WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2025: * * * Head of Commercial Real Estate Investment Firm Pleads Guilty in $62.8M Investment Fraud Scheme A New York man pleaded guilty yesterday in the Northern District of Georgia for his role in a scheme to defraud investors in connection with two commercial real estate investments. According to court documents, Elchonon "Elie" Schwartz, 46, of New York City, engaged in a scheme to defraud investors who sought to invest in commercial real more PR

BROOKLYN, New York, Feb. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2025: * * * Through Kickbacks and Bribes, Defendants Illegally Diverted Tens of Millions of Dollars from COVID-19 Emergency Housing Program to Enrich Themselves * * * Earlier today, at the federal court in Brooklyn, an indictment was unsealed charging Julio Medina, Christopher Dantzler and Weihong Hu with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, honest-services wire fraud, money laundering conspiracy, con more PR

BROOKLYN, New York, Feb. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2025: * * * Defendants Lied to Investors Regarding Hidden Markups and Fees and Stole Millions of Dollars in Investor Funds for Themselves * * * Earlier today, at the federal court in Brooklyn, a superseding indictment was unsealed charging Robert Cassino, also known as "Bobby Cassino," Joseph Passalaqua and Joseph Rivera with securities fraud conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy and securities fraud. more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Feb. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas issued the following news release: A New York man was sentenced in a federal court in San Antonio to 120 months in prison for conspiracy to transport illegal aliens causing serious bodily injury and placing lives in jeopardy. According to court documents, a Kendall County Sheriff's Department deputy attempted a traffic stop on July 18, 2022, when the deputy observed Peter Diaz-Vasquez, 28, of Bronx, driving a pickup truck at 106 mph on I-10. Diaz- more PR