Former WECO Owner Allowed Fraudulent Aircraft Repairs

  On October 10, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California announced that William Hugh Weygandt of Granite Bay was indicted for “conspiracy to commit fraud involving aircraft parts.”  He is the former owner and president of WECO Aerospace Systems, Inc. which was a certified air ...

Bank Tellers Cashed Fraudulent Refund Checks

  On October 10, 2012, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced that three former tellers of a bank and one other individual were charged in a tax fraud scheme.  Ronald Expinal, Juri Santos, Anais Munoz were the former bank employees, and Kenny Grullon was the fourth defendant charged ...

Mother and Son Sentenced for Mortgage Fraud Scheme

  On October 9, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California announced that a Stephen Kenneth Chrysler received 37 months in prison for involvement in an $8 million mortgage fraud scheme.  Stephen’s mother, Aida Agusti Castro, was also sentenced to 33 months in prison for her role in the ...

Louisiana Physician Guilty of Health Care Fraud

  On October 10, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana announced that Dr. Jack Voight of Metairie, Louisiana pleaded guilty in front of U.S. District Court Judge Lance M. Africk.  He admitted to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, and he could possibly spend the rest of his life in ...

1,000 Pages of Evidence Released Against Lance Armstrong

  On October 10, 2012, the United States Anti-Doping Agency announced there is direct evidence that the U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team was involved in “the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen.”    The evidence against the US Postal Service ...

Coffee Lovers were Victims in Kick Back Scheme

  On October 2, 2012, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Arkansas announced that Mark Hoffman of Springdale, Arkansas and David Workman of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma were sentenced for their roles in a coffee kickback scheme from 2003 to 2007.  The announcement was made by Conner Eldridge, the United ...

Westport Man Guilty for Role in Mortgage Fraud Scheme

  On October 9, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut announced that William A. Trudeau, Jr. of Westport was found guilty of multiple conspiracy and wire fraud offenses for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme in Fairfield County.     According to court documents, Trudeau worked with ...

Boys and Girls Club Director Sentenced to 57 Months

  On October 5, 2012, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut announced Robert Generali of Waterbury received a sentence of 57 months in prison and three years of supervised release for embezzling $423,908.82 from the Boys and Girls Club located in Waterbury.  U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant ...

Results Released from Distressed Homeowner Initiative

  On October 9, 2012, the Department of Justice announced that results from the Distressed Homeowner Initiative.  The initiative was the first of its kind and targeted fraud schemes across the nation that took advantage of struggling homeowners.     The Department of Justice announced that a total of 530 ...

Mayor of Barceloneta Sentenced to 120 Months

On October 1, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico announced that Sol Luis Fontanes-Olivo, the former mayor of Barceloneta, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, a $150,000 fine, a forfeitur of $60,000, and three years of supervised release.  He was charged for bribery involved in certain programs receiving ...

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