Category: MIL-OSI

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

Robert Wayne Boling Jr., 45, a U.S. citizen who previously resided in the Philippines, pleaded guilty today for his role in an identity-theft and fraud scheme that victimized thousands of U.S. servicemembers and veterans. 

According to court documents, Boling operated from the Philippines, and he received and exploited stolen personally identifiable information (PII) of U.S. servicemembers and veterans to compromise their bank accounts and steal money and veterans’ benefits. 

“Those who courageously served our nation deserve our gratitude and protection — not to become targets for criminals seeking to profit from their sacrifice,” said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “This defendant betrayed our country by exploiting personal information belonging to thousands of military-affiliated individuals, including elderly and disabled veterans, in a calculated scheme to steal from those who have given so much. Today’s guilty plea demonstrates that the Department of Justice will pursue those who prey on America’s servicemembers and veterans, no matter how sophisticated the schemes may be.” 

“We in the Western District of Texas, in partnership with Justice Department’s Criminal Division, have worked for years to get Robert Boling Jr. back from the Philippines and hold him accountable for the crimes he committed against those who serve our nation and their families,” said U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District of Texas. “This defendant and his fellow fraudsters served themselves by stealing from those who selflessly serve our country. We will always work tirelessly to fully prosecute those who prey on others in this manner, especially when the victims of those crimes are servicemembers.”

“Defrauding the men and women who defended our country is reprehensible,” said Director James R. Ives of the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS). “Today’s action demonstrates that DCIS and our partners will relentlessly pursue those who steal from our nation’s service members and veterans.”

Boling’s co-conspirator, Fredrick Brown, who worked as a civilian medical records administrator for the U.S. Army in South Korea, took digital photographs of the PII of thousands of military-affiliated individuals. Brown provided the stolen PII to Boling, who, along with his co-conspirators, used the PII to compromise various accounts belonging to U.S. servicemembers and veterans, including bank accounts and online government-affiliated benefits accounts. Boling and his co-conspirators also worked with a network of money mules in the United States, who provided bank accounts into which stolen funds could be deposited, and helped to remit a portion of the stolen funds to the Philippines. Boling was deported by the Philippines to the United States in May 2026 to face charges related to the scheme.

Boling pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 14, 2027, and faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison for each conspiracy charge. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

Boling is the third defendant to plead guilty for his role in the scheme. Co-conspirators, Fredrick Brown and Trorice Crawford, previously pleaded guilty and were sentenced to 151 and 46 months in prison, respectively. Co-conspirators Jongmin Seok and Allan Albert Kerr remain fugitives.

DCIS is investigating the case. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, and the Veterans Benefits Administration’s Benefits Protection and Remediation Division provided valuable assistance. 

Acting Assistant Chief Lauren M. Elfner and Trial Attorney Carolyn Rice of the Criminal Division’s White Collar and Corporate Enforcement Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Blackwell for the Western District of Texas are prosecuting the case. The Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs provided assistance.

This case is part of efforts being undertaken by the Criminal Division’s Cyber-Enabled Scam Initiative (CSI). The CSI is a dedicated team of prosecutors built to find scammers who prey on Americans, disrupt their networks, and hold them accountable. CSI brings together expert prosecutors from across the Criminal Division to accelerate the prosecution of cyber-enabled financial crimes, including complex frauds, government imposter schemes, romance and inheritance scams, financially motivated sextortion, lottery and sweepstakes scams, and other predatory schemes. With nationwide jurisdiction and global reach, CSI leverages every available tool to dismantle criminal operations, pursue bad actors, recover criminal proceeds, and obtain justice for victims. The Criminal Division partners with U.S. Attorneys’ Offices across the country and is a founding member of the Scam Center Strike Force.

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

Ramon Gaytan, 36, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced on October 15, 2026, in federal court in Lincoln for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine actual and 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine. 

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

A Michigan woman pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the United States for more than a decade, and to causing a tax loss of approximately $1.7 million. 

According to court documents and statements made in court, Roxanne L. Huneycutt, of Fenton, owned and oversaw a series of full-service staffing companies since 2012. The staffing companies recruited temporary employees to perform manual labor, office administration, and other tasks for clients. The staffing companies were responsible for handling payroll and employment taxes associated with the employees.

From 2012 through 2024, the staffing companies failed to pay approximately $1.7 million in employment taxes to the IRS. In 2015, the Internal Revenue Service assessed penalties against Huneycutt for willfully failing to pay over certain employment taxes, but Huneycutt did not pay the penalties nor start complying with the law. To support the conspiracy and avoid detection of it, Huneycutt changed the names and physical locations of the staffing companies and filed paperwork with the State of Michigan indicating that she was not an owner of the staffing companies. Huneycutt spent proceeds from the staffing companies on personal expenses including but not limited to travel, clothing, jewelry, housing, and home decoration.

Huneycutt pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States. She is scheduled to be sentenced on February 18, 2027, and faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison. Huneycutt’s co-conspirator previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and is awaiting sentencing.

A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald of the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division made the announcement.

IRS Criminal Investigation investigated the case.

Unit Chief Jorge Almonte and Trial Attorney Hayter L. Whitman of the Fraud Division are prosecuting this case.

On April 7, the Department of Justice announced the creation of the Fraud Division. The Fraud Division is laser-focused on investigating and prosecuting those who commit fraud against the American people. The Department’s work to combat fraud supports President Trump’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, a whole-of-government effort chaired by Vice President J.D. Vance to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse within Federal benefit programs.

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

DENVER – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Antoinette Vazquez Cobain, 67, of Loveland, Colorado, was sentenced to six months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release in addition to $33,159.48 in restitution to the Social Security Administration, and $214,144.00 in restitution to the Loveland Housing Authority after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud.

