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DC Man Denied His Own Name, Flew To Turks And Caicos, Then Pleaded Guilty To Fraud: DOJ
Apparently, stealing $1.35 million wasn't enough drama for Robert Terrell.
Terrell, 51, a DC and Bowie resident, pleaded guilty to wire fraud this week after prosecutors say he falsified documents to secure more than a million dollars in COVID-19 relief funds for his business.
That, somehow, may be the least bizarre part of the case.
After he was indicted, Terrell initially appeared in federal court and acknowledged that his name was "Robert Alphonso Terrell," according to prosecutors.
Then he changed his tune.
At his next hearing and several that followed, Terrell denied that he was "Ro…
VA Purchases Linked To NJ Nordstrom Fraud Bust
Two Bronx men are accused of using stolen identities to open fraudulent Nordstrom credit accounts and carry out a multistate retail fraud scheme before they were arrested at Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus, police said.
Erik A. Lake, 30, and David M. Suliz, 29, were arrested Wednesday, Aug. 5, after Paramus police investigated a suspected fraudulent merchandise return at the Nordstrom store, Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti said.
At approximately 1 p.m., Officer Vincent LaBarberia, who is assigned to the Paramus Police Department's Crime Suppression Unit, was alerted by a Nordst…