On Thursday, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida announced the successful extraditions of Akinola Taylor of the United Kingdom, Olayemi Adafin of the United Kingdom, Olakunle Oyebanjo of the United Kingdom, and Kazeem Olanrewaju Runsewe of Sweden. These individuals have been charged in the Middle DistrictContinue Reading
45-year-old Lakeland, Florida man, Julio Gonzalez has been indicted with four counts of theft of public money and two counts of aggravated identity theft. According to the indictment, Gonzalez used the identity of another individual to commit Social Security fraud and theft of government funds. The indictment also alleges thatContinue Reading
United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announced Thursday that 23-year-old Jordan Tito of Tampa has pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft. He faces a mandatory penalty of two years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. According to the plea agreement, in September 2016, aContinue Reading
A Pasco County man pretended to be another man for more than 20 years, even fooling his wife, Pasco County deputies said Thursday. Richard Hoagland assumed Terry Symanksy’s identity in 1992, embezzling over $1 million, until a Symansky relative discovered the identity theft using Ancestry.com Hoagland, 63, hit rock bottom after two failedContinue Reading
