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July 2008
     
July 3, 2008   JOSEPH SMITH of Avon Lake, Ohio, found guilty of conspiring to defraud IRS and related tax charges…(MORE)
     
July 1, 2008  

Eight persons, six from Youngstown, indicted in Operation Yard Dog...More

     
June 2008
     
June 26, 2008  

ANTONIO DURAN & RUDY D. TAPIA of North Olmsted and JUAN CARLOS BANOS of Las Vegas charged with conspiracy and distribution of heroin and cocaine...More

     
June 24, 2008  

TIFFINEY CLEVELAND of Euclid, a former East Cleveland Police Department detective, indicted for 11 counts of drug violations, wire fraud and bank fraud... (IND ATT)…More

     
June 13, 2008   Three defendants found guilty of terrorist acts in Toledo, Ohio…More
     
June 10, 2008  

KENT S. ANDREWS of Middleburg Hgts sentenced to 33 months in prison and ordered to pay almost $2 million in restitution to Cisco Systems, Inc. …More

May 2008
   
May 2008
May 2008
   
May 29, 2008  

Seven individuals from the Cleveland area charged with various health care fraud offenses related to transportation of Medicaid beneficiaries…(More)

     
May 16, 2008   ANTHONY LEONI, JR of Auburn Township charged with tax evasion totaling almost $136,000…More
     
May 16, 2008   RANDY J. HORVAT of Solon charged with tax evasion totaling almost $800,000…More
     
May 15, 2008  

PATRICK J. O’MALLEY , former Cuyahoga County Recorder, pleads guilty to obscenity charge…More

     
May 15, 2008  

DAVID A. TUASON of Pepper Pike, Ohio pleads guilty to eight counts of sending threats by computer and mail (IND ATT)…More

     
May 7, 2008   JOSEPH SORG of Sandusky, ERIC JOHANNSEN & ERIC BERTRAND of Oak Harbor and DAVID ECKMAN formerly of Oar Harbor, former NASA Plum Brook contractors, indicted  for over $347,000 in fraudulent per diem claims (IND ATT)…More
     
May 2, 2008  

DARRIUS C. ALATI of Akron charged with 3 counts of bank fraud…More

   

 

May 1, 2008   DAVID GEISEN of DePere, Wisconsin sentenced to 3 years probation for lying to the NRC re leaks at the Davis-Besse plant…More
     
April 2008
     
April 29, 2008  

RICHARD ALVAREZ of Medina & MARCUS ADKINS of Lorain charged in 14 Count Mortgage Fraud Indictment (IND ATT)…More

     
April 29, 2008   FRED A. BOUKZAM and PON MGT, Inc indicted for $824 million check kite scheme (IND ATT)...More
     
April 28, 2008   EDWARD E. WHITE of Cleveland sentenced to 63 months in jail and ordered to pay $191,000 in restitution for Access Device Fraud conviction…More
     
April 17, 2008   ALFREDA WATTS of Akron sentenced to twelve months in jail and ordered to pay $750,000 in restitution for conspiracy and mail fraud convictions…More
     
April 17, 2008  

Seven individuals, four from Mahoning and Trumbull Counties, charged in three conspiracies to commit arson ,mail fraud and money laundering (IND ATT)…More

     
April 15, 2008   MICHAEL J. SIMONE of Willoughby sentenced to almost six years and ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution for mail fraud scheme...More
     
April 15, 2008   ROBERT A. HUFF of Solon charged with two counts of failing to file tax returns...More
     
April 15, 2008   ROBERT RINTOUL ,48, of Westlake charged with  Conspiracy, Mail Fraud, Health Care Fraud and Witness Tampering(IND ATT)..More
     
April 14, 2008   LOUIS H. PERKINS, 69 formerly of East Cleveland sentenced to 24 months for assisting in the filing of false tax returns...More
     
April 14, 2008  

HAROLD M. JONES, 45, of Pepper Pike, a doctor of podiatry, charged with a total of 54 counts of Mail Fraud, Health Care Fraud & Aggravated Identity Theft (IND ATT) …More

     
April 9, 2008  

DAVID A. TUASON of Pepper Pike indicted on eight counts of sending threatening letters and e-mails to African-American males known to associate with white females (IND ATT)…More

     
April 3, 2008  

Six persons from Struthers, Niles and Brecksville charged in 22 count indictment with mail fraud, wire fraud and health care fraud  in ambulette fraud scheme (IND ATT)…More

