Press Releases
| OCTOBER 2008 | |
| October 8 | BILOXI MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO LYING TO FEDERAL MARSHALS |
| October 7 | FORMER DIRECTOR OF U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS’ INSTITUTE PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE |
| October 7 | FORMER FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICER PLEADS GUILTYTO BRIBERY CHARGE |
| SEPTEMBER 2008 | |
| September 30 | MISSISSIPPI MAN SENTENCED TO SIXTEEN MONTHS FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| September 19 | BAY ST. LOUIS WOMAN GETS PRISON TERM FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| September 17 | TWO JACKSON MEN ARRAIGNED IN FEDERAL COURT TODAY ON ROBBERY, CARJACKING AND FIREARMS CHARGES |
| September 10 | MISSISSIPPI WOMAN SENTENCED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| September 4 | DISASTER FRAUD HOTLINE AVAILABLE TO REPORT HURRICANE GUSTAV-RELATED FRAUD |
| AUGUST 2008 | |
| August 15 | Former Mortgage Loan Broker Charged in $1 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme |
| August 5 | FIVE INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| August 5 | Former Mortgage Loan Broker Charged with Multiple Counts of Fraud, Money Laundering and Obstruction of Justice |
| August 5 | TWO MISSISSIPPIANS PLEAD GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| JULY 2008 | |
| July 29 | FORMER DIRECTOR OF U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS’ INSTITUTE INDICTED ON FEDERAL EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES |
| July 11 | JACKSON MAN SENTENCED FOR BANK ROBBERY |
| July 10 | BILOXI MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| July 8 | Aberdeen Woman Pleads Guilty to Katrina Fraud |
| July 7 | BILOXI COUPLE CHARGED WITH CUSTOMS AND WIRE FRAUD CONSPIRACY |
| JUNE 2008 | |
| June 27 | FORMER FINANCE COMPANY PRESIDENT SENTENCED IN BANK FRAUD SCHEME |
| June 26 | TWO DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN "OPERATION STONE DUCK" FOR METHAMPHETAMINE SALE AND ILLEGAL DEER HUNTING |
| June 24 | COAST FISHERMAN PLEADS TO DISASTER FISHERIES PROGRAM FRAUD |
| June 16 | JACKSON MAN SENTENCED FOR ESCAPE |
| June 16 | GULFPORT MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| June 13 | JONES COUNTY WOMAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| June 11 | FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM SENTENCED TO 9 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON |
| June 6 | LOUISIANA RESIDENT SENTENCED FOR CLINTON BANK ROBBERY |
| June 4 | ARREST MADE IN ILLEGAL KILLING OF A BLACK BEAR IN MISSISSIPPI |
| June 2 | SOUTH CAROLINA MAN SENTENCED FOR TRANSPORTING ILLEGAL ALIENS BY AIRPLANE |
| MAY 2008 | |
| May 27 | Father and Daughter Charged With Mortgage Loan Fraud |
| May 27 | GULFPORT WOMAN SENTENCED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| May 21 | 4 ARRESTED IN INVESTIGATION |
| May 19 | CALIFORNIA COUPLE PLEADS GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| May 16 | SIX DEFENDANTS IN CENTRAL, MS AND TWO DEFENDANTS IN LOS ANGELES, CA, CHARGED IN A MULTI KILOGRAM COCAINE DISTRIBUTION CONSPIRACY |
| May 9 | THREE SENTENCED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT |
| May 9 | MISSISSIPPI MAN SENTENCED FOR STEALING MAIL |
| May 7 | FORMER FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICER INDICTED ON BRIBERY CHARGE AND ATTEMPTING TO PROVIDE CONTRABAND IN FEDERAL PRISON |
| April 2008 | |
| April 24 | FOURTEEN INMATES INDICTED FOR HURRICANE KATRINA FRAUD |
| April 22 | JACKSON RESIDENT SENTENCED FOR TAX FRAUD |
| April 11 | JACKSON MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CLINTON BANK ROBBERY |
| April 9 | FORMER JACKSON MORTGAGE BROKERS SENTENCED IN SEPARATE MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEMES |
| April 1 | GULFPORT MAN ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT RECEIPT OF MILITARY DECORATIONS AND MEDALS |
| March 2008 | |
| March 27 | JACKSON MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ESCAPE |
| March 25 | TWO ARRESTED IN SEPARATE CASES ALLEGING FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT RECEIPT OF MILITARY DECORATIONS AND MEDALS |
| March 17 | INDIVIDUAL PLEADS GUILTY TO BANK ROBBERY |
| March 13 | MOSS POINT MAN FOUND GUILTY OF KATRINA FRAUD |
| March 03 | SOUTH CAROLINA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO TRANSPORTING ILLEGAL ALIENS BY AIRPLANE |
| March 03 | DOCTOR AND SON SENTENCED FOR CONSPIRACY TO EVADE FEDERAL INCOME TAXES; DOCTOR ALSO SENTENCED FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX EVASION |
| February 2008 | |
| Ferbruary 27 | BUSINESSMAN ADMITS GUILT IN WILLFULLY FAILING TO FILE TAX RETURNS |
