From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Alabama: MOBILE, AL – A Mobile man was sentenced today to 231 months in prison for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and making false statements to the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) and Social Security Administration (“SSA”). According to court documents and evidence presented at a three-day trial…

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Colorado: DENVER – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced Justin Skiff, age 36, of Castle Pines, was sentenced to six months in prison for wire fraud, social security fraud, and money laundering. According to the plea agreement, beginning around August 2019 and continuing through…

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Rhode Island: PROVIDENCE – A Providence man admitted to a federal judge that he fraudulently collected more than $230,000 in Social Security Administration (SAA) disability benefits in his own name, all the while continuing to work using another person’s identity, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. Additionally,…

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana: NEW ORLEANS – DEDRA BRIGHT (“BRIGHT”), age 64, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced on July 5, 2023 to payment of restitution and probation for theft of government funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641, announced United States Attorney Duane A. Evans.…

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Alabama: Montgomery, Alabama – On July 6, 2023, Kenneth Cherden Glasgow, 58, from Dothan, Alabama, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for tax evasion, mail fraud, and drug conspiracy charges, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart. The judge also ordered that Glasgow serve three…

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Oregon: PORTLAND, Ore.—A felon who fled his parole on a murder conviction and moved to Oregon was sentenced to federal prison today for using stolen identities to apply for multiple Oregon driver’s licenses and making false statements while attempting to purchase multiple firearms. Johnny Lee Allen, 45, was…

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Louisiana: LAKE CHARLES, La. – A Eunice, Louisiana man has been sentenced in the Western District of Louisiana for theft of funds from the Social Security Administration, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. Scotty Paul Fournerat, 50, was sentenced by United States District Judge James D.…

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts: BOSTON – A Winthrop man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to fraudulently obtaining a U.S. passport, and then using it to enter the United States from Istanbul, Turkey in 2021. Azem Gigo Zebic, 52, pleaded guilty to one count of use of a fraudulently…

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Pennsylvania: PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge relating to Social Security Fraud, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. The one-count Indictment named Susan Mentser, age 70, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as…

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Montana: MISSOULA — A former Hamilton man who admitted to making false statements to receive more than $70,000 in disability payments from the Social Security Administration was sentenced today, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Aaron Lee Grossman, 51, of Washington, Utah, and formerly of Hamilton, pleaded guilty in…