     
March 2008
     
March 26, 2008  

KYUNG J. KIM of Broadview Hgts charged with theft of trade secrets and sale to SK Chemicals in South Korea…(INF ATT)...More

     
March 20, 2008   DAVID T. MAZANEC an attorney from Solon sentenced to 30 months for mail fraud conviction...More
     
March 10, 2008  

ROGER LEE DILLON, NICOLE D. BOYD & SHARON LEE GREGORY  of Youngstown plead guilty to their roles in $8 million theft…More

     
March 6, 2008  

GLENN KERNS of New Philadelphia indicted for requesting a bribe to give false testimony…More

     
March 6, 2008  

DALE A. WALLS of Bryan, Ohio indicted for six counts of possession and distribution of child pornography (IND ATT)…More

     
February 2008
     
February 29, 2008   Gregory A. White becomes U S Magistrate Judge, resigns as U S Attorney…More
     
February 27, 2008  

ZVONKO SARLOG, former Cleveland Police Officer sentenced to 121 months in prison for drug conviction…More

     
February 22, 2008  

JONATHAN S. SOLONCHE of Solon charged with tax evasion…More

     
February 20, 2008  

LAWRENCE FASSLER author of "Busted By The Feds" and 10 others indicted for marijuana conspiracy and cocaine possession...More

     
February 14, 2008  

DARRYL L. ADAMS charged with 10 counts of filing for false income refunds with the IRS…More

     
February 12, 2008  

BERNARD J. JOHNSON of North Canton charged with tax evasion form 2001 to 2004 totaling over $1,000,000 (INF ATT)…More

     
February 12, 2008  

CAMETRIUS SHELTON a prison guard of Youngstown, Ohio and ADRIAN AYERS a prisoner at FCI Elkton indicted for conspiracy and bribery…More

     
February 11, 2008  

KENT S. ANDREWS of Middleburg Hgts charged with $2,000,000 mail fraud…More

     
February 6, 2008  

MAHER ALI, MAZEN ALI & MUNIER ALI of Westlake charged with conspiracy and money laundering re food stamps…More

     
January 2008
     
January 23, 2008  

NIKISHA FOSTER of Cleveland sentenced to 21 months for $184,000 embezzlement…More

     
January 23, 2008  

Government moves to dismiss 15 Mansfield cases…More

     
January 10, 2008  

Twelve Clevelanders sentenced for check fraud scheme…More

     
January 10, 2008  

PATRICK J. CARRABINE of Parma sentenced for $63,000 VA fraud...More

     
January 8, 2008  

RATKO MASLENJAK of Akron, Ohio, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, sentenced for violating immigration-related criminal statutes…(More)

     
December 2007
     
December 28, 2007   EDWARD E. WHITE of Cleveland, Ohio, charged with fraud in connection with cellular wireless accounts...More
     
December 27, 2007   THEOPHILOUS WOODS of Bath, Ohio, charged with failing to make income tax returns for four years for income of almost $1.9 Million…more
     
December 20, 2007  

JAMES J. & LYNN M. REINHOLZ of Seven Hills charged with major business tax fraud scheme…More

     
December 14, 2007  

Two Chicago residents charged with Terrorism violations in new Indictment  (IND ATT)…More

     
December 14, 2007  

JONATHAN CENTENO of Campbell & ISMAEL CAMACHO of Youngstown along with eight others  indicted for narcotics, firearms and money laundering violations…More

     
December 12, 2007  

DAVID CALDERON-VALENTIN and 13 others indicted on violations of federal narcotics, firearm and money laundering laws...More

     
December 12, 2007  

MARTIN and GAIL SHULMAN of Chagrin Falls charged with fraud against HUD resulting in total loss of over $5 million...More

     
December 12, 2007  

JAMES A. WARSING of Ashtabula charged with mail fraud in scheme which promised to save homes of owners threatened with foreclosure...More

     
December 12, 2007  

MICHAEL SIMONE of Willoughby charged with Mail Fraud involving $1.5M in losses…More

     
December 12, 2007   RaSHAWN McGEE of Cleveland charged with preparing 38 fraudulent income tax returns for clients...More
     
December 5, 2007  

THIRTY persons charged in  two major drug  operations in the AKRON, OHIO area…More

     
December 5, 2007  

ROGER LEE DILLON, NICOLE D. BOYD & S. LEE GREGORY of Mahoning County indicted for $ 7 million plus theft from AT Systems in Liberty, Ohio (IND ATT)…More