| February 26 | FORMER FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICER SENTENCED ON BRIBERY CHARGE |
| February 21 | OCEAN SPRINGS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO SBA AND KATRINA FRAUD |
| February 13 | MOSS POINT WOMAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR MAIL FRAUD |
| February 13 | BILOXI MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR LURING CHILD |
| February 7 | CRIMINAL COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST THE COUNTRY CLUB OF JACKSON FOR IMMIGRATION AND SOCIAL SECURITY VIOLATIONS; UNITED STATES AND THE COUNTRY CLUB ENTER INTO DEFERRED PROSECUTION AGREEMENT Criminal Complaint CCJ (Filed) 2/06/08 JOINT MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF DEFERRED PROSECUTION AGREEMENT AND EXCLUSION OF TIME UNDER THE SPEEDY TRIAL ACT Deferred Prosecution Agreement (Filed) Statement of Facts (Filed) Exhibit B -- Letter to Aliens Giving Them 45 Days (Filed) |
| February 1 | Alabama Woman Sentenced |
| February 1 | JACKSON MAN SENTENCED FOR POSTAL CRIMES |
| February 1 | STATE PRISONER SENTENCED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| January 2008 | |
| January 31 | MADISON MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR LURING CHILD |
| January 31 | STATE LINE RESIDENT ADMITS TERRORISM HOAX |
| December 2007 | |
| December 7 | BILOXI MAN SENTENCED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| December 4 | JACKSON COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO 48 MONTHS FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| November 2007 | |
| November 29 | TWO ALABAMA WOMEN PLEAD GUILTY TO HEALTHCARE FRAUD |
| November16 | LONG BEACH MAN SENTENCED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| November 16 | THREE SENTENCED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT TODAY |
| November 15 | JACKSON COUNTY WOMAN SENTENCED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| November 15 | Yazoo City Hazardous Waste Operator Pleads Guilty |
| November 15 | HANCOCK COUNTY MAN SENTENCED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| November 7 | BUSINESSMAN ADMITS GUILT IN TAX EVASION CASE |
| November 1 | OCEAN SPRINGS MAN SENTENCED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| November 1 | FLORIDA COUPLE SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| November 1 | PEARL RIVER COUNTY WOMAN ARRESTED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| November 1 | OCEAN SPRINGS MAN ARRESTED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| October 2007 | |
| October 26 | CONVICTED ARMED CAREER CRIMINAL SENTENCED TO 235 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON |
| October 25 | MISSISSIPPIAN MAN SENTENCED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| October 25 | DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY IN DVD PIRACY CONSPIRACY IN FIRST JOINT INVESTIGATION BY U.S. AND CHINA |
| October 18 | THREE INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED IN “OPERATION STONE DUCK” |
| September 2007 | |
| September 28 | FORMER FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICER INDICTED ON BRIBERY CHARGES AND PROVIDING CONTRABAND IN FEDERAL PRISON |
| September 28 | FORMER FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICER INDICTED ON BRIBERY CHARGES, SEXUAL ABUSE OF INMATE, AND PROVIDING CONTRABAND IN FEDERAL PRISON |
| September 19 | DEA AND MOSS POINT POLICE ROUND-UP VIOLENT DRUG OFFENDERS AS PART OF “OPERATION BOTTOM OF THE MAP” |
| September 18 | BILOXI MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| September 5 | JACKSON COUNTY MAN FOUND GUILTY OF KATRINA FRAUD |
| September 5 | BILOXI MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| August 2007 | |
| August 14 | MISSISSIPPI MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| August 9 | NINE ARRESTED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| August 7 | HANCOCK COUNTY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO HURRICANE KATRINA FRAUD |
| July 2007 | |
| July 27 | LAWYER SENTENCED TO PRISON IN TAX EVASION CASE |
| July 19 | TWO MISSISSIPPI WOMEN SENTENCED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| July 16 | MINNESOTA WOMAN SENTENCED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| July 11 | MISSISSIPPI WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| July 10 | TWO MISSISSIPPIANS PLEAD GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| July 3 | GULFPORT MAN ARRESTED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| June 2007 | |
| June 26 | GULFPORT WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO AMERICAN RED CROSS FRAUD |
