tenure at Universal.

July 17, 2024 ¡ª Former Roswell escrow company owner Christopher Adam Jensen-Tanner of Roswell, is scheduled to be sentenced for wire fraud on July 25, 2024, at 10:15 a.m. in Las Cruces.

July 17, 2024 ¡ª Irma Olguin, Jr. and Jake Soberal, the founders and leaders of the failed Fresno-based start-up company, Bitwise Industries (¡°Bitwise¡±), pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiring to commit wire fraud and one count of wire fraud, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. They admitted to defrauding investors, lenders, and others out of $115,000,000.

July 18, 2024 ¡ª An indictment was unsealed yesterday containing criminal charges against the alleged leader of a human smuggling organization responsible for unlawfully bringing thousands of migrants into the United States. Along with the organization, the defendant, who was arrested in Mexico at the request of the United States, has also been designated for financial sanctions by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. These developments were made possible through extensive bilateral coordination and cooperation efforts between U.S. and Mexican law enforcement authorities.

July 18, 2024 ¡ª Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Harry T. Chavis, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, announced that Michelle Ann Gilson, of Guilford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to a federal tax offense stemming from her failure to pay business payroll taxes.

July 18, 2024 ¡ª A member of the Rollin¡¯ 60s Neighborhood Crips gang admitted his role in a racketeering conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

July 19, 2024 ¡ª The owner of Blue Ridge Bookkeeping, a Roanoke-based payroll processing and tax preparation business, was sentenced today in federal court to 36 months in prison for wire fraud and filing a false tax return.

July 19, 2024 ¡ª Scotty Thomas Lumley of Hendersonville, Tennessee was sentenced to serve 47 months in federal prison and to pay $1,198,833.62 in restitution earlier today, announced Henry C. Leventis, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.