WASHINGTONA former Michigan resident was found guilty by a federal jury today in Miami of child sex tourism charges. Matthew Andrew Carter, aka William Charles Harcourt and Bill Carter, 67, formerly of Brighton, Michigan, was found guilty in U.S. District…

PHILADELPHIAMichael Wilkerson, 47, of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and Denise Haines, 43, of Birdsboro, Pennsylvania, were convicted of engaging in a scheme to defraud JP Morgan Chases predecessor, Chase Manhattan Bank, by fraudulently obtaining home loans valued at more than $6 million…

Plea is Part of the Investigation That Led to Conviction of Former District of Columbia Council Member Harry L. Thomas, Jr. WASHINGTON Millicent D. West, the former director and chief executive officer of a non-profit organization that promotes youth opportunities,…

Manuel Ernesto Ortiz-Barraza, an independent financial consultant, was extradited to the United States today for his alleged role in a scheme to defraud the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) of over $2.5 million. Ortiz-Barraza, 56, was charged…

by Capt. Agneta Murnan 438th Air Expeditionary Wing and NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan One of three new Cessna 208Bs taxies to its parking pad after landing at Shindand Air Base, Oct. 2011. As of Dec. 2012, the last of 26…

WASHINGTONSix Detroit-area residents and one Chicago-area resident were arrested today by federal agents on charges arising from the ongoing investigation into an alleged $22 million home health care fraud scheme. According to the 18-count indictment returned January 15, 2013, and…

Marissa Mark wanted someone dead, her ex-boyfriends new girlfriend, to be precise. And she found a way to have it done¦from her computer. In September 2006, the Pennsylvania resident and recent college graduate logged on to HitmanForHire.net, a site often…

COLUMBUSGordon L. Yocom, 44, of Dublin, Ohio, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering for fraudulently obtaining a mortgage loan to finance the purchase of a real estate property in Powell, Ohio. Yocom agreed to forfeit $119,000, which represented…

BECKLEY, WVUpper Big Branch Mine (UBB) superintendent Gary May was sentenced to 21 months in prison in connection with a federal investigation at the former Massey Energy Companys UBB Mine. Gary May, 43, of Bloomingrose, West Virginia, previously pleaded guilty…

HAMMOND, INThe United States Attorneys Office returned the following indictments on January 16, 2013: Brealon B. Miller, Jr., 24, and David L. Hardin, Jr., 22, both of Gary, Indiana, were charged in an indictment with the robbery of BMO Bank…

Bridgeport, CT - A federal grand jury sitting in Bridgeport returned an indictment today charging Nouel Alba, 37, of Bronx, New York, with making false statements to FBI agents in connection with their investigation into a fraudulent fundraising scheme related…

GRAND RAPIDS, MI Lawrence Maxwell McCoy of Bitely, Michigan, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff to 54 months in prison for wire fraud. The U.S. Attorneys Office filed a one-count felony information on September 7, 2012,…