     
December 5, 2007  

PAUL W. PRINCE of Wickliffe charged with Wire Fraud...More

     
December 5, 2007  

JENNIFER L. SHERMAN of Fairview Park charged with Mail Fraud and Student Loan Fraud at Lakeland Community College...More

     
November 2007
     
November 30, 2007   Four more CLEVELANDERS indicted in Operation Slim Jim drug investigation…More
     
November 26, 2007  

HORACIO MUNAR of Argentina sentenced to 25 years for fraud and money laundering convictions with restitution of $1,638,018.85…More

     
November 19, 2007  

BRIDGET R. FULLER of Bucyrus pleads guilty to embezzlement of $89,631.26 from the Water Dept. ...More

     
November 16, 2007  

CWRU Professor sentenced to six months imprisonment....More

     
November 15, 2007   THOMAS J. CUTURA charged with $354M check kiting scheme...More
     
November 14, 2007  

Thirteen members of the "Thomas Family" of Akron charged with drug violations...More

     
November 13, 2007   Cleveland Police Officer Zvonko Sarlog enters guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and money laundering…More
     
November 6, 2007  

US ATTORNEY GREG WHITE announces recoveries of over $63 million…More

     
November 5, 2007   LARRY D. JONES of Elyria sentenced to 37 months in jail and ordered to pay $1,946,601 in restitution…More
     
November 2, 2007   TRUNG  Q. & AN QUOC NGUYEN  both of Philadelphia, Pa sentenced for transporting and harboring aliens in the Canton, Ohio area…More
     
November 1, 2007  

JIMMY LEE GATES of Cleveland; OSCAR WELLS of Richmond Hgts; & LIBERATOR NOCE of Willoughby Hills charged in connection with Cleveland Water Dept Investigation...(Ind Att)...More

     
October 2007
     
October 31, 2007  

DAVID GEISEN convicted in connection Davis-Besse inspections…More

     
October 29, 2007   Seven Cleveland area woman sentenced in counterfeit check ring…More
     
October 26. 2007  

$5.8 million Byrne Grant to fund Northern Ohio Violent Crime Consortium & Ohio Gun Crime Center…More

     
October 24, 2007  

DR MOHAMMED AITI of Canton pleads guilty to health care fraud charges; agrees to forfeit $1.8 million…More

     
October 24, 2007   RICHARD K. BORING of Dover sentenced to 21 months in jail and restitution of $37,000 for workers comp fraud…More
     
October 22, 2007  

THEODORE J. RUSSO of Chagrin Falls sentenced to three years probation and $42,930 restitution to the VA for theft of government funds…More

     
October 18, 2007  

THOMAS SHUMAY of Independence & GEORGE SHUMAY of North Olmstead charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and make false statements to DOD…More

     
October 12, 2007  

SALEM HABBAS & NAIEL MUSTAFA both of North Olmsted charged with conspiracy and money laundering…More

     
October 12, 2007  

BERNARDO MARCOS-MATOM of Dover sentenced to 38 months in jail for false citizenship claims, social security fraud and aggravated identity theft...More

     
October 10, 2007  

ANTHONY KATSOURAKIS of Campbell sentenced to 21 months & $2,256,000 in restitution for bridge painting bribes and conspiracy...More

     
October 02, 2007  

RATKO MASLENJAK of Akron convicted of 2 Counts of making false statements on INS applications…More

     
September 2007
     
September 26, 2007  

RYAN WHEELE of Akron pleads guilty to conspiracy and distribution of counterfeit Viagra, Cialis and Levitra...More

     
September 17, 2007  

RYAN WHEELE of Akron charged with selling counterfeit Viagra, Cialis and Levitra …(INF ATT) .... More

     
September 17, 2007  

Three individuals sentenced for conspiracy and identity theft…More

     
September 14, 2007  

SOPHIA AUSTIN of Canton sentenced to 37 months and ordered to make restitution of $186,358.46 to U.S. Railroad Retirement Board...More

     
September 12, 2007  

DONNELL HAMILTON of East Cleveland charged with assaulting a Court Security Officer in the Stokes Courthouse…More

     
September 4, 2007  

STEPHEN J. GLANTZ of Chagrin Falls charged with Securities Fraud and false statements to investigators (INF ATT)…More

     
August 2007
     
August 30, 2007  

Operation Slim Jim” results in the Indictment of 7 Clevelanders and a Columbus resident on multiple drug charges (IND ATT) …More

     
August 23, 2007   MICHAEL LIGNOS & MARIA LIGNOS sentenced in latest bridge painting contract fraud cases...More
     
