Friday, March 22, 2013
Daniela Spiridon was indicted in a ponzi-style real estate scheme connected to several Chesterfield businesses, according to prosecutors.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Daniela Spiridon, 41, of St. Charles, was indicted on six felony counts of wire fraud. Prosecutors said the indictment is in connection to a ponzi-style real estate scheme related to the purchase or sale of properties. (For instant news updates follow Patch on Facebook and Twitter.) Spiridon faces up to 20 years in prison for each count of wire fraud. According to prosecutors, Spiridon was affiliated with several businesses from an office in Chesterfield. Details of the case are included in the following news release issued by the U.S. Attorney's Office Friday. Daniela Spiridon was indicted in a Ponzi style real estate scheme related to the purchase or sale of properties. The indictment states that …
Friday, February 15, 2013
Prosecutors stated Brian Behl of West St. Louis County pleaded guilty to filing false insurance claims to divert more than $400,000 for personal expenses when he worked as a claims adjuster in O'Fallon, MO.
Friday, Brian Michael Behl, 33, of West St. Louis County, 63141, pled guilty to filing false insurance claims to divert more than $400,000 for personal expenses, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. In a news release, prosecutors said Behl worked for Allianz in O'Fallon, MO, as a claims adjuster at the time of the fraud. He now faces up to 20 years in prison and/or fines up to $1 million, according to prosecutors. The following details of the case were included in the news release Friday. According to court documents, Brian Michael Behl worked for Allianz as a Claims Adjuster in the O’Fallon, Missouri office for about ten years until he was terminated on September 20, 2012. Allianz, which also did business from time to time as …
Friday, April 22, 2011
Douglas Morgan, of Chesterfield, allegedly obtained 15 loans using false and deceptive personal finance statements.
The former long-time chairman of the St. Louis County Planning Commission has been charged with one count of felony bank fraud, according to the Eastern District of the U.S. Attorney General’s Office. Douglas Morgan, of Chesterfield, was indicted today by a federal grand jury on the charge, which involved a series of loans obtained through Commercial Bank of St. Louis. He was a member of the bank’s advisory board and a shareholder. Morgan was first appointed to the Planning Commission in 1988, said Mac Scott, a St. Louis County spokesman. He served as chairman of the committee since 1992. “His term expired earlier this year,” Scott said. “We had no idea any of this was going on until today.” Morgan, 65, obtained about 15 loans from the …
Monday, November 22, 2010
A 50-count federal indictment charges the pair, and four others, with fraud, money laundering and conspiracy.
Two Chesterfield residents were indicted Monday on federal charges that they cheated customers of Clayton-based National Prearranged Services, Inc. out of as much as $600 million. Randall K. Sutton, 65, and Howard A. Wittner, 73, are included on the 50-count indictment released by the U.S. Attorney's Office and filed in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on Thursday. Charges include wire, bank, mail and insurance fraud; money laundering and conspiracy. National Prearranged Services, Inc. works with customers to plan their funeral before their death. According to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's office, a percentage of the payments for their services was to be placed in a trust with a financial institution as a trustee. Instead, they …
