INDICTMENTS RETURNED IN BANK ROBBERIES

Other indictments: drug trafficking, Medicare fraud, immigration violations

WICHITA, KAN. – Federal charges were filed Tuesday in two separate Wichita area bank robberies.

Marcus V. Taylor, 37, Wichita, Kan., was indicted on one count of bank robbery. According to the indictment, on Oct. 28, 2006, he robbed the Fidelity Bank at 3641 N. Woodlawn in Wichita.

If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000. The Federal Bureau of Investigation prepared the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Blair Watson is prosecuting.

Richard James Graves, 42, Wichita, was indicted on one count of bank robbery. According to the indictment, on Nov. 6, 2006, he robbed the Chisholm Trail State Bank in Bel Aire, Kan.

If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000. The Federal Bureau of Investigation prepared the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Blair Watson is prosecuting.

OTHER CASES

A federal grand jury meeting in Wichita, also returned indictments in the following cases:

Curtiss W. George, 58, Coffeyville, Kan., is charged with health care fraud. According to the indictment, from 1970 through 2005, he operated George Chiropractic in Coffeyville, Kan. On Nov. 1, 1999, his license to practice expired and was cancelled. From Oct. 1, 1999, through June 1, 2005, George submitted 5,527 Medicare claims for reimbursement and received more than $76,059 from Medicare even though he was not a licensed provider.

If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000. The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General investigated. Barnett.


Anthony R. Grayson, 36, Wichita, Kan., is charged with one count of distributing more than 5 grams of crack cocaine and one count of possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of crack cocaine. A separate count seeks the forfeiture of all proceeds from the crime and lists property including a Lincoln Continental, $2,567 in cash seized during a search, and real property at 1223 N. Piatt in Wichita, Kan.

If convicted, he faces a penalty of not less than 10 years and not more than life in federal prison and a fine up to $2 million on the distribution charge; and not less than 20 years and not more than life and a fine up to $4 million on the possession charge. The Federal Bureau of Investigation prepared the case.Barnett

Feliciano Peralta-Nava, 27, who is a citizen of Mexico, is charged with one count of using a fraudulent document to be employed in the United States, four counts of aggravated identity theft, one count of making a false claim of U.S. citizenship to be employed at Cargill Meat Solutions, Inc., in Dodge City, Kan., one count of misusing a Social Security number, and one count of making a false statement on an I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification form. The crimes are alleged to have occurred Sept. 26, 2005, in Ford County, Kan.

Upon conviction, the crimes carry the following penalties:
– Use of a fraudulent document to be employed: A maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison without parole and a fine up to $250,000.
– Aggravated identity theft: Mandatory two years to run consecutively to other sentences.
– False claim of U.S. citizenship: A maximum penalty of 3 years in federal prison without parole and a fine up to $250,000.
– Misusing a Social Security number, and making a false statement on an I-9 form: A maximum penalty of 5 years in federal prison without parole and a fine up to $250,000.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brent Anderson is prosecuting.

Juan Carlos Figueroa-Chavez, 31, is charged with one count of using a fraudulent document to be employed in the United States, four counts of aggravated identity theft, one count of making a false claim of U.S. citizenship to be employed at National Beef in Dodge City, Kan., one count of misusing a Social Security number, and one count of making a false statement on an I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification form. The crimes are alleged to have occurred Sept. 21, 2006, in Ford County, Kan.

Upon conviction, the crimes carry the following penalties:
– Use of a fraudulent document to be employed: A maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison without parole and a fine up to $250,000.
– Aggravated identity theft: Mandatory two years to run consecutively to other sentences.
– False claim of U.S. citizenship: A maximum penalty of 3 years in federal prison without parole and a fine up to $250,000.
– Misusing a Social Security number, and making a false statement on an I-9 form: A maximum penalty of 5 years in federal prison without parole and a fine up to $250,000.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brent Anderson is prosecuting.
As in any criminal case, a person is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. The indictments filed merely contain allegations of criminal conduct.

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