August 21, 2007   KATHLEEN DESALVO of Mentor sentenced to 51 months in jail and ordered to pay over $3.4 million in restitution in condo association fraud scheme…More
     
August 17, 2007   LEON HEARD,STEVEN HELFGOTT, MARK OLDS & 5 others indicted for Ponzi & Mortgage Fraud schemes…(See PR 6/1/07) (Ind Att)... More
     
August 1, 2007   ICE Executes 32 Search Warrants regarding counterfeited video game software...More
     
July 2007
     
July 31, 2007   BRIDGET FULLER of Bucyrus indicted for theft from the City Water Dept of almost $90,000 (Ind Att)...More
     
July 24, 2007   WILLIAM L. AMOS of Youngstown charged in five count Indictment with attempting to kill an ATF agent (Ind Att)…More
     
July 19, 2007   DONAVON HUFF of Cleveland, a former Progressive Ins Co supervisor, and 2 others sentenced in connection with Identity Theft…More
     
July 19, 2007   FREDERICK W. HEISE of Cleveland indicted for theft of approx $78,000 in rare metals from NASA…More
     
July 18, 2007   MICHAEL MIRANDO of Jefferson again indicted for tax evasion…(Ind Att) More
     
July 18, 2007   DAVID T. MAZANEC, attorney from Solon indicted for $434,000 plus mail fraud...(Ind Att)... More
     
July 3, 2007   RONALD DEAN WELLS sentenced to 32 months for false income tax refund scheme operated from Ohio prisons…More
     
June 2007
     
June 19, 2007   Four indicted for armed robbery of Euclid bank during which bank employee was shot and severely injured…More
     
June 14, 2007   MARK D. LAY of Aliquippa, Pa charged in four Count Ind in connection with OBWC probe... (INF ATT)…More
     
June 13, 2007   "OPERATION FREQUENT FLYER" nets 22 indictees including 7 from California operating a PCP & Marijuana ring...More
     
June 13, 2007   THIRTY-EIGHT Clevelanders indicted for drug and gun sales and possession in the Hough Heights and Waste 5 neighborhoods…More
     
June 12, 2007   THOMAS G. LONGO, formerly of Solon, who fled to Mexico following indictment, sentenced after pleading guilty to firearms violations… More
     
June 12, 2007   DAVID A. DADANTE of South Euclid, formerly of Gates Mills, charged with two counts of Securities Fraud... (INF ATT)... More
     
June 11, 2007   PETER C. ZAPPOLA of Aurora, Ohio, sentenced to 12 months and 1 day for bribing Cleveland Water Department employee...More
     
June 1, 2007   LEON S. HEARD & STEVEN I. HELFGOTT both of Cleveland charged in 5 Count fraud Indictment...More
     
May 2007
     
May 30, 2007   GALE M. ROBISON of Kilbuck, Ohio charged with $236.525 theft from bank in Millersburg…More
     
May 30, 2007   DANIEL JOSIC of Michigan sentenced to 55 months in jail after plea to mail fraud scheme…More
     
May 24, 2007   Attorney JOHN H. LARGE of Niles charged with four counts of failure to file tax returns...More
     
May 22, 2007   LESEAN ROBERTS formerly of Euclid sentenced to life imprisonment based on drug conviction and 3 prior drug convictions…More
     
May 16, 2007  

PAUL MISCH of Massillon sentenced to 14 months
for filing false income tax returns…More

     
May 09, 2007   TERRY GASPER former CFO of OBWC sentenced to 64 months in jail and a $60,405 fine after plea to RICO charge (See PR 6/1/06)…More
     
May 09, 2007   ROBERT O. WATSON of Cleveland sentenced to 87 months in jail for forcing two minors to act as prostitutes in Florida…More
     
May 08, 2007   MATTHEW S. KICHINKA of Strongsville indicted on 54 counts re wire fraud which caused losses of over $340,000 to Ameritrade & E*Trade...More
     
May 08, 2007   MANUEL VALDEZ-GOMEZ sentenced to 10 years in jail after pleas to alien smuggling conspiracy...More
     
May 03, 2007   CLARKE T. BLIZZARD sentenced to 37 months in jail for conspiracy to bribe former CFO of OWBC…More
     
May 03, 2007   TEN more members and associates of the 7-ALL drug gang indicted…More
     
May 03, 2007   KEVIN L. MURPHY of Toledo charged with 5 counts of interstate transporatation of women including a minor for prostitution…More
     