| June 26 | MISSISSIPPI WOMAN SENTENCED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| June 26 | PASS CHRISTIAN MAN SENTENCED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| June 6 | NINE DEFENDANTS IN VICKSBURG CHARGED WITH CRACK COCAINE DISTRIBUTION CONSPIRACY |
| June 4 | Gulfport Woman Sentenced in Katrina Fraud Case |
| May 2007 | |
| May 10 | ARMED CAREER CRIMINAL SENTENCED TO TWENTY FOUR AND A HALF YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON |
| April 2007 | |
| April 26 | MISSISSIPPI WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| April 23 | LAWYER ADMITS GUILT IN TAX EVASION CASE |
| April 19 | THREE MISSISSIPPIANS ARRESTED FOR MDA HOMEOWNER GRANT FRAUD IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE KATRINA |
| April 19 | TWO MISSISSIPPIANS PLEAD GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| April 18 | MISSISSIPPI WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| April 16 | SIX ARRESTED FOLLOWING EIGHT INDICTMENTS FOR FRAUD IN THE HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR KATRINA VICTIMS |
| April 9 | TWO MISSISSIPPIANS SENTENCED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| April 9 | MISSISSIPPI WOMAN SENTENCED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| April 9 | MISSISSIPPI MAN SENTENCED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| April 9 | MISSISSIPPI WOMAN SENTENCED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| April 5 | TWO MISSISSIPPIANS PLEAD GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| April 4 | MISSISSIPPI WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| April 3 | CANTON WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| April 3 | PRISON TERM FOR FEMA FRAUD IN MISSISSIPPI |
| April 3 | MISSISSIPPI MAN SENTENCED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| April 2 | U.S. ATTORNEYS OFFICE ANNOUNCES AWARDS |
| March 2007 | |
| March 21 | MISSISSIPPI WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| March 19 | MISSISSIPPI IDENTITY THEFT TASK FORCE NETS GUILTY PLEA IN $250,000 IDENTITY FRAUD SCHEME |
| March 9 | MISSISSIPPI MAN SENTENCED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| March 7 | GULFPORT WOMAN FOUND GUILTY OF KATRINA FRAUD |
| February 2007 | |
| February 26 | JACKSON MAN SENTENCED FOR HURRICANE KATRINA FRAUD |
| February 22 | SEVEN DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME |
| February 7 | MISSISSIPPI WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| February 6 | MISSISSIPPI MAN SENTENCED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| February 6 | TWO MISSISSIPPI RESIDENTS AND ONE FLORIDA RESIDENT PLEAD GUILTY TO KATRINA DEBRIS REMOVAL FRAUD |
| February 5 | ANOTHER PERSON PLEADS GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| January 2007 | |
| January 31 | 2 MISSISSIPPIANS ARRESTED FOR HURRICANE KATRINA FRAUD |
| January 22 | Fifth Harrison County Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty To Violating Civil Rights Of Inmate |
| January 22 | HARRISON COUNTY RESIDENT ARRESTED FOR HURRICANE KATRINA FRAUD |
| January 22 | ANOTHER PERSON SENTENCED FOR KATRINA FRAUD |
| January 19 | LOUISIANA MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR FEMA HOTEL ASSISTANCE FRAUD |
| January 16 | ANOTHER MISSISSIPPIAN ARRESTED FOR HURRICANE KATRINA FRAUD |
| January 12 | KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE EMPLOYEE ARRESTED FOR HURRICANE KATRINA FRAUD |
| January 8 | FIVE PLEAD GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| December 2006 | |
| December 20 | MORE MISSISSIPPIANS ARRESTED FOR HURRICANE KATRINA FRAUD |
| December 18 | ANOTHER PERSON PLEADS GUILTY TO KATRINA FRAUD |
| December 15 | TWO WOMEN SENTENCED FOR HURRICANE KATRINA-RELATED FRAUD |
| October 2006 | |
| October 19, 2006 | Five Defendants Plead Guilty in Mortgage Fraud Scheme |
| October 16, 2006 | Second Real Estate Appraiser Admits Guilt in Mortgage Fraud Scheme |
| October 3, 2006 | Another Guilty Plea to Katrina Fraud |
| October 2, 2006 | Two Year Prison Term for FEMA Fraud in Mississippi |
| September 2006 | |
| September 19, 2006 | Moss Point Return Preparer Sentenced to Prison for Tax Fraud |
| September 8, 2006 | JSU Shooter Pleads Guilty to Two Federal Firearms Charges |
| September 8, 2006 | 3 More People Plead Guilty to Katrina Fraud |
| September 7, 2006 | Physician Sentenced to Prison for Federal Income Tax Charge |
| September 7, 2006 | Prison Inmate at time of Katrina Pleads Guilty to Katrina Fraud |
| September 6, 2006 | Defendants plead guilty to assault on a Federal Law Enforcement Officer with a Deadly Weapon and Related Firearms Charge |
| September 1, 2006 | 4 More People Plead Guilty to Katrina Fraud |