Chesco Prison inmates charged with COVID-related benefits fraud
PHILADELPHIA – First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that twelve Chester County Prison inmates and their accomplices were charged federally with fraudulently applying for and obtaining emergency unemployment benefits related to COVID-19. The defendants are charged with submitting false applications claiming that the prison inmates lost jobs as a result of...
Spring City man pleads guilty to immgration fraud
Sudhakar Majety, 46, of Spring City, pleaded guilty Monday to four counts of visa fraud in connection with a scheme to illegally bring more than 50 workers to the United States on H-1B visas to work as IT consultants for his company Upani Consultants.
According to authorities, Majety created a series of shell corporations and sham contracts to pretend that Upani Consultants needed the additional workers. ...
Phila. man pleads guilty to Craigs List scam
Prosecutors say he duped dozens of more than $98,000 for nearly 5 years
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia man pleaded guilty on Monday, March 24, to all counts stemming from a counterfeit check scheme that victimized dozens of people across the United States through a series of Internet-based sales scams, federal authorities said.
Dave Brister pleaded guilty to 24 counts, including conspiracy,...
Chester County hacker gets 18 months in prison
Devon residents admits trying to sell access to computer networks
A 23-year-old Chester County resident will spend 18 months in prison for his role in a scheme to hack into computer networks and sell access to those networks, federal prosecutors said in a news release.
Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U .S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz...
Feds: Drive-through becomes ‘felony lane’
Two Fla. men indicted in check-cashing scam with local tentacles
Two Florida men are accused of running a multi-state, fraudulent, check-cashing ring that targeted women and banks in the greater Philadelphia region, including Chester County, federal authorities said Thursday.
Brandon “Money” James, 23, and Lenardo “Lee” Nicolas, 25, were charged by indictment, a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s...
Ex-principal gets 2 years for kiddie porn
Prosecutors said he possessed more than 150 sexually explicit images
A 43-year-old Chester County resident and former middle-school principal was sentenced Thursday, Nov. 7, to 24 months in prison for possessing more than 150, but less than 300, images of children engaging in sexually explicit conduct, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release.
At the time of the investigation, Troy...
Three sentenced in $35.5 million loan fraud scheme
Defendants ordered to pay nearly $8 million in restitution to two banks
PHILADELPHIA – Three Delaware County residents were sentenced Wednesday for engaging in a sweeping, $35.5 million scheme to defraud Wilmington Trust Federal Savings Bank and Malvern Federal Savings Bank.
Dennis Nicholas, 62, of Newtown Square, was sentenced to 72 months in prison; his wife, Bernadette Nicholas, 64, was sentenced...
