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…
Columbia Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison on Narcotics and Firearms Charges
Columbia, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Darryl Ryan Bostick, 39, of Columbia, was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to…
Anesthesia providers and outpatient surgery centers pay more than $28 million to resolve kickback and False Claims Act allegations
ATLANTA – Three anesthesia providers and several Georgia outpatient surgery centers, as well as their physician-owners and an administrator, agreed to pay more than $28 million to resolve allegations that they entered…
Acting U.S. Attorney Chase Announces the Indictment of Five People in a Methamphetamine Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Directed at the Spirit Lake and Turtle Mountain Reservations
Fargo – Acting United States Attorney Nick Chase announced that a federal grand jury has indicted five individuals for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Distribution of…
Charlotte Woman Is Sentenced To More Than Nine Years For Assaulting A U.S. Probation Officer
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Tamara Devonna McClellan, 32, of Charlotte, was ordered to serve 115 months in prison late yesterday for assaulting a federal Probation Officer, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney…
HSI and local law enforcement investigation leads to lengthy federal prison sentence for child exploitation
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – An Elizabethton man will serve 210 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to distribution of child [censored]ography. The case was investigated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland…
Los Angeles casino agrees to pay $500,000 settlement and submit to increased review of anti-money laundering compliance program
LOS ANGELES – To resolve an investigation into alleged violations of the anti-money laundering provisions of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the partnership that operates the Bicycle Hotel & Casino in Bell…
10 individuals face criminal charges for human smuggling incident resulting in multiple deaths, following HSI investigation
DEL RIO, Texas – On Nov. 4, special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) Del Rio office arrested a woman from Austin, Texas the tenth and…
Marana Man Sentenced to Five Years for Sexual Abuse of a Minor and Abusive Sexual Contact
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Last week, Roy Dominic Robles, 35, of Marana, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan M. Brnovich to a total of 60 months in prison, followed by 15…
Federal Law Enforcement in Chicago Seizes Private Plane and 100 Kilograms of Cocaine; Three Defendants Arrested
CHICAGO — Three individuals have been arrested on federal charges as part of an investigation that disrupted a suspected Mexico-to-Chicago drug pipeline and resulted in government seizures of a private plane and…
Man Pleads Guilty to Robbing a Victim for Money and Drugs
A Tulsa man pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court for assaulting and threatening to kill a victim, robbing him of hundreds of dollars, then carjacking his vehicle, announced Acting U.S. Attorney…
Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Over 24 Years in Prison
Gulfport, Miss. – A Dominican man was sentenced to 293 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and attempt to distribute cocaine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Acting Special…
Tulsa Man Whose Children Died in a Hot Vehicle Sentenced for Child Neglect
A Tulsa man was sentenced Monday in federal court for leaving his two children unsupervised for more than four hours, at which time the children gained access to his parked vehicle and…
Former Office Manager Sentenced on Fraud Charges
SAN ANTONIO – A former office manager of a prominent local dermatology practice was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for defrauding a medical practice of nearly $350,000 from patient billings…
Enrolled member of the Navajo Nation pleads guilty to federal assault charges
ALBUQERQUE, N.M. – Quincee Zohnnie, 25, of Shiprock, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, pleaded guilty in federal court on Oct. 26 to assault with a…
Kings County Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing $87,000 in Social Security Benefits
FRESNO, Calif. — Deborah Rossoni, 58, of Lemoore, pleaded guilty today to stealing $87,000 in Social Security payments and agreed to pay full restitution to the Social Security Administration, Acting U.S. Attorney…
Former California Resident Pleads Guilty to Defrauding the State of California of over $10 Million in Tax Revenue
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Akrum Alrahib, 43, of Miami, Florida, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit mail fraud in non-cigarette tobacco schemes that defrauded the State of California of over $10 million in…
Bridgeport Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison
Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANTHONY FIGUEROA-GONZALEZ, 29, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to…
Methamphetamine Dealer Who Possessed Two Firearms Sentenced to More than Seven Years in Federal Prison
A man who possessed two firearms and admitted to buying over a pound of methamphetamine was sentenced on November 5, 2021, to more than seven years in federal prison. Todd Fritz Groom,…
Three Charged with Hartford-Area Fentanyl and Cocaine Trafficking Offenses
Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that a…
Boston Man Sentenced for Firearm and Ammunition Offenses
BOSTON – A Boston man was sentenced today for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition. Rahshjeem Benson, a/k/a “Six Nine,” 39, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin…