Senate Clears Singer Bill to Protect New Jerseyans from Predatory Contractors
Sen. Robert Singer's bill that would establish a professional board to regulate home improvement and home elevation contractors was approved by the New Jersey Senate.…
Former Minister of Government of Bolivia, Owner of Florida-Based Company, and Three Others Charged in Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme
Two Bolivian nationals and three U.S. citizens were arrested on May 21, and May 22, in Florida and Georgia on criminal charges related to their alleged roles in a bribery and money laundering…
June 23, 2021
Former Bordentown Township Police Chief Sentenced to 28 Months in Prison for Lying to FBI
CAMDEN, N.J. – The retired chief of the Bordentown Township Police Department was sentenced today to 28 months in prison for lying to FBI agents who were questioning him about violating an…
June 3, 2021
DOJ Announces Coordinated Law Enforcement Action to Combat Health Care Fraud Related to COVID-19
The Department of Justice today announced criminal charges against 14 defendants, including 11 newly-charged defendants and three who were charged in superseding indictments, in seven federal districts across the United States for…
May 27, 2021
Third Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 10+ Years for Gunpoint Robbery of East Mount Airy Corner Store
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Maurice Quinn, 42, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, and five years of supervised release by United…
May 26, 2021
Manchester Man Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements to Get Social Security Benefits
CONCORD – David Johnson, 35, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court to making false statements to obtain Social Security benefits, Acting United States Attorney John…
June 3, 2021
Salem County Man Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearm
CAMDEN, N.J. – A Salem County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for illegally possessing a handgun, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Rahim Seals, 28,…
June 3, 2021
Passaic County Man Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison for Role in Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl
NEWARK, N.J. – A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, Acting…
June 3, 2021
Georgia Man Sentenced to Five Years of Probation for Conspiracy to Distribute Unapproved Drugs and Smuggling of Goods
CONCORD – George Kuiper, 74, of Lawrenceville, Georgia was sentenced to five years of probation for conspiracy to distribute unapproved drugs, distribution of unapproved drugs, and unlawful smuggling of goods into…
June 23, 2021
Former Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Prescribing Oxycodone
Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JENNIFER FARRELL, 38, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer…
May 26, 2021
Turlock Man Charged with Possessing Fentanyl and Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute
FRESNO, Calif. — On April 1, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Salvador Vega Rendon Jr., 28, of Turlock, charging him with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and…
June 3, 2021
Zachary Man Sentenced to 200 Months in Federal Prison for Gun and Drug Charges
Acting United States Attorney Ellison C. Travis announced that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced Eddie Darnell Jones, Sr., age 47, of Zachary, Louisiana, to 200 months in federal prison following…
May 26, 2021
Man Sentenced to 27 Months After Pleading Guilty to Escape
MADISON, WIS. – Larry Dollar, 49, Duluth, Georgia, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 27 months in federal prison for escape from federal custody,…
May 26, 2021
Former Philadelphia City Treasurer Charged in Superseding Indictment with Tax Fraud and Failure to File Tax Returns
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Christian Dunbar, 41, of Philadelphia, PA, the former Philadelphia City Treasurer, was charged by Superseding Indictment with two counts of filing…
May 26, 2021
Italian company admits guilt in scheme to evade U.S. national security trade sanctions
SAVANNAH, GA: An Italian company has entered a guilty plea in a scheme to evade United States national security laws. GVA International Oil and Gas Services (GVA) pled guilty in U.S. District…
May 26, 2021
Greensboro Physician and Pain Management Practice to Pay $500,000 to Resolve Allegations of Health Care Fraud
GREENSBORO, N.C. – HEAG Pain Management Center, P.A. (HEAG) and its owner, Dr. Kwadwo Gyarteng-Dakwa (Dr. Dakwa), have agreed to pay $500,000.00 to resolve allegations that HEAG and Dr. Dakwa violated the…
May 26, 2021
Former San Antonio Police Officer Sentenced to Federal Prison for Distribution of Obscene Visual Representations of the Sexual Abuse of Children
SAN ANTONIO – A federal judge yesterday sentenced 27-year-old former San Antonio police officer Sebastian Torres to eight years in federal prison followed by 15 years of supervised release for the distribution…
June 3, 2021
Rhode Island Woman Sentenced for $1 Million Embezzlement and Tax Fraud Scheme
BOSTON – A Rhode Island woman was sentenced yesterday for embezzling more than $1 million from her employer and failing to pay more than $260,000 in taxes on those funds. Barbara Levy,…
June 3, 2021
Members Of Identity Theft Ring Operating In Three States Are Sentenced To Prison
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Four members of an identity theft ring operating in at least three states have been sentenced to prison, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District…
June 3, 2021
Santa Rosa man faces methamphetamine and fentanyl trafficking charges
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Paul James Jaramillo, III, 31, of Santa Rosa, New Mexico, was arraigned in federal court on May 24 on an indictment charging him with possession with intent to…
June 3, 2021
Guatemalan Man Sentenced in Federal Court for Illegal Re-Entry
A man who was illegally in the United States was sentenced May 21, 2021 to 99 days imprisonment. Armando Ramirez-Lopez, 28, from Guatemala, received the prison term after a March 19, 2021,…
May 26, 2021
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