THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY – ALL CRIME, ALL THE TIME
– News and commentary on the Criminal Class – Featuring the Chesapeake Region of Maryland, Delaware & Virginia
DIRTBAG ROUNDUP: ‘Operation Broken Heart’ Yields 58 Arrests in Maryland COLUMBIA, MD – The Maryland State Police report that the Maryland’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force yields 58 arrests in Maryland, 16 of the cases were handled by Maryland State Police investigators, while participating in “Operation Broken Heart,” a nationwide, two-month initiative targeting offenders […]
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FEDERAL FRAUD RAP FOR RAP ARTIST: “Chad Focus” Arrington Indicted on Conspiracy and Aggravated Identity Theft Scheme Allegedly Used His Company Credit Card to Make More Than $4.1 Million in Unauthorized Purchases to Promote His Brand and Enrich Himself and His Co-conspirators BALTIMORE, MD – A ‘Rap Artist’ will now see his fame spread further, […]
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Front Man Pleads Guilty to $550 Million Ponzi Scheme—One of the Largest Ever Charged in Maryland Kevin Merrill Also Admits to Obstructing Justice After his Arrest; SEC Has Related Civil Action Baltimore, Maryland – Kevin B. Merrill, age 53, of Towson, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy and wire fraud arising from a $550 million investment […]
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FRAUD: They didn’t stick to selling illegal cigars, instead these 13 Cubans were skimming the public at gas pumps and playing credit card bingo on dark web Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Commit Wire and Mail Fraud Columbia, South Carolina—- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced on Feb. 26, 2019, that 13 […]
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COURT NEWS: Loudoun County man sent to prison for eleven years for distribution of child porn LEESBURG, VA. – Danero Jason Howard, 41, of Loudoun County was sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment Feb. 22, 2019, in Loudoun County Circuit Court following his conviction in February 2018 on two counts of distribution of child pornography and […]
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FRAUD: Court Finds Yiheng Percival Zhang Guilty of Federal Grant Fraud for Phony Research Already Done in China ROANOKE, VIRGINIA – A former Virginia Tech professor studying artificial sweeteners was found guilty last week of conspiring to commit federal grant fraud, making false statements and obstruction by falsification, First Assistant United States Attorney Daniel P. […]
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RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, NEW JERSEY – Credit card fraud was a team effort at Rutgers University, according to prosecutors and all those charged are first offenders and likely will see their trip to prison short-circuited by a New Jersey program for intervention for this squad of heavy-set scamsters.
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FRAUDSTERS SENT TO PRISON Eric Epstein sent to federal slammer for 11 years for running $50 Million Mail Fraud Scheme Co-conspirators Also Sentenced BALTIMORE, MD. – Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Eric Epstein, 58, of Pompano Beach, Florida (previously of Owings Mills, Maryland) to 135 months in prison for conspiracy to commit […]
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St. Mary’s College Head Swim Coach Andre Barbins convicted of soliciting and dealing in child porn; admitted exchanging photos with a 12-year-old over the internet UPDATE: Andre Barbins was sentenced to six years in Federal Prison in Lisbon, Ohio. On Feb. 1, 2018, his wife was granted an absolute divorce in St. Mary’s County Circuit […]
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