Thursday, February 7, 2013
Lauren Jeannette Diggs faces up to five years in prison.
A Rockville woman pleaded guilty in federal court last week to conspiring to falsify results of court-ordered drug tests in exchange for bribes and then lying about it to a federal grand jury. Lauren Jeannette Diggs, 50, pleaded guilty Jan. 31 in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt to conspiracy to seek and accept a bribe and making false statements to the grand jury, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Baltimore. Diggs, who was arrested Oct. 23, faces up to five years in prison. Her sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 22 in front of Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow. Her co-conspirator, Christopher Womack, 43, of Forestville, pleaded guilty to bribery on July 26 and was sentenced Monday to three …
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Prosecutors: Ewdy Jose Olivo and his brother used their Silver Spring tax service to steal identities and file false tax refund claims.
A Rockville man and his brother were indicted by a federal grand jury Monday in Greenbelt on charges that they prepared and filed false tax returns using personal information stolen from customers of their Silver Spring tax service, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Baltimore announced in a news release. Ewdy Jose Olivo, 28, of Rockville, and Juan Manuel Olivo, 30, of Hyattsville, stole information and prepared false returns through Oligil Tax Services, which they owned and operated at 8549 Piney Branch Rd., accoring to an 18-count indictment. Click the PDF above to read the full indictment. The indictment seeks the forfeiture of $88,960 seized on April 10 from the tax office and from a Silver Spring home owned by Juan Olivo, the release said…
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
John Raley, 43, pleads guilty to sending images through a social networking website.
A Rockville man was sentenced Monday in federal court in Greenbelt to seven years in prison for possessing and distributing child pornography, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Baltimore said in a news release. John Raley, 43, pleaded guilty to sending 187 images of child pornography from his home and office to 23 groups on a social networking site, of which he was a member, the release said. The images were sent on multiple occasions, including in August, 2009 and December, 2009, prosecutors said. Federal law enforcement executed a search warrant for Raley’s home and former workplace on Jan. 13, 2011, seizing computers and other digital media containing more than 200,000 images and 4,082 videos “depicting children engaged in sexually …
Friday, November 9, 2012
Charles Johnson, 70, was found guilty in June of downloading more than 300 images.
A Rockville man was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Greenbelt to eight years in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Baltimore. Charles Johnson, 70, was found guilty June 14. According to testimony during a three-day trial in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Johnson downloaded 115 pages of child pornography on March 15-19, 2010. When authorities executed a search warrant, Johnson confessed to downloading the images, the government said. More than 300 images of child pornography were found on Johnson’s computer Johnson provided access to his email account, where authorities found dozens of emails in which “Johnson engaged in online chats and exchanged stories about the …
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Federal prosecutors: Lauren Jeannette Diggs tampered with a witness and lied to a grand jury.
A Rockville woman was indicted Monday on charges that she falsified drug test results in exchange for bribes and later lied to a grand jury about it, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Baltimore. Lauren Jeannette Diggs, 50, is charged with conspiracy to seek and accept a bribe, witness tampering, and making false statements to the grand jury. Federal prosecutors announced the indictment after Diggs’ arrest Tuesday. “The indictment charges that Lauren Jeannette Diggs took bribes to falsify drug tests of federal criminal defendants, then committed perjury before the grand jury investigating the allegations,” U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein said in a news release. “Providing false information to courts and grand juries undermines …
Friday, June 22, 2012
Charles Johnson, 70, faces at least five years in prison when he is sentenced in August.
A Rockville man, caught in a federal sting operation targeting a child pornography-sharing Web site, has been found guilty of receiving and possessing child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Baltimore. Charles Johnson, 70, downloaded 115 pages displaying child pornography on March 15-19, 2010, according to testimony during the three-day trial in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt. When authorities executed a search warrant, Johnson confessed to downloading the images, the government said. More than 300 images of child pornography were found on Johnson’s computer. Witnesses testified that Johnson provided access to his email account, where authorities found dozens of emails in which “Johnson engaged in online chats and …
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Prosecutors: Edward J. Lawson bilked investors out of $6.2 million.
A Rockville business owner who promised investors tens of thousands of dollars in monthly revenue through televisions advertising at convenience stores and gas pumps was sentenced Tuesday to six-and-a-half years in federal prison for what prosecutors said was a $6.2 million scheme. Edward J. Lawson, 67, was sentenced to 78 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for wire fraud, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Baltimore. U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus also ordered Lawson to pay more than $4.8 million in restitution. According a plea agreement, Lawson was president of Automated Revenue Creation LLC and Guaranteed Results Advertising, LLC, known collectively as GRA. The company told …
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