#wire-fraud

#wire-fraud

Sanberg grew up in Villa Park and attended Servite High School, later describing the all-male Catholic school which accepted students of all faiths as being the place where his values were shaped. He moved on from Orange County to Harvard to Wall Street, where he built a fortune from early investments in companies like Blue Apron. Sanberg later said he ultimately found Wall Street exciting but hollow.

According to the indictment filed on July 31, Risan, 70, allegedly offered and sold stock and stock conversion in his software company, Media Rights Technologies, Inc., and his music streaming service, BlueBeat, Inc., to investors based on false representations, including false claims of BlueBeat's copyright ownership of approximately 2.5 million songs by various well-known artists.

According to the Central District of California U.S. Attorney's Office, a California man was indicted on 13 counts of wire fraud for scamming dating app users out of $2 million.

Judges noted, "Following the government's lead, we reverse these convictions," acknowledging the government's concession that acquittal should have been entered for specific counts.

Girardi, who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, was sentenced to seven years and three months in federal prison after being convicted of four counts of wire fraud.

Tramaine Liptrot, a former Miami police officer, faces nearly two decades in prison for fraudulently securing over $200,000 in pandemic relief loans.

"Her guilty plea today says what she refuses to admit in her media interviews: she broke the law, lied to the public, and used her office for her own personal gain."

Fernandes Anderson, seen in surveillance footage moving furniture from City Hall before pleading guilty to charges, faces a year in jail and restitution.