CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE (BNO NEWS) – A Southington, Connecticut man was sentenced on Wednesday to two years of probation for causing a domestic financial institution to file a Currency Transaction Report (CTR) containing a material misstatement of fact, prosecutors said.

Leo Delmaro, 53, aka “Leo Romano”, was also ordered to pay a fine of $5,000 and to forfeit $150,000 to the government; this amount was seized during the course of the investigation.

Delmaro, using the name Leo Romano and a social security number that didn’t belong to him, caused a check cashing business to file approximately 130 CTRs containing those material misstatements of fact from June 2003 to October 2008. Federal law requires all financial institutions to file a CTR for currency transactions exceeding $10,000.

For example, on March 19, 2007, Delmaro used the false information to cash checks totaling $75,113 at the check cashing business. Such business used the false statement when filing the required CTR with the Internal Revenue Service.

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CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE (BNO NEWS) – A Henniker, New Hampshire man was sentenced to 21 months in prison for four counts of wire fraud and one count of mail fraud, prosecutors announced on Wednesday.

Tom Ryder, 27, participated in a scheme to defraud lenders by acquiring real estate through straw purchasers using false and fictitious information. Ryder was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and to pay $296,353.91 in restitution.

Ryder admitted that he and others submitted loan applications filled with false information, such as the actual purchase price of the property, the income, assets and employment history of the buyers, and the intent of the purported purchasers to reside at the properties.

Ryder and the others skimmed the difference between the real sales price of the property and the sales price submitted to the lender and upon which the lender provided funds. The co-defendants then divided the proceeds.

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CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE (BNO NEWS) – A woman, former resident of Manchester, New Hampshire, was sentenced on Monday to 27 months in prison and three years of supervised release, prosecutors informed.

Michelle L. Cote, 35, was convicted on federal charges of mail and wire fraud. She admitted to defrauding her former employer by writing checks against her employer’s checking accounts and using those checks to pay personal credit card expenses, without her employer’s authorization or knowledge.

Cote also used credit card accounts on her employer’s name and its principals to pay personal expenses including renovations to her home and for a family trip and cruise to Florida. The losses totaled an amount between $120,000 and $200,000.

In addition to her sentence, Cote will have to pay full restitution to the victims of her offense.

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CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE (BNO NEWS) – On Wednesday, a former New Hampshire registered nurse was sentenced to 30 months in prison for tampering with a consumer product and obtaining a controlled substance by fraud, prosecutors said.

Trinidad Smith, 28, was a registered nurse licensed in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. She worked at the Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua, NH. Due to her status as a registered nurse she had access to a secure area containing prefilled syringes.

From September 2007 to April 2008, she removed the substances from the syringes replacing them with saline. She took Demerol and Dilaudid, both known as controlled drugs, for her personal use. She returned the syringes and vials to the secure area for the patients’ use.

Fortunately no patient was injured by Smith’s criminal actions. Further exams revealed that the syringes were diluted as much as 92% and two of them had their sterility compromised.

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CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE (BNO NEWS) – A Massachusetts man was sentenced for robbing a New Hampshire Rite Aid pharmacy, prosecutors said Monday.

Joseph Savio, 31, of Lynn, Massachusetts, and Joseph Gordinas broke into a Rite Aid pharmacy in Ossipee, New Hampshire at approximately 3:00 a.m. local time, filled a sack with controlled substances stolen from a locked cabinet, and then fled the scene.

Police responded to the store alarm and engaged in a high speed pursuit of a vehicle operated by Savio’s brother, Mark Savio. Gordinas and Joseph Savio ran from the vehicle after it stopped as Mark Savio continued driving after the others ran from it.

Mark Savio was later caught hiding in a wooded area in the vicinity of the vehicle. Gordinas and Joseph Savio were arrested several hours later. The sack of controlled substances was recovered from the area in which Gordinas and Joseph Savio fled.

Joseph Savio as sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison after pleading guilty to the May 16, 2009 burglary. Following his prison term, he will serve three years of supervised release.

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CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE (BNO NEWS) – A Concord, New Hampshire man was sentenced to 80 months in federal prison for interference with commerce by threats or violence, prosecutors announced on Tuesday.

Robert Grey Boyd, 28, was also ordered to pay $2,056 in restitution to the victims and to serve three years of supervised release after his prison term.

On June 7, 2009, Boyd entered the Checkmate Pizza and immediately threw a brick to the cashier, narrowly missing the cashier’s head. He then brandished a large knife and demanded money. He also gathered other employee’s money and he even took one wallet.

Boyd was arrested on June 11th by the Concord Police Department following public identification. The knife used was also recovered.

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