GREENBELT, MD—A Maryland man has pleaded guilty to preparing and filing false tax returns for clients, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maryland, announced Wednesday. Charles Anthony Keemer, 64, of Upper Marlboro, was not registered as a tax preparer and did not have the education or work experience to prepare tax returns, according to the office. From 2013 to 2016, […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore County man has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in various romance, business email compromise, and investment schemes, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maryland. U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher sentenced Ambrose A. Obinna Warrior, 44, of Milford Mill, to 42 months in federal prison. Warrior acted as an unlicensed money transmitter, […]
GREENBELT, MD—A Nigerian national, Newton Ofioritse Jemide, 47, has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of wire fraud conspiracy for his involvement in a scheme to fraudulently obtain federal benefits, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced on Tuesday. Jemide, extradited from France, was part of a group that directed co-conspirators in the United States to purchase […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced that Kelly O. Hayes was appointed and sworn in as Interim U.S. Attorney on Monday, March 3, 2025. Before this appointment, Hayes was the Chief of the Southern Division, U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maryland, since 2021. In 2013, Hayes became an Assistant United States Attorney for the District […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A former Maryland State Trooper pleaded guilty to federal drug and bribery charges after trying to sell information to a drug trafficking organization, federal authorities announced. Justin Riggs, 35, of Smithsburg, conspired to sell information to a drug trafficking organization, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland reports. Riggs pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A former Baltimore City employee has been sentenced to prison after being sentenced for a bribery and wire fraud scheme. U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Joseph Gillespie, 35, of Baltimore City, to four years in federal prison and three years of supervised release in connection with a bribery scheme and conspiracy to commit wire fraud scheme involving […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore man has been sentenced to over nine years in prison for assaulting four correctional officers at the Chesapeake Detention Facility in 2021. Igor Yasinov, 35, was found guilty of four counts of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees, inflicting bodily injury. Acting U.S. Attorney Phil Selden, U.S. Marshal Clinton J. Fuchs, and Maryland Department of […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Washington, D.C. man has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in robbing four cell phone stores across Maryland at gunpoint, officials say. Xavier Jones, 26, was involved in robberies at Verizon and AT&T stores in Baltimore County, Howard County, and Prince George’s County, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. During the robberies, Jones and his accomplices […]