Source: United States Department of Justice News
Alante Martel Nelson, of Detroit, Michigan, was indicted today on drug and firearms charges, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Nelson, 28, was indicted on one count of “Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin” and one count of “Unlawful Possession of a Firearm.”
Source: United States Department of Justice News
COLUMBUS, Ga. – A Columbus resident with several prior felony convictions pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a firearm resulting from a Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) investigation. Charleston Magee, aka Chopp, 33, of Columbus, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon before U.S. District Judge Clay Land on Tuesday, August 3. Magee faces a maximum prison sentence of ten years to be followed by three years of supervised release and a maximum fine of $250,000. Sentencing is scheduled for October 20. There is no parole in the federal system.
Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Crime News (b)
Welcome to the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment. Today: Building a digital defense against ride share scams.
Oregonians are reporting a new kind of scam to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center these days—and given the massive growth of ride share services in the past couple of years, it’s not surprising.
Here’s one driver’s story. When he arrived at the pickup point, he received a call that he believed was from his company. The person on the other end told him he was a great driver and was receiving a $250 bonus.
Using the driving app, the bad guy asked the driver to message him some personal info, including his sign-on information for the ride share app, his Social Security number, his debit card number, and his PIN number. The driver noticed almost immediately that the fraudster was attempting to drain money credited to his ride share account and his bank account. He realized the scam at this point and immediately started working with his bank to stop the transactions.
How can you protect yourself?
If you are the victim of an online fraud, you should also report the incident to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.ic3.gov or call your FBI local office.
Source: United States Department of Justice News
A federal grand jury in Las Vegas, Nevada, returned an indictment today charging a Las Vegas husband and wife with conspiring to defraud the IRS, tax evasion, filing a false tax return, assisting in the filing of false tax returns, and failing to file tax returns and pay federal income taxes.
Source: United States Navy
When Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Zachary Williams, a Recruit Division Commander RDC) at Recruit Training Command (RTC), spotted a certain recruit across the pool where he is currently working as a water survival instructor, it was all he could do from approaching the recruit whom he’s known most of his life: his younger brother.
Caleb Williams, 18, of Carollton, Georgia, arrived in June for training at the Navy’s only boot camp where his older brother, Zachary, 24, of Carrollton, Georgia, trains recruits.