Willard Lenord Jones, 63, of Tulsa, church pastor and former Executive Director of the Greater Cornerstone Community Development Project, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge John E. Dowdell to three counts of wire fraud and one count of subscribing to a false tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr., for the […]
TULSA, OKLAHOMA— The results of the August 2014 Federal Grand Jury were announced today by Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma. The following named individuals have been charged with a federal crime or crimes by the return of an indictment by the Grand Jury. The return of an […]
TULSA, OKLAHOMA— Moises Alberto Yanez, 40, of Tulsa, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Claire V. Eagan on Friday, to serve 240 months in prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering, announced United States Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. and R. Damon Rowe, Special Agent in Charge of Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation. According to […]
A manager has pleaded guilty to wire fraud involving the embezzlement of $693,300 and for tax crimes, announced United States Attorney Danny C. Williams, Sr. for the Northern District of Oklahoma. James Rhea Cooley, 45, of Tulsa, was charged with one count of wire fraud and three counts of willfully making and subscribing a false […]
Tulsa Today first reported in July of 2008 on a specific fraud within a clever Ponzi scheme headed to Tulsa. Just weeks later, the multi-national company closed as agents of the Secret Service and St. Cloud, Fla. IRS-Secret Service Task Force seized AdSurf Daily (ASD) assets and bank accounts pursuant to a court order.
Following years of additional seizures and court proceedings; on May 18, 2012 Thomas A. Bowdoin, Jr., also known as Andy Bowdoin (founder and operator of ASD) plead guilty to a federal charge of wire fraud stemming from the Internet-based advertising scheme that generated more than $110 million from thousands of people across the United States and other countries.