Father, son plead guilty to Defrauding HUD through Alzheimer’s assisted living facility
Eastern District of Texas
A Texas doctor has pleaded guilty today to a federal fraud violation, announced Eastern District of Texas Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
Dr. Rafael Otero, 68, pleaded guilty to an information charging him with defrauding the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) before U.S. Magistrate Judge Caroline M. Craven. In his plea agreement, Dr. Otero agreed to pay restitution to HUD.
“Dr. Otero, and his son Antonio Otero, exploited a HUD-insured mortgage program designed to provide affordable housing for those suffering from diseases like Alzheimer’s,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas Ganjei. “While they left the HUD-insured mortgage unpaid, the Oteros took hundreds of thousands of dollars. Because of their actions, the American taxpayers ultimately suffered a loss of over $3.6 million.”
Aroostook County Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Charges
A Presque Isle man pleaded guilty in two separate cases in federal court Thursday to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank made the announcement Thursday.
According to court records, between approximately January 2017 and August 2018, 29-year-old Tyler Neece and his co-conspirators obtained methamphetamine from an out-of-state source and distributed the drugs in northern Maine. In this case, Neece faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million. He also faces between three years and a lifetime of supervised release.
The victim, a former girlfriend, lived in South Berwick, Maine at the time.
Credit: NBC Published: 1:04 PM EST February 11, 2021 Updated: 1:07 PM EST February 11, 2021
PORTLAND, Maine A New Hampshire man pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to stalking and traveling interstate to violate a protection order, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
According to court documents, in June 2020, Lawrence Keenan IV, 30, of Somersworth, began sending harassing text messages to a former girlfriend and her family in an effort to reconcile. When the victim, who resided in South Berwick, Maine at the time, refused to respond, Keenan also sent threatening messages to the victim and her former husband, which caused them both emotional distress.
Feb 9, 2021
Feb 9, 2021
LONDONÂ â A Corbin man, John Helton, was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison on Tuesday, by U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom, after previously being convicted of armed methamphetamine trafficking and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
The evidence at trial established that, on June 9, 2019, deputies with the Knox and Laurel County Sheriffâs Offices searched the residence that Helton shared with his wife, Anita, seizing over 300 grams of crystal methamphetamine and four firearms, including three that were loaded.
Helton then directed his wife to go to his motherâs residence, to get money to bond him out of jail.
According to court documents, in June 2020, Lawrence Keenan IV, 30, began sending harassing text messages to a former girlfriend and it escalated from there.