Department of Justice Press Releases- Page 31

November 2, 2025

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

HOUSTON – A Missouri City couple who once worked at NASA admitted Friday to running a years-long mortgage fraud scheme tied to the financing of their luxury home, federal prosecutors said. Noreen…

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

Cruise line worker sentenced in New Orleans for child exploitation materials

El Departamento de Justicia llega a un acuerdo con un distrito escolar de la Ciudad de San Bernardino para proteger los derechos civiles de estudiantes que están aprendiendo inglés

LOS ANGELES – El Departamento de Justicia anunció hoy que ha llegado a un acuerdo conciliatorio con el Distrito Escolar Unificado de la Ciudad de San Bernardino, el cual resuelve la…

District Man Pleads Guilty Mid-Trial to Hate Crimes Charges

WASHINGTON – Norman Wilson, 40, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today, mid-trial, to charges stemming from two assaults in which he targeted Hispanic individuals based on…

Pennsylvania Inmate Sentenced To 11 Months In Prison For Pandemic Unemployment Fraud

HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jeovanny Shultz, age 28, an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Mercer, was sentenced by United…

New York Attorney And Doctor Convicted Of Defrauding New York City-Area Businesses And Their Insurance Companies Of More Than $31 Million Through Massive Trip-And-Fall Fraud Scheme

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the convictions today in Manhattan federal court of GEORGE CONSTANTINE, a New York lawyer, and ANDREW DOWD, a…

Lynnwood, Washington man sentenced to prison for making multiple threatening phone calls to businesses in four states espousing racial hatred

Seattle – A 37-year-old Lynnwood, Washington, man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to two years in prison for making interstate threats and for a hate crime: interference with…

Former Chairman of Riviera Beach Housing Authority Pleads Guilty to Extortion for Kickback Payments

MIAMI – Delvin Thomas, 44, of West Palm Beach, Fla., has pled guilty to one count of extortion after using his chairman position to receive a kickback from a real-estate transaction. Thomas will…

District Man Sentenced to Nine Years for Manslaughter

Defendant Shot the Victim as the Victim Ran Away WASHINGTON – John Philogene, 24, of Washington, DC, was sentenced to nine years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release after pleading guilty…

Former Federal Detention Officer sentenced to prison for illegal firearm possession and obstruction of justice

Seattle – An employee at the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Detention Center (FDC) at SeaTac, Washington, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle for two federal felonies related to…

Two Tennessee Men Arrested For Planning Attacks On Law Enforcement Personnel And The FBI’s Knoxville Field Office

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A criminal complaint was unsealed today charging Edward Kelley, 33, of Maryville, TN, and Austin Carter, 26, of Knoxville, TN, with conspiracy, retaliating against a federal official, interstate communication…

Iowa Man Sentenced to 41 Months for Threatening United States District Judge

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Ted Earl Severeid, III, 40, of Des Moines, Iowa, was sentenced on December 5, 2022, by United States District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 41 months in prison, to…

District Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Aiding and Abetting Murder in Online Robbery Scheme

Defendant’s Co-conspirator Shot Victim After They Stole $225 WASHINGTON – Deandre Houston, 21, of Washington, DC, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release,…

Defendant Charged With Attempted Enticement Of Nine-Year-Old Boy

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of…

Harrisburg Man Sentenced To 18 Years In Prison For Cocaine Trafficking

HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Ricardo Soto-Delgado, age 48, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on December 15, 2022, to 18 years’ imprisonment…

Parties Agree to Pay $150 Million Toward Clean Up of Lower Passaic River in New Jersey

NEWARK, N.J. – The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today a proposed consent decree with 85 potentially responsible parties, requiring them to pay a total of $150…

Truck Driver Sentenced to 37 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking a Minor Victim and Producing Videos of the Abuse

PITTSBURGH, PA – A former resident of Hammond, Indiana, has been sentenced in federal court to 444 months in prison followed by lifetime supervision on his conviction of sex trafficking a minor…

United States Sues Michigan-Based NH Learning Solutions Corporation for Submitting False Claims for Inflated Post 9/11 GI-Bill Tuition Benefits

WASHINGTON –The Justice Department announced today that the United States has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act (FCA) against NH Learning Solutions Corp (NHLS). The complaint, filed in the Eastern…