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Former Fairfield County Resident Sentenced For Fraud, Identity Theft Offenses
A former Fairfield County resident has been sentenced to 65 months in prison for fraud and identity theft offenses related to a scheme leasing and purchasing vehicles and motorcycles.
Domingo St. Hilaire Rosario, age 57, formerly of Danbury, was sentenced on Wednesday, Oct. 20 in Hartford, said Leonard C Boyle, Acting US Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
According to court documents and statements made in court, beginning in late 2017, Rosario, Jamie Pinto, and another individual conspired to use stolen identities to obtain vehicles and motorcycles at dealerships in Connecticut…
Third Person Admits To Role In Email Scheme Targeting CFOs, Controllers
A third man has admitted to his role in a scheme to defraud business leaders out of hundreds of thousands of dollars through an email scam.
Stanley Hugochukwu Nwoke - also known as “Stanley Banks,” “Banks,” “Hugo Banks,” “Banky,” and “Jose Calderon” - a citizen of Nigeria, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in district court in New Haven this week, U.S. Attorney John Durham announced.
Nwoke, 28, admitted to conspiring with Adeyemi Odufuye and others in a business compromise scheme that targeted hundreds of CFOs, controllers, and others at businesses, nonprofit or…
Woman Who Embezzled $326K From Fairfield County Business Sentenced
A former Fairfield County resident is heading to federal prison after admitting to embezzling more than $325,000 from her employer in Connecticut.
Miriam Dubay, a former Shelton resident, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty in district court to one count of wire fraud related to her embezzlement of approximately $326,000 while working as a bookkeeper for a Fairfield County company.
John Durham, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that current Purcellville, Virginia, resident Mi…
Ex-Fairfield County Attorney Sentenced For Stealing Nearly $2M From Clients, Family, Friends
A 62-year-old former attorney in Fairfield County is going to spend more than six years behind bars for stealing nearly $2 million from clients, friends and family members.
Thomas Murtha who previously had a law office in Bridgeport has been sentenced to 78 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud. He must also pay $1,994,467.15 in restitution.
Beginning in November 2011, through April 2017, Murtha stole the money from 20 individuals, including approximately $516,000 from a person with mental health issues. As pa…
Stamford Woman Admits To Embezzlement Scheme
A Stamford woman has agreed to pay more than a million dollars in restitution to her former employer after pleading guilty to a scheme that lasted more than four years where she embezzled more than $800,000 to PayPal and Venmo accounts.
Candace Rispoli, 31, has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud, stemming back to an embezzlement scheme that began in January 2012, John Durham, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced.
Beginning in January 2012, and lasting through June 2016, Rispoli was an employee at Lodestone Management Consultants, which later became k…
