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The former property manager for Tenderloin Housing Clinic in San Francisco pleaded guilty to charges of embezzlement. James Holland (41) admitted to embezzling from the non-profit institution, cheating them out of more than $30,000. The Modus Operandi According to the authorities, Holland collected $15,000 from the tenants of the housing clinic in the form of… Read More

Former San Francisco resident, Janelyn Dasig was sentenced to four years of Federal prison time for her part in defrauding several Wells Fargo Banks inTreasure Valley, Idaho. Dasig (27) pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated identity theft and bank fraud. She admitted that she went to branches of the bank in Eagle,Nampa and Boise with… Read More

  Lucky Supermarkets has been overwhelmed with complaints from customers who claim that all the money in their bank accounts has been stolen, after their debit cards were used at the supermarket’s self-checkout counters. According to the authorities, 300 plus customers have been defrauded via unauthorized monetary withdrawals from their bank accounts. The Modus Operandi… Read More

  Dr. Joseph ‘Chip’ Skowron III, a Yale graduate, was sentenced to five years of jail time for evading investment losses valued at $30 million through insider trading. He got his information from a fellow doctor, Yves Benhamou. Skowron (42) pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to commit securities fraud and the obstruction of justice. He… Read More

Former State Legislator from Alabama, Terry Spicer, pleaded guilty at the Alabama District Court to a single count of criminal information. He is being charged with bribery under federal law for accepting cash and other gifts of value from Jarrod Massey and Ronnie Gilley, a lobbyist and businessman respectively. He accepted the bribes in return… Read More

Richard Dalton (65) and Marie Dalton (60) were the creators of a $17 million Ponzi scheme. The couple was originally arrested in September on a single charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, mail fraud and transporting stolen goods interstate. However, they are now standing trial for money laundering, fraud and conspiring to defraud the… Read More

Robin M. O’Connor (42) of American Canyon, formerly held the position of payroll manager for the San Francisco Giants baseball team. O’Connor pleaded guilty in Federal court (San Francisco) to wire fraud. Circumstances of the Crime O’Connor admitted to diverting pay which was meant for her fellow employees and some of the players. She created… Read More

A prominent San Francisco attorney was recently sentenced to one year of jail time for billing his school district, health insurance company and former law firm fraudulently for $400,000 worth of expenses allegedly incurred by caring for his autistic son. Details of the Case Jonathan S. Dickstein (44) and his spouse, Barclay J. Lynn (44)… Read More

Niesha Taylor (27), a resident of San Francisco, has been sentenced to 9 months of jail time for pretending to be a victim of the San Bruno natural gas pipeline explosion. According to the prosecuting attorney, Niesha was trying to receive free benefits which were intended for victims of the explosion. She was also placed… Read More

Stephen Durland (57) of Greensboro, North Carolina, was sentenced by the San Francisco federal court to two years and nine months of prison time for his part in a fraud scheme which occurred when he was CFO of Pegasus Wireless Corp. The company was then based in Fremont. The fraudulent scheme took the form of… Read More