Career Criminals

NORWALK

By STEVE KOBAK

Hour Staff Writer

A Bridgeport man was arraigned Thursday at Norwalk Superior Court for allegedly possessing a license that was fraudulently obtained during a 2008 scam at the Norwalk branch of the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Guillermo Droing, 40, was charged with second-degree forgery, conspiracy to commit second-degree forgery and conspiracy to commit bribery. He was held on $10,000 bond and given a court date of Dec. 30.

According to an affidavit, Droing purchased a fake license from Juan Casiano, who is currently serving a 12-year sentence for his role in the scam. State Police arrested Droing on a warrant Wednesday.

The investigation into the licensing scam began in 2008 when New York City detectives discovered two men who were in possession of phony Connecticut driver's licenses.

A long-term look into illegal activities at a downtown hostess club led to the arrests of 88 people and the discovery of drugs, alcohol and a large amount of cash, police said Wednesday.

Los Angeles Police Department Central Area vice officers concluded a nearly four-month investigation this past Friday into illegal activities at the 907 Club at 9th and Hill streets.

BOSTON —  A mother and son, and a former co-worker of the son, have been indicted in connection with the alleged theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars in unemployment benefits by creating false businesses and using other people's identities to collect jobless compensation from the state.

Elis Reyes, 26, of Bronx N.Y., his mother Teresa Cruz Colon, 51, of Leominster, and co-worker Atia Dobson, 31, of Fitchburg, are facing multiple charges as a result of the indictments by a special statewide grand jury, according to a press release from the office of Attorney General Martha Coakley.

Mr. Reyes faces 32 counts of unemployment fraud, 34 counts of larceny over $250, five counts of forgery, six counts of identity fraud and one count of intimidation of a witness.

by Jeremy Arias | Staff Writer

 

Two Hyattsville men who police say were the ringleaders of the largest fraudulent document mill ever uncovered in Maryland were sentenced Friday to four years in prison.

 

Hilario Hernandez-Romero, 27, and his brother Margarito Hernandez-Romero, 31, both of Hyattsville, pleaded guilty to identification document fraud and aggravated identity theft before U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake in U.S. District Court in Baltimore on Friday morning.

Bank fraud, identity theft ring targeted Asian immigrants

By JONATHAN DIENST and BRIAN THOMPSON

Updated 1:35 PM EDT, Thu, Sep 16, 2010

More than 200 FBI agents have made dozens of arrests across New Jersey in a major bank fraud and identity theft crackdown.

by khou.com staff

kvue.com

Posted on September 1, 2010 at 10:05 AM

 

HOUSTON – Two Department of Public Safety employees, and an alleged middle man, accused of selling Texas driver’s licenses to unqualified people have been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno said.

DPS Trooper Mark DeArza, 39, Lidia Gutierrez, 37, a DPS clerk, and Maen Bittar, 46, the alleged middle man of the scheme and manager of a gasoline station located on Almeda-Geneo, were arrested and released on $50,000 bond pending trial. DeArza and Bittar reside in Houston. Gutierrez resides in Galena Park, Texas.