SAN JOSE, Calif. Aug 4 2020– The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office has charged a San Jose police officer with using his private security company to commit insurance fraud, tax evasion, wage theft, and about $18 million in money laundering. Robert Foster, 47, the Morgan Hill owner of Atlas Private Security, self-surrendered on Thursday […]
SAN JOSE CA Aug 1 2020 A veteran San Jose police officer is the subject of dozens of criminal charges that allege a multi-layered conspiracy in which he ran a private security business that exploited and underpaid mostly minority workers, and aggressively hid millions of dollars in revenues from state unemployment and other taxes. In an […]
Washington DC July 22 2020 The president of two unions for private security guards and other workers in the Washington region pleaded guilty Tuesday to embezzling more than $50,000 in union funds. The plea from Sandra M. King, 62, of Owings Mills, Md., came six years after the unions’ previous president pleaded guilty to the same […]
San Jose CA July 9 2020 A seventh former employee of eBay is now facing federal charges after officials say he was part of the coordinated harassment of a Massachusetts couple who published a newsletter that was critical of the company. Philip Cooke, 55, of San Jose, California, who is also a former police captain in […]
New Jersey June 27 2020 A married couple from New Jersey has been busted for bilking more than $6 million in an online dating scam that duped 33 people — including one woman who resorted to stealing from her employer, prosecutors said. Martins Friday Inalegwu, 31, and Steincy Mathieu, 24, are accused of wooing victims […]
PROVIDENCE RI June 21 2020 – The former owner of an East Providence automobile transport company who is awaiting sentencing in federal court for fraudulently obtaining more than $400,000 from various financial institutions and using the stolen personal identifying information of another person to continue to illegally operate his auto hauling business after being ordered to […]
NEWARK, N.J. April 11 2020 – A Florida man was sentenced today to 73 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess and traffic stolen credit card data held by New Jersey residents, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced. Miguel Gonzalez, 43, of Miami, Florida, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court […]
Charlotte NC March 25 2020 A team of counterfeiters from North Carolina is accused of scamming hundreds of Walmart stores in dozens of states by claiming to be company executives buying gift cards for charities, a new court document shows. The wide-ranging conspiracy, which includes a Charlotte man, victimized 300 Walmarts in 30 states, resulting in […]
Orlando FL March 14 2020 A Florida man allegedly attempted to eat a stolen debit card when he was confronted by police officers after attempting to use the card to purchase goods at Walt Disney World. Orange County police deputies arrested Jose Herrera, 27, on Monday. He had been held by Disney security after being caught […]
Austin TX Feb 23 2020 An Austin-area insurance agent was arrested on Wednesday under allegations that he tricked the elderly into giving him millions. A Travis County grand jury indicted Brett Pittsenbargar on Feb.4. He is facing first-degree felony charges of securities fraud, money laundering and theft. According to the indictment, Pittsenbargar sold $9.3 million in […]