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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Former Alexandria Doctor Pleads Guilty to Distributing Oxycodone

Larren Wade, who now lives in Florida, once operated a practice close to Annandale; he faces up to 20 years in prison.

A former Northern Virginia doctor pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to distribute oxycodone. Larren Wade, 55, once owned a practice near Seminary Road in the west end of Alexandria. As part of his plea agreement, a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia states that Wade admitted to issuing “thousands of prescriptions for pain medications, sometimes exceeding 2,000 pills per patient each month” between March and July 2010. “Larren Wade not only violated his oath as a doctor, he violated the law when he provided a highly addictive drug to individuals for no legitimate medical reason,” said U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride in the news release. “The abuse of prescription pills has had a devastating…

Friday, August 24, 2012

Annandale Man Pleads Guilty to Mortgage and Passport Fraud

Pervaiz Arshad, a former loan officer with Annandale-based E-Star Lending, will be sentenced in November.

An Annandale man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to mortgage and passport fraud that resulted in a loss of $1.7 million for lenders in Northern Virginia. Pervaiz Arshad, 58, “conspired to commit mail fraud and wire fraud in connection with his role in fraudulent mortgage loan transactions involving nine homes in northern Virginia,” according to a news release from the United States Attorney’s office for the Eastern District of Virginia. In addition to the mortgage charges, Arshad, a former loan officer with Annandale-based E-Star Lending, pleaded guilty to attempting to obtain a fraudulent passport for a co-conspirator to leave the country and flee to Canada, the release states. Court documents show Arshad admitted to recruiting someone to act…

Friday, August 10, 2012

Annandale Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Millions in Counterfeit Software

Quynh Trong Nguyen, 36, charged with copyright infringement after allegedly defrauding 2,000 customers

An Annandale man pleaded guilty Thursday to copyright infringement for selling more than $2.3 million in counterfeit computer software. Quynh Trong Nguyen, 36, allegedly sold the copyright-infringing computer software for more than three years, according to a press release from the United States Attorney’s office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Nguyen has also agreed to forfeit more than $650,000 in seized liquid assets, the release said. Court documents related to the case say Nguyen sold software such as Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Office through Internet websites he created in his Annandale home. The software was acquired from overseas. The release states that an estimated 2,000 customers were defrauded. Nguyen was also accused of…

HungryPig

8:51 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013

This should be a civil case, and i wondering that why the fed involved into this? Because, those money that had been seized. Oops, I guess after this case the pig will be full. What's a beautiful country.   more ›

Friday, June 29, 2012

Alleged Korean Gang Members Indicted for Extorting Annandale Businesses

Han Sa Yu and Je Hyung Yoo have been charged with conspiracy to commit extortion, attempted extortion and four counts of extortion.

Two men have been charged with conspiracy to commit extortion and attempted extortion of various Annandale businesses. Han Sa Yu, 43, and Je Hyung Yoo, 29, have been charged with conspiracy to commit extortion, attempted extortion, and four counts of extortion. Yu and Yoo allegedly threatened and extorted money from "doumi," restaurants, and taxi business owners in Annandale, according to a news release from the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. According to the indictment, the extortion victims allegedly paid between $200 and $1,000 at a time and received threatening reminders each time another payment was due. Both Yu and Yoo are alleged members of a Korean gang in Fairfax County called the Korean Night …

Sabine B

3:16 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013

ok , so --- why are "illigal" aliens conductiong entrepreneurial transactions here in the first place? Reading this sounds like a cheap criminal novel - no wonder Annandale has a bad reputation I agree with Kate - anyone parttaking in criminal activiites should have repurcussions -for a person not being here legally it should start with getting them back where they came from. I am a supporter of …   more ›

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