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A married couple who cared for an elderly person were charged Thursday with helping themselves to their patient s bank account. (Shutterstock)
TUCSON, AZ Two Tucson caregivers have been indicted for wire fraud committed against one of their elderly patients.
Michael Tagle Santos, 33, and Cherry Mae Santos, 28, husband and wife, have been officially charged by a federal grand jury, the U.S. Attorney s Office for the district of Arizona announced in a news release Thursday. The indictment alleges that between 2013 and March 2018, the Santoses defrauded an elderly, disabled victim by enriching themselves through the victim s financial accounts while serving as caregivers, the office wrote. They are charged with fraudulently transferring funds from the victim s account to their own accounts as salary advances.
Dec 10, 2020
U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman announced today that Chad M. Stellato, 47, of Langhorne, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to a bill of information charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and six counts of wire fraud.
According to court documents, from January of 2013 through January of 2016, Stellato and his co-conspirators devised a scheme to defraud the home improvement store Lowe’s through fraudulent merchandise purchases and returns at Lowe’s store locations in Boardman, Alliance and in other states.
To carry out their scheme, Stellato provided the funding for his co-conspirators to visit Lowe’s store locations and purchase large quantities of tile. The co-conspirators would place the boxes of tile in shopping carts and stack similarly packaged but lower-priced boxes of tile on top in order to conceal the higher-priced tile underneath. The co-conspirators would then take the shopping carts to the check-out counter and purchase all the tile, i
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Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of
Georgia, is resigning as U.S. Attorney
effective 11:59 p.m. on Friday. Following his resignation, he plans
to re-enter private practice with a law firm in Atlanta.
MACON â Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, is resigning as U.S. Attorney effective 11:59 p.m. on Friday. Following his resignation, he plans to re-enter private practice with a law firm in Atlanta.
âServing as the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia has been the most rewarding experience of my professional career,â Peeler said in a news release. âI thank the president for the trust he placed in me, and I thank Attorney General (William) Barr and former Attorney General (William) Sessions for their leadership and support. I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to have worked with the talented men and women in the United States Attorneyâs Office and our brave a
Fayetteville police issue warning over âmotion pictureâ prop money being used in internet sales Fayetteville police are warning those who post items for sale online to be on the lookout for counterfeit bills when they meet with buyers. (Source: WNCN) By CBS 17 Digital Desk | December 10, 2020 at 2:14 PM EST - Updated December 10 at 2:15 PM
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) â Fayetteville police are warning those who post items for sale online to be on the lookout for counterfeit bills when they meet with buyers.
Police said in a release Thursday that detectives âare experiencing an increase in counterfeit currency investigations.â
Many of those investigations involve âpeer-to-peer, or e-marketplace sales.â