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

A federal jury in the District of Maryland convicted a laboratory owner yesterday for taking advantage of nursing homes that needed COVID-19 tests during the pandemic and fraudulently billing Medicare more than $18 million for other expensive respiratory tests that nursing home residents did not need, physicians did not order, and, in many cases, were never performed.

“Mr. Britton-Harr’s decision to exploit elderly nursing‑home residents and inexperienced interns for personal gain during a global pandemic is unconscionable. This verdict reinforces our message: there is nowhere to hide for those who commit fraud. We will find you and prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law,” said U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes for the District of Maryland. “The U.S. Attorney’s Office, along with our law-enforcement partners, remains committed to rooting out fraud and holding accountable those who exploit our vulnerable victims and who steal our taxpayer money.”

“This verdict sends a clear message: the FBI will aggressively pursue anyone who steals from American taxpayers,” said FBI Baltimore Special Agent in Charge Jimmy Paul. “Patrick Britton-Harr will now face the consequences of his greed and brazen crimes. In addition to this healthcare fraud scheme, Britton-Harr was previously convicted for investment fraud in which the FBI uncovered a separate scheme where he defrauded private citizens. The FBI and our law enforcement partners will not rest until fraudsters like Mr. Britton Harr are brought to justice.”

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Patrick Britton-Harr, 42, of Annapolis, offered COVID-19 tests to nursing homes across the country in 2020 when these facilities were desperate for COVID-19 testing services. After specimens were collected from nursing home residents and other laboratories performed COVID-19 testing, Britton-Harr billed Medicare for separate, high-priced respiratory pathogen panel (RPP) tests purportedly conducted in a laboratory he owned in Arizona. Britton-Harr falsely claimed to Medicare that treating physicians ordered these extensive RPP tests, which screened for more than 30 respiratory pathogens. In reality, physicians never ordered the tests for their nursing home patients, and several physicians testified at trial they had never ordered an RPP test for any patient during the entirety of their medical careers.

Through his company, Provista Health, Britton-Harr fraudulently billed Medicare $18.7 million for RPP testing purportedly performed in just six months, of which Medicare paid more than $7.2 million. Evidence at trial demonstrated how Britton-Harr exploited inexperienced employees, including a family member and high school and college aged interns, by directing them to bill Medicare for an RPP test every time a COVID-19 test was performed. Britton-Harr further directed the billing of RPP tests supposedly performed at his Arizona laboratory after he had already closed the laboratory, barred staff from working in the laboratory, and no longer had the equipment necessary to run RPP tests. Additional evidence at trial proved that Britton-Harr billed Medicare for RPP tests that were never performed, including billing for tests for nursing home residents who were already deceased.

Britton-Harr used the proceeds of his fraud scheme to fund a lavish lifestyle, purchasing, among other things, a $112,500 Porsche 911, and making $25,000 monthly mortgage payments on his Annapolis waterfront mansion.

Photograph of the Porsche 911 Britton-Harr purchased in December 2020 using proceeds of his Medicare fraud scheme

Photograph of the Annapolis mansion for which Britton-Harr made monthly $25,000 mortgage payments using proceeds of his Medicare fraud scheme

The jury convicted Britton-Harr of five counts of health care fraud and one count of transactional money laundering. Britton-Harr faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison for each count. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled at a later date. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

HHS-OIG and FBI investigated the case.

Trial Attorney Chris Wenger of the Fraud Division’s Health Care Fraud Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Ari Evans for the District of Maryland are prosecuting the case.

On April 7, the Department of Justice announced the creation of the Fraud Division. The Fraud Division is laser-focused on investigating and prosecuting those who commit fraud against the American people. The Department’s work to combat fraud supports President Trump’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, a whole-of-government effort chaired by Vice President J.D. Vance to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse within Federal benefit programs.

The Department of Justice’s Health Care Fraud Strike Force Program, currently comprised of nine strike forces operating in federal districts across the country, has charged more than 6,200 defendants who collectively billed federal health care programs and private insurers more than $45 billion since 2007. In addition, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, working in conjunction with the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services, are taking steps to hold providers accountable for their involvement in health care fraud schemes. More information can be found at www.justice.gov/criminal-fraud/health-care-fraud-unit.

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

Baltimore, Maryland – A Maryland woman is facing indictment stemming from submitting fraudulent applications for millions of dollars in federal loans. Kara DiPietro, 49, of Towson, is charged with bank fraud in connection with fraudulent applications that she allegedly filed to obtain Paycheck Protection Program loans in the names of multiple businesses. 

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

BOSTON – A Texas man has agreed to plead guilty to allegedly impersonating property owners, selling their land and then laundering the proceeds of the deed fraud scheme. The scheme allegedly involved more than $1.5 million in fraudulent property sales. 

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

EMANUEL PAYTON, 35, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 151 months of imprisonment and five years of supervised release for his participation in the large-scale manufacture and trafficking of counterfeit pills containing synthetic opioids and other substances.

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Rodney Stanley, 58, of Greece, NY, Leonardo Gaskin, 36, of West Henrietta, NY, and Shanimba Nelson, 52, of Irondequoit, NY, were arrested and charged in separate criminal complaints for their roles in an illegal narcotics trafficking operation: 

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

Baltimore, Maryland – A Maryland man pled guilty to religious vandalism charges, in federal court, today, stemming from an incident in which he defaced several headstones, at a Baltimore County Jewish cemetery, with antisemitic symbols. George Horn, 36, of Dundalk, pled guilty to damaging religious property after he painted swastikas and other symbols on multiple headstones at the Ohr Knesseth Israel Anshe Sfard Cemetery.