Department of Justice Press Releases- Page 468

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

Horse Doping Drug Seller Convicted In Manhattan Federal Court

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the conviction at trial of defendant LISA GIANNELLI, on one count of drug adulteration and misbranding, with intent…

Garysburg Man Sentenced to 72 Months for Firearm and Crack Cocaine Charges

RALEIGH, N.C. – Calvin McKinley Hughes, 39, of Garysburg, Northampton County, was sentenced today to 72 months in prison for possessing crack cocaine with intent to distribute and for possessing a firearm…

MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced to Life in Prison for Racketeering Conspiracy Involving Multiple Murders

Baltimore, Maryland – Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar today sentenced Oscar Armando Sorto Romero, a/k/a “Lobo,” age 23, to life in federal prison for a racketeering conspiracy and for racketeering,…

Iraqi Citizen Sentenced for Lying