April 2007
     
April 30, 2007   SCOTT D. HARVANEK of Tucson is sixth to plead guilty in P2P Piracy Crackdown...More
     
April 24, 2007   HORACIO H. MUNAR convicted after a four week trial of nine counts of fraud and money laundering involving $5.5 million…More
     
April 24, 2007   RONALD DEAN WELLS charged with two counts of tax fraud committed from state prison while serving 15 to life for murder (INF ATT)…More
     
April 19, 2007   ALAN S. KESSLER sentenced to 67 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to have his girlfriend's husband killed…More (See PR dated 12/7/06)
     
April 19, 2007   TERRANCE J. HOLMES of Vermilion sentenced to 37 months in jail and ordered to pay over $867,000 inrestitution after plea to Wire Fraud…More (See PR dated 12/14/06)
     
April 18, 2007   LYN  V. BATES, a Canton dentist indicted on 4 counts of tax evasion based on income of approx $1.4 million (IND ATT)...More
     
April 18, 2007   DAVID F. VERHOTZ, former Key Bank
VP sentenced to 97 months in jail and ordered to pay $18.6 million in
restitution...More
     
April 18, 2007   MELINDA TYLEK of Roaming Shores & JOHN TYLEK of Rock Creek sentenced to 57 months and 41 months in jail & ordered to pay $1.7 million in restitution for mail fraud and money
laundering...More
     
April 16, 2007   RAMINI SRI PILLA, Asst Prof at CWRU charged with perpetrating a hoax on CWRU & the FBI…More
     
April 12, 2007   Two from Columbia Station indicted with violations of federal narcotics laws…More
     
April 10, 2007   VINCENT B. WEAVER of Shaker Heights charged with two counts of preparing false tax returns (INF ATT)…More
     
April 9, 2007   JERRY PAULL, former Methodist minister from Amherst sentenced to 210 months in jail for possession of child pornography...More
     
March 2007
     
March 30, 2007   MUHAMMED DYE leader of "The Dirty Thirties" sentenced to 292 months in prison for drug dealing…More
     
March 28, 2007   KAHOOK family members and other Akron residents charged in 51 Count Ind with money laundering and gambling (IND ATT)…More
     
March 23, 2007   Former Mayor PAUL JONES of Ravenna sentenced to 16 months in jail for mail and tax fraud convictions…More
     
March 23, 2007   PROJECT SAFE CHILDHOOD PSA campaign launched by the Attorney General, Greg White and Bill Mason…More
     
March 21, 2007   KATHY DAVIE formerly of Shaker Heights sentenced to 63 months in jail and $300,000 in restitution…(See TURPIN PR of 1/26/07)… More
     
March 21, 2007   STEVEN E. THORN formerly of Brecksville sentenced to 97 months in jail and ordered to pay $7.4 million in restitution for securities fraud conviction...More
     
March 9, 2007   MultiVest Vice President and co-owner, Kathleen DeSalvo,  charged in federal court with mail fraud...More
     
March 8, 2007   Superseding indictment charges MICHAEL D. MILLER of Canton with utilizing car dealerships to launder drug trafficking proceeds…More
     
March 7, 2007   Five Toledo area individuals charged in four schemes to defraud the IRS...More
     
February 2007
     
February 28, 2007   CLARKE T. BLIZZARD pleads guilty to conspiring to bribe former Chief Financial Officer of OBWC...More
     
February 28, 2007   STEPHEN STEINLE, of Fremont, Ohio, sentenced for operating a recreational vessel on Lake Erie in a grossly negligent manner...More
     
February 21, 2007  
JOSEPH KUZLIK of Cleveland sentenced to 27 in prison for hate crimes...More
     
February 21, 2007   FIVE TOLEDO, OHIO & TWO CHICAGO,ILL residents charged in 3 terrorism Indictments (Superseding IND, Mazloum IND, Zaim IND attached)…More
     
February 20, 2007  

THOMAS A. LETZLER of Stow charged one count of Securities Fraud (INF ATT)…More

     
February 16, 2007   WILLIAM SIRLS of Grosse Pt, Mich, former VP of Wachovia Securities in Toledo charged with $17-$40 million Ponzi scheme (INF ATT)…More
     
February 8, 2007  

MARK S. HAUKEDAHL formerly of Maumee, Ohio indicted on 8 counts of conspiracy,money laundering and tax evasion ( IND ATT)…More

     
February 5, 2007   CLARKE T. BLIZZARD of Florida, charged with conspiracy in connection with the OBWC investigation (INF ATT)...More
     
January 2007