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 fraudulent…
Farmington Hills MI February 1 2019 – Federal agents used a fake university in Farmington Hills to lure alleged phony foreign students who were trying to stay in the United States illegally. The University of Farmington had no staff, no instructors, no curriculum and no classes but was utilized by undercover Homeland Security agents to identify people…
Today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is announcing a campaign to educate the public on the consequences of posting hoax threats to schools and other public places and reminds communities that these hoax threats are not a joke. In the aftermath of tragic shootings such as the ones at Santa Fe High School in Texas…
Nobody would have suspected that the affable Tennessee tractor salesman who was raised among them, tended their lawns in high school, and prayed beside them at Sunday services was scamming them by the millions. Indeed, that’s probably what made the man’s investment scheme so successful, investigators say. Jeffery Gentry, 40, pleaded guilty in federal court…
Beginning in 2015, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) forwarded multiple complaints to the FBI’s Houston Field Office regarding fraudulent offers of investment opportunities by perpetrators who impersonated U.S. bank officials and financial consultants over the Internet and telephone. Victims in various countries, including the U.S., were deceived into believing they would receive millions of…
Owen Hanson, who often went by his nickname, “O-Dog,” led a charmed life. He had been a popular high school athlete who found some athletic success—and even more popularity—at the University of Southern California. After graduating with a business degree, he got his real estate license and, over time, undertook several seemingly successful business ventures…
The general concept of criminal restitution—perpetrators having to repay their victims any losses caused by their illegal actions—has been around for ages. In the U.S., there are various restitution laws at both the state and federal level. One of the more significant federal laws on restitution was the Mandatory Restitution Act of 1996, which established…
DES PLAINES, Ill. (WLS) — A Des Plaines woman was charged after allegedly contracting a “dark-web” company to murder the wife of a man with whom she had an affair, according to the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office. Tina Jones, 31, was charged with one felony count of solicitation of murder. Judge George Bakalis ordered…
In May 2013, the FBI’s Atlanta Division received an allegation of fraud against an Atlanta-area businessman and the woman he had hired to manage his business finances. An investor who partnered with the pair claimed that the millions of dollars he had contributed to their business ventures was never properly invested, and he suspected that…
Ten people — including eight College of William & Mary students and a professor — were arrested this week on narcotics distribution charges following a monthslong investigation, Williamsburg police said. Police said the operation, a joint investigation by Williamsburg authorities and the Tri-Rivers Drug Task Force, seized LSD, cocaine, psilocybin (mushrooms), opioids, amphetamines, steroids, hashish…
