Harassing Missouri Landlord Sued by Feds
SPRINGFIELD, MO – The Justice Department has initiated legal action against Jimmie Bell, a Springfield, Missouri landlord, accusing him of sexually harassing female tenants, a violation of the Fair Housing Act. Filed…
San Fernando Valley Family Members Sentenced to Years in Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining Tens of Millions of Dollars in COVID Relief
LOS ANGELES – Three members of a San Fernando Valley family have been sentenced – two of them in absentia after they fled justice following their convictions at trial – to…
Fort Lauderdale Jury Convicts Two Defendants for Stealing Veteran and Social Security Benefits: Three Others Plead Guilty
Miami, Florida – After an eight-day trial at the Federal Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, and following three days of deliberations, a jury found Omar Shaquille Bailey and Ronaldo Garfield Green guilty for…
Seven Members of Los Angeles-Based Fraud Ring Sentenced for Multimillion-Dollar COVID-19 Relief Scheme
Seven members of a Los Angeles-based fraud ring were sentenced for a scheme to fraudulently obtain more than $20 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) COVID-19…
$56 Million in Seized Cryptocurrency Being Sold as First Step to Compensate Victims of BitConnect Fraud Scheme
On Friday, U.S. District Judge Todd W. Robinson granted a request from the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California for authority to liquidate…
Oregon Man Charged with Federal Hate Crime After Attacking Gay Man
EUGENE, Ore.—A Springfield, Oregon man has been charged with a federal hate crime after using the internet to target and brutally assault a gay man, because of his sexual orientation. Daniel Andrew…
Alabama Man Sentenced to 22 Years After Conviction of Illegal Possession of Meth, 14 Firearms and Stolen Police Body Armor
Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that on Monday, November 15, 2021, Judge Christopher A. Boyko sentenced Brandon L. Sheridan, 35, of Mobile, Alabama, to 22 years in prison. A jury…
Husband and Wife Sentenced for Sexually Exploiting Five Children
INDIANAPOLIS – A Monroe County, Indiana couple have been sentenced for their roles in a scheme to sexually abuse five children and keep that scheme hidden from authorities. Matthew Cole, 31, was…
Gaston Man Sentenced to More Than Twelve Years in Federal Prison on Drug Charge
Columbia, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Johnny Ray Kinsey, Jr., 46, of Gaston, was sentenced to more than twelve years in federal prison after…
Aiken Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison on Ammunition and Drug Charges
Columbia, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Aaron Shawayne Griffin, 29, of Aiken, was sentenced to ten years in federal prison after pleading guilty to…
Federal Jury Finds Inmate Guilty of Brutal Prison Assault
Charleston, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that federal inmate George Hall was convicted following a jury trial in federal court for charges stemming from a…
Anson County Man Is Sentenced To More Than Six Years On Drug And Gun Charges
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Acting U.S. Attorney William T. Stetzer announced that Carnell Charles Caple Jr., 32, of Wadesboro, N.C., was sentenced yesterday to 76 months in prison and three years of supervised…
Oregon Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegal Firearm Possession on the Burns Paiute Reservation
EUGENE, Ore.—A man staying on the Burns Paiute Indian Reservation was sentenced to federal prison today for illegally possessing a shotgun with an obliterated serial number. Danny Hank Snapp, 31, was sentenced…
Panamanian Intermediary in Alleged Bribery Scheme Charged with Money Laundering Extradited to the United States from Guatemala
Luis Enrique Martinelli Linares (Luis Martinelli Linares), 39, a citizen of Panama and Italy, was extradited from Guatemala to the United States today to face an indictment filed in federal court in…
Manhattan Real Estate Fund Manager Charged With Securities Fraud Offenses
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Philip R. Bartlett, the Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), announced…
Panamanian Intermediary Charged with Money Laundering Extradited to the United States From Guatemala
BROOKLYN, NY – Luis Enrique Martinelli Linares (Luis Martinelli Linares) was extradited from Guatemala to the United States today on an indictment filed in federal court in Brooklyn charging him and his…
Former East Hartford Resident Admits Making Cell Phone Videos of Him Sexually Assaulting a Child
Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SAEED MUSTAPHA MOUSSA, 31, a citizen of Ghana last residing in East Hartford, waived his right to be…
Federal Jury Convicts Former Arnold Resident of Possessing Fentanyl and Heroin
PITTSBURGH, PA – After deliberating for more than three hours on Friday, November 12, 2021, a federal jury of nine women and three men found Kevin Watson guilty of one count of…
Tacoma woman charged with wire fraud for stealing more than $550,000 from friends and acquaintances
Seattle – a 40-year-old Tacoma woman appeared today in U.S. District Court in Seattle on a criminal complaint charging four counts of wire fraud for her scheme to defraud various friends and…
Lolo man sentenced to prison for role in meth trafficking ring
MISSOULA — A Lolo man who admitted to selling an undercover informant methamphetamine as part of a large trafficking ring was sentenced on Nov. 12 to seven years in prison to be…
Zachary A. Myers Sworn in as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS – Today, United States District Court Chief Judge Tanya Walton Pratt swore Zachary A. Myers in as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana. President Joseph R. Biden…