Role Reversal: Wanted LI Fraudster Sought Jail Guard Job, Lands Behind Bars, Prosecutors Say
A schemer who admitted to stealing $77,000 from a Long Island lawyer — then jumped bail and skipped out on his sentence — has been returned to New York after applying for a new job in Colorado, authorities said Monday, April 13.
Osokam Ekufia, a 48-year-old Newark, NJ, man, tried to land a job as a jail guard at the Colorado Department of Corrections in October 2025, the Nassau County District Attorney’s office said Monday.
Instead, the department ran a background check on him and turned up his outstanding warrant in New York, prosecutors said.
“This defendant should have been occupying a…
Ex-usps Worker Who Stole $8K In Cash, Gift Cards From Mail In Melrose, Revere, Avoids Jail: DOJ
A former postal worker who admitted to stealing hundreds of pieces of mail containing cash, checks, and gift cards, and generating fraudulent money orders worth more than $8,000 combined, was sentenced to probation, authorities said.
Michael Murray, 38, of Lynn, received 30 months of probation at his sentencing on Tuesday, April 7, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts. The judge also ordered him to pay $8,553 in restitution and forfeit $5,130.
Murray worked as a clerk at the Beach Street Post Office in Revere and the Melrose Post Office from September 20…
King Of Prussia Man Stole Over $240K In VA Disability While Running Businesses: Feds
A man is accused of stealing more than $240,000 in Veterans Affairs disability benefits while secretly working and operating multiple businesses, federal officials announced on Monday, Feb. 2.
Victor Milbourne, 52, of King of Prussia, falsely claimed he was severely disabled and unable to work due to service-connected injuries in order to collect VA benefits from December 2013 through December 2022, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of PA.
Milbourne repeatedly told the VA he could not kneel, lift, run, climb stairs, walk long distances, or maintain employment,…
Man Who Attacked Mom Stabbed Dad In Neck Tells Court His Mind Was Twisted: Lancaster DA
A Lancaster County man who attacked his mother and, days later, stabbed his father in the neck during a separate violent outburst has been sentenced to state prison, prosecutors said.
Russell Woodrow Adams-Nicholls, 45, of West Lampeter Township, was sentenced to 73 months to 15 years in state prison on Dec. 17, 2025, after a jury convicted him of aggravated assault, simple assault, and recklessly endangering another person, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announced on Monday, Jan. 13, 2026.
The first attack happened on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, at a home on Crestline Drive in …
Rockville Centre Man Dodged $600K In Workers’ Comp Premiums: DA
A construction company owner who underreported more than $3.5 million in payroll to dodge workers’ compensation premiums has been sentenced, Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly announced on Wednesday, Dec. 3.
Mahendranauth Khargie, 36, and his Queens-based iron and erection company, GC Stud Inc., pleaded guilty on Oct. 21 to Insurance Fraud in the Third Degree, a felony. The company also pleaded guilty to failing to secure required workers’ compensation coverage, prosecutors said.
The pair were sentenced on Tuesday, Dec. 2, to a Conditional Discharge and ordered to pay $625,000 in…
Bensalem Doctor Flooded Patients With 20K Oxycodone Pills In Health Care Fraud Scheme: DOJ
A physician forced patients into taking unwanted “Goody Bags” of drugs to get prescriptions, flooding them with oxycodone and defrauding health care plans out of millions, federal prosecutors said.
Neil K. Anand, M.D., 48, most recently of Bensalem, PA, but originally from Albany, NY, was convicted in April 2025 of conspiring to commit health care fraud, wire fraud, and the unlawful distribution of controlled substances. On Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, he was sentenced to 14 years in prison, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Evidence at trial showed Anand and his conspirators require…
Fairview Firefighter Who Slammed Ex To Floor, Hit Her Gets Probation, DA Says
A Westchester firefighter convicted of assaulting his then-girlfriend in a violent domestic attack has been sentenced, prosecutors announced.
Joseph Apostoli, 46, of the Fairview Fire Department in Greenburgh, received three years of probation with domestic violence conditions on Monday, Sept. 15, according to the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office.
The DA’s Office had sought a period of “shock probation,” which would have included jail time, but Judge James McCarty denied the request.
Following a non-jury trial in June, McCarty convicted Apostoli of two counts of third-de…
Lancaster Woman Defrauds Veterans Groups Out Of $1.4M, Sentenced To Prison: FBI
A Lancaster woman who defrauded two nonprofit veterans organizations out of more than $1.4 million has been sentenced to prison, federal prosecutors announced on Friday, Sept. 5.
Jessika L. Hiepler, 47, was sentenced to 24 months in prison, three years of supervised release, a $10,000 fine, 100 hours of community service, and restitution of $432,925.35, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Court records show Hiepler pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud last September after being charged in August 2024. She also agreed to a forfeiture money …
21 People Arrested After Graffiti Causes $500K Damage: Hanover Twp PD
Hanover Township police are cracking down on graffiti.
The department announced 21 people have been arrested and charged after graffiti caused $500,000 in damage over the past few years on on buildings, businesses, public property, railroad property, bridges, and various other locations in Hanover Township.
Identifying and charging suspects allows a victim to recover financial assistance in the form of restitution to make repairs, police said.
Those charged are:
Two juveniles who spraypainted “GMAIL”, “GMAIL8”, “SCATE”, and “SCATE5” are charged with five counts …
$1M IRS Fraud Scheme Masterminded By Woman With Multiple Personas In York: DOJ
A York woman plotted an elaborate scheme to steal more than $1 million from the IRS by filing fake tax documents and a bogus check, federal prosecutors announced on Wednesday, August 13.
Queen Naja, 44, also known as Renata Winifred Ince and Naja Talibah Zahir, worked with 42-year-old Quentin Diego Sturgeon of Montgomery, Alabama, to carry out the plan, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Alabama.
The two met through social media in April 2021, when Naja proposed creating a legal trust, submitting fraudulent paperwork to the IRS, and using a counterfeit check …
$1.4M Maryland Fraud: Couple Lived Large With Cruises, Exotic Birds, Home Renovations: Feds
A South Carolina husband and wife lived it up for more than a decade — jetting off on cruises, renovating their home, spoiling their pets, and racking up six figures at Walmart — all on the dime of a Maryland business they targeted in a $1.4 million fraud scheme, federal prosecutors said.
Robin Joseph, 64, of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, was sentenced on Monday, July 28, to 39 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his role in the massive embezzlement and identity theft scheme, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland.
Joseph …
