Spartanburg inmate targeted military members in sextortion scheme
Several military members committed suicide after falling victim to this extortion scheme Share Updated: 11:30 PM EDT May 26, 2021 File image, Flickr
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Several military members committed suicide after falling victim to this extortion scheme Share Updated: 11:30 PM EDT May 26, 2021 An Upstate inmate pleaded guilty to money laundering for his role in a scheme to extort and defraud military members that was operated out of the South Carolina Department of Corrections, according to Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart.Wendell Wilkins, 32, of Spartanburg, was sentenced to 66 months in federal prison.DeHart said the evidence presented to the court showed that, while serving a 12-year sentence in SCDC for attempted armed robbery and using smartphones smuggled into prison, Wilkins joined internet dating s
Published 22 April 2021
A federal grand jury in Carbondale, Ill. On Wednesday returned an indictment charging a mathematics professor and researcher at Southern Illinois University – Carbondale (SIUC) with two counts of wire fraud and one count of making a false statement. The prosecution is part of the Justice Department’s ongoing China Initiative. Led by the Department’s National Security Division, the China Initiative is a broad, multi-faceted effort to counter Chinese national security threats and safeguard American intellectual property.
A federal grand jury in Carbondale, Ill. On Wednesday returned an indictment charging a mathematics professor and researcher at Southern Illinois University – Carbondale (SIUC) with two counts of wire fraud and one count of making a false statement.
WASHINGTON Today, a federal grand jury in Carbondale, Illinois returned an indictment charging a mathematics professor and researcher at Southern Illinois University–Carbondale (SIUC) with two counts of wire fraud and one count of making a false statement.
According to court documents, Mingqing Xiao of Makanda, Illinois, fraudulently obtained $151,099 in federal grant money from the National Science Foundation (NSF) by concealing support he was receiving from the Chinese government and a Chinese university. Again, an American professor stands accused of enabling the Chinese government s efforts to corruptly benefit from U.S. research funding by lying about his obligations to, and support from, an arm of the Chinese government and a Chinese public university, said Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers for the Justice Department s National Security Division (NSD). Honesty and transparency about funding sources lie at the heart of the scientific research enterprise. They e
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U.S. Attorney s Office for Southern District of Illinois issued the following announcement on Apr. 12.
U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft and FBI Springfield Special Agent in Charge Sean M. Cox reaffirm their commitment to investigating and prosecuting hate crimes in Southern Illinois and urge members of the public to report all incidents where a federal hate crime may have occurred. A violent act motivated by bias towards a person’s actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability can qualify as a federal hate crime.
“Safeguarding the civil rights promised by our laws and the Constitution strikes at the very core of our mission at the Department of Justice,” said U.S. Attorney Weinhoeft. “All violence is condemnable, but violence born from bigotry and hatred leaves especially deep scars – not just on the victims but on all of us. This office wil
High school students get unique look at FBI
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Students watch a presentation on FBI Special Weapons and Tactics teams during the 2019 Future Agents in Training Academy at Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey.
GODFREY The Future Agents in Training (FAIT) Academy is offering high school juniors and seniors a unique opportunity to learn what it’s like working for the FBI.
The cost-free academy is set for June 22-23 at Lewis and Clark Community College. The Federal Bureau of Investigation Springfield Division will conduct this interactive learning experience for students living in the L&C District.