U.S. Attorney, FBI bring murder charge in Indian Country

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Evan Haceesa…

Defendant charged in Zuni shooting case

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Nicholas Pinto…

Biogen Inc. Agrees to Pay $900 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Related to Improper Physician Payments

BOSTON – Pharmaceutical company Biogen Inc. (Biogen), based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has agreed to pay $900 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by causing the submission of…

U.S. Attorney’s Office Warns Skilled Nursing Facilities Not to Refuse Treatment to People with Opioid Use Disorder

BOSTON – As part of its response to the opioid crisis, United States Attorney Rachael S. Rollins sent a letter to all skilled nursing facilities in Massachusetts warning that refusing to provide…

Nigerian state official sentenced to 5 years in prison for stealing U.S. disaster aid and taxpayer refunds

Tacoma – A 45-year-old resident of Lekki, Nigeria, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 5 years in prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for his attempt…

Former Fort Hood Army Sergeant Sentenced for Fentanyl Distribution

AUSTIN – Last week, U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel sentenced Eri Gutberto Parra-Lopez, 25, of Phoenix, AZ, to 72 months in prison for distributing fentanyl. According to court documents, between May 2021…

Construction Firm Owner Admits Failing to Report $4.8 Million to IRS

LOS ANGELES – The owner of an Inland Empire business pleaded guilty today to filing false tax returns that failed to report more than $4.8 million over a five-year period, resulting…

Riverside Man Ordered to Spend 46 Months in Federal Prison in His Second Federal Case Stemming from Sale of Bogus Aircraft Parts

LOS ANGELES – A Riverside man who previously served a lengthy prison sentence in two aircraft-related cases was sentenced today to nearly four years in federal prison for selling bogus aircraft…

Sacramento Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy

Gulfport, Miss. – A Sacramento, California man pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Brad Byerley of the Drug Enforcement Administration.…

Chinese National Convicted of Acting Within the United States as an Unregistered Agent of the People’s Republic of China

CHICAGO — A federal jury in Chicago today convicted a Chinese national of acting illegally within the United States as an agent of the People’s Republic of China. JI CHAOQUN, 31, was…

Justice Department Awards Over $250,000 in Grants to State of Louisiana

You are here FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, September 26, 2022 U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance has awarded $253,191 collectively to the…

Justice Department Awards Over $250,000 in Grants to State of Louisiana

You are here FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, September 26, 2022 U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance has awarded $253,191 collectively to the…

Pierson Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years in Federal Prison for Meth Conspiracy

A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced on September 23, 2022, in federal court in Sioux City. Zackary Smith 35, from Pierson, Iowa, pled guilty on April 8, 2022, to…

Allport Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A former resident of Allport, PA pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. Tammie Brolin,…

Irvine Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Obtaining More Than $5 Million in COVID-Relief Loans for Sham Businesses

LOS ANGELES – An Orange County man was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $5 million in COVID-relief loans for three shell companies. …

Turtle Creek Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Using Stolen Credit Cards at Area Retail Stores

PITTSBURGH – A former resident of Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to five years of imprisonment on his conviction of identity theft offenses, United States Attorney Cindy K.…

Three Men Charged with International Market Manipulation Scheme

NEWARK, N.J. – An indictment unsealed today charges three men with orchestrating a large-scale market manipulation scheme related to two publicly traded companies, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. James Patten, 63,…

Georgia Resident Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for International Lottery Fraud Scheme that Victimized Elderly People in California and Elsewhere

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Adedayo Akinwunmi Agbayewa, 45, of College Park, Georgia, was sentenced today to five years in prison and ordered to pay $7,784,415 in restitution for a mail fraud and money…

Malden Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Methamphetamine

BOSTON – A Malden man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston in connection with distributing methamphetamine to an undercover law enforcement officer. David Desousa, 32, pleaded guilty on Sept. 22,…

La Crosse Man Sentenced to 24 Months for Illegal Firearm Possession

MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Shoua Lee, 41, La Crosse, Wisconsin, was sentenced on Thursday, September 22, by U.S. District…

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New York man sentenced to 17 months for anti-Jewish hate crimes at city protests

Ex-NASA employees admit to luxury home mortgage fraud scheme

Armored truck heist in Chicago Loop ends with suspect shot and cash recovered

Cruise line worker sentenced in New Orleans for child exploitation materials

U.S. Attorney, FBI bring murder charge in Indian Country

Defendant charged in Zuni shooting case

Biogen Inc. Agrees to Pay $900 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Related to Improper Physician Payments

U.S. Attorney’s Office Warns Skilled Nursing Facilities Not to Refuse Treatment to People with Opioid Use Disorder

Nigerian state official sentenced to 5 years in prison for stealing U.S. disaster aid and taxpayer refunds

Former Fort Hood Army Sergeant Sentenced for Fentanyl Distribution

Construction Firm Owner Admits Failing to Report $4.8 Million to IRS

Riverside Man Ordered to Spend 46 Months in Federal Prison in His Second Federal Case Stemming from Sale of Bogus Aircraft Parts

Sacramento Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy

Chinese National Convicted of Acting Within the United States as an Unregistered Agent of the People’s Republic of China

Justice Department Awards Over $250,000 in Grants to State of Louisiana

Justice Department Awards Over $250,000 in Grants to State of Louisiana

Pierson Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years in Federal Prison for Meth Conspiracy

Allport Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine

Irvine Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Obtaining More Than $5 Million in COVID-Relief Loans for Sham Businesses

Turtle Creek Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Using Stolen Credit Cards at Area Retail Stores

Three Men Charged with International Market Manipulation Scheme

Georgia Resident Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for International Lottery Fraud Scheme that Victimized Elderly People in California and Elsewhere

Malden Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Methamphetamine

La Crosse Man Sentenced to 24 Months for Illegal Firearm Possession

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