An Annapolis man who falsely claimed to work for the CIA was sentenced Friday to nearly three years in prison as a result of fraud convictions related to his deceptions.
A federal judge sentenced Wayne Shelby Simmons, a 62-year-old whose claims of CIA work propelled him into a guest slot as a terrorism analyst on Fox News and to work as a defense contractor, to 33 months in prison.
While Simmons entered a guilty plea to the charges in April, averting what would have been an intriguing trial that likely could have featured testimony from high profile witnesses including CIA employees and Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, he has maintained in court documents that he did work for the CIA for 27 years. In court filings, Simmonsdetailed several operations he claimed to have worked on — ranging from an undercover investigation of a heroin- and arms-trafficking organization involving Iranian criminals active in D.C. in the 1980s to an intelligence-gathering mission involving Kazakh officials in the 1990s.
NEWARK, N.J. — The former chairman of the agency that controls New York City-area airports conspired with a United Airlines lobbyist to use his post to get the airline to run direct flights to South Carolina so that he could more easily visit his vacation home, officials said Thursday.
A former North Jersey politician was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison for his role in a $13 million mortgage fraud scam that used phony documents and “straw buyers” to make illegal profits on overbuilt condos in two South Jersey shore towns.
John Leadbeater, 59, of Kearny, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty in March 2015 before U.S. District Judge Jerome B. Simandle in Camden to an indictment charging him with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown of Florida and her chief of staff have been charged with multiple fraud and other federal offenses in a grand jury indictment unsealed Friday after a federal investigation into a fraudulent charity with ties to the congresswoman.
Brown, a 69-year-old Democrat, was to appear later Friday in Jacksonville federal court on charges of mail and wire fraud, conspiracy, obstruction and filing of false tax returns. She has represented a Jacksonville-based congressional district since 1993 and is seeking re-election in a newly-redrawn district.
A federal judge has set Oct. 14 as the day she will impose a sentence on Birmingham Health Care CEO Jonathan Dunning on numerous counts related to health care fraud.
The maximum prison penalty for conspiracy is five years, for wire fraud and money laundering the maximum is 20 years, and for bank fraud, 30 years, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Judicial Watch has confirmed that one of the AK-pattern rifles used in the November 2015 Islamic terror attacks in Paris that killed 130 people and wounded 368 came from Phoenix, home of Eric Holder’s weapon smuggling plot known as Operation Fast and Furious.
A database of 2.2 million suspected terrorists and people linked to organized crime — a list used by intelligence agencies, banks and companies around the world — has been leaked onto the internet.
A disbarred New York attorney convicted of teaming up with a mob-linked con man from Glen Rock in a series of fraudulent investment schemes was sentenced on Tuesday to 3½ years in prison.
U.S. District Judge William J. Martini imposed a 43-month prison term on Pasquale “Pat” Stiso, 55, of New Rochelle, N.Y. for his role in schemes to fleece investors in ticket resale and real estate ventures.
Volkswagen AG will pay owners of its polluting diesel cars up to $7,000, and agree to fund a grant program to offset air pollution, under a $10 billion settlement being negotiated for submission to a federal judge next week, people familiar with the talks said.
VW will provide cash payments worth between $1,000 and $7,000, depending on the vehicle’s age and other factors, to compensate consumers, the people said. All spoke on the condition they not be identified because U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer, who is supervising the settlement discussions, has imposed a gag order.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—This afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives passed three bipartisan bills under suspension of the rules. Together, the bills bring cost savings, increased transparency, and fraud reduction to the federal government.
