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Yahoo
29-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Fairfield man indicted for failing to pay over $2 million in employment taxes
( — A federal jury returned a 41-count indictment against Warren Soto Delfin, 54, of Fairfield, charging him with failure to pay more than $2 million in trust fund taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, according to U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith. Beckwith stated that, according to court documents, between January 2018 and December 2022, Felfin owned and operated five home health care businesses that made over $2 million in employment taxes. The tax liabilities stem from amounts Delfin withheld from his employer's paychecks. Folsom PD investigates two unrelated fatal crashes within 9-hours Instead of Delfin paying the employees' withholdings to the IRS as required under the law, he retained them and used the money to purchase luxury items, including a Lamborghini, jewelry, and real estate, according to Beckwith. According to officials, if Delfin is convicted, he will face a maximum statutory penalty of five years in prison and a $250,00 fine for each charged count, and any other sentence would be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. 'The charges are only allegations; the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt,' officials said. Authorities stated that this case is being handed over to the IRS Criminal Investigation and the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Time of India
25-05-2025
- Time of India
Heads, brains, skin, hands, faces, organs: Ex-Harvard employee stole body parts and sold them in black market
Cedric Lodge, former Harvard employee A former Harvard employee pleaded guilty to human trafficking involving the transportation of stolen human remains, US attorney's office for the middle district of Pennsylvania announced. Cedric Lodge, 57, from Goffstown, New Hampshire acknowledged his involvement in selling and transporting stolen human remains from Harvard Medical School morgue in Boston, Massachusetts, from 2018 through March 2020. Lodge, who was then employed as the manager of the Harvard Medical School Morgue, removed various body parts from donated cadavers, including organs, brains, skin, hands, faces, dissected heads, and other parts after their use in research but before proper disposal as per donor agreements. Without authorisation from his employer, donors or their families, Lodge transported these remains to his New Hampshire residence. He and his wife Denise Lodge then sold and shipped these remains to buyers across states, with transportation routes including Salem, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, Justice department said in a statement. Lodge confirmed selling remains to Joshua Taylor and Andrew Ensanian, amongst others. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 40대 이상이고 PC가 있으세요? 그럼 이 게임을 정말 좋아하실 거예요! Sea of Conquest 플레이하기 Undo These remains were often resold at higher prices, including to Jeremy Pauley, who has already pleaded guilty to conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen human remains. Related cases have seen guilty pleas from multiple defendants, including Denise Lodge, Joshua Taylor, Andrew Ensanian, Matthew Lampi and Angelo Pereyra. Lampi received a 15-month prison sentence, while Pereyra got 18 months. Denise Lodge and Joshua Taylor await sentencing. Additionally, Candace Chapman-Scott, who stole remains from an Arkansas crematorium and sold them to Pauley in Pennsylvania, received a 15-year prison sentence in Arkansas federal court. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Postal Inspection Service and East Pennsboro Township Police Department conducted the investigation, with Assistant U.S. Attorney Alisan Martin prosecuting. Under federal law, this offence carries a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment, supervised release following imprisonment and a fine. The Judge determines the sentence after considering federal sentencing statutes and Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Yahoo
YC man indicted i child pornography investigation
A Yuba City man indicted by a federal grand jury in a child pornography investigation has been taken into federal custody. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, on March 13, 2025, a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment against Thomas Michael Davis, 39, of Yuba City, charging him with receipt of child sexual abuse material, Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith announced. The indictment was unsealed following his arrest. According to court documents, between May 2023 and January 2024, Davis used the internet to download child pornography. Davis has previously been convicted of having sex with a minor. This case is the product of an investigation by the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office, the Yuba City Police Department, and the Sacramento Valley Hi Tech Crimes Task Force. Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Campbell is prosecuting the case. If convicted of receipt of child sexual abuse material, Davis faces a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison, a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, and up to a lifetime term of supervised release. Any sentence, however, would be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines,. which take into account a number of variables. The charges are only allegations; the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute those who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit Click on the 'resources' tab for information about internet-safety education.
Yahoo
06-04-2025
- Yahoo
Man convicted of crimes targeting Christian churches in California
( — After an 11-day trial, a federal jury returned a guilty verdict Thursday against 45-year-old Zimano Salah, convicting him of strapping a backpack around the toilet of a Christian church in Roseville, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California. Saleh intended to convey a hoax bomb threat and obstruct the free exercise of religion to those who worshipped there. The jury's verdict included a special finding that makes this incident a hate crime. Video above: Police investigate fatal shooting at Sacramento Church From September to November of 2023, Salah traveled to four Christian churches in Arizona, California, and Colorado wearing black backpacks. He placed the backpacks at two of those churches, spreading fear to congregants. He was stopped by security before he was able to plant the other two. During a search of Salah's storage unit, an FBI Bomb Technician seized items that an FBI Bomb Expert testified at the trial served as parts of an improvised explosive device capable of fitting inside a backpack. Salah's social media records also revealed that he consumed extremist propaganda online. His search history included videos of 'Infidels dying', according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. He also watched videos depicting ISIS terrorists murdering people. 'This Department of Justice has no tolerance for anyone who targets religious Americans for their faith,' said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. 'The perpetrator of this abhorrent hate crime against Christians will face severe punishment.' The efforts of federal, local law enforcement, and attorneys were commended during the trial. 'The Sacramento Division of the FBI is proud of our collaboration with our local partners in bringing Mr. Salah to justice. His deliberate targeting of multiple places of worship and calculated efforts to spread panic were intended to terrorize people of faith and disrupt the peace of our communities,' Special Agent in Charge Sid Patel said. Salah is scheduled to be sentenced on July 18 by U.S. District Judge Dena Coggins and faces a maximum statutory penalty of six years in prison with a $250,000 fine. The actual sentence will be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account many variables. The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with assistance from the Roseville Police Department, the San Diego Police Department, and the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
28-02-2025
- Yahoo
Red Bluff man charged in federal child sex abuse case
A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment on Feb. 13 charging a Red Bluff resident with two counts of sexual exploitation of a child and distribution of visual depictions of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct, said acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith. In April 2024, Ricardo Gutierrez, 27, reportedly used four children to create at least two videos of the children engaged in sexually explicit conduct, according to federal court document, additionally, between November 2023 and July 2024, the he allegedly distributed several videos and images of prepubescent children, including infants, involved in sexually explicit conduct to others. Beckwith reported, if convicted of sexual exploitation of a child, Gutierrez faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and a maximum of 30 years in prison, a lifetime of supervised release, restitution, and a $250,000 fine, and if convicted of distribution of visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct, he faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison and a maximum statutory penalty of 20 years in prison, a lifetime of supervised release, restitution, and a fine. Any sentence, however, would be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account a number of variables, she explained. This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute those who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit Click on the 'resources' tab for information about internet-safety education. This case is the product of an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations. Assistant U.S. Attorney Whitnee Goins is prosecuting the case.
