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Crime
Man Pleads Guilty
Detectives
Three Indicted For Crimes Related To IRS Impersonation Scams
To Armed Robbery
Conduct
Earlier this week, a 25- year-old man pleaded guilty to committing an armed rob- bery and using a firearm in a crime of violence. He is facing a minimum mandatory sen- tence of 7 years, and up to life in federal prison.
According to court docu- ments, Dirk Lawrence Davis, of Tampa, entered the poker room of the Seminole Hard Rock Casino on Febru- ary 2, 2018. He walked up to the teller window, displayed a firearm, and said, “I don’t want to cause a scene. Give me hundreds.”
The teller complied and the suspect fled the scene with $20,000 in cash on foot. Surveillance cameras cap-
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a death investigation.
The body was found off Sierra Pines Blvd., just north of Lutz Lake Fern Road West, on Wednesday.
Detectives said it is very early in the investigation and no additional information was available at press time.
Of Casino
Death
Man Gets 27 Months
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a group of young men in- volved in car burglaries. The burglaries took place on Sun- day and Monday during the overnight hours.
According to police, four young Black men between the ages of 16 and 20 were in the River Bend Subdivision. They attempted to get into several cars. Three of the suspects were captured on video. Po- lice believe the fourth was driving the vehicle captured on the video.
Some of the property taken from the River Bend Subdivision was recovered in the Sun City area, where other car burglaries were reported to police.
Anyone with information about the suspects is asked to contact Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay at 1-800-873- TIPS or www.crimestopper- stb.com.
For Lying To Avoid
Restitution
Investigation
Earlier this week, United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announced the unsealing of an indict- ment charging three men with a scam involving several crimes.
Nishitkumar Patel, 31, Hemalkumar Shah, 27, and Sharvil Patel, 22, all of Tampa, were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and extortion, and sub- stantive counts of wire fraud and extortion.
The indictment also charges Nishitkumar Patel and Hemalkumar Patel with money laundering and aggravated identity theft.
Each of the defendants faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on each count of wire fraud con- spiracy, extortion conspiracy, wire fraud, and extortion.
Nishitkumar Patel and Hemalkumar Patel face an additional penalty of up to 10 years in federal prison for money laundering, and a minimum mandatory consec- utive two years in prison for aggravated identity theft.
The indictment also noti- fies the defendants that the United States is seeking a money judgment in the amount of at least $2.27 mil- lion, the proceeds of the wire fraud and extortion conspira- cies.
According to the indict-
ment, beginning in 2014 through at least 2016, the men conspired with India- based call centers to extort money from U. S. residents by impersonating IRS offi- cers. They misled their vic- tims to believe that they owed money to the IRS and would be arrested and fined if they did not pay their alleged back taxes immediately.
The men collected the money by having the victims withdraw cash from pre-paid cards, hiring others to re- trieve money wired by the victims, and hiring runners to open bank accounts into which victims deposited fraud proceeds.
On October 23, 2018, law enforcement officers exe- cuted a search warrant at the home of Nishitkumar Patel and Hemalkumar Patel.
Among other items, they seized approximately $50,000 in cash, hundreds of bank and wire transfer re- ceipts, and 20 electronic de- vices.
DIRK LAWRENCE DAVIS
tured the robbery.
Several family members
and friends identified the per- son in the video as Davis. A sentencing date for Davis has been set for February 6, 2019.
Police Search
For Group Of
Car Burglary
Suspects
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A 38-year-old man has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison. He pleaded guilty to lying to avoid paying his restitution obligations.
According to the plea agreement, Jason Anthony Martinez was previously convicted in a mortgage-re- lated fraud case. He was or- dered to pay $3,008,551.01 in restitution. On October 24, 2017, Martinez signed and submitted a Financial Disclo- sure Form, falsely claiming a net income that was about half of his actual net income. He also failed to disclose a
JASON ANTHONY MARTINEZ
number of credit accounts in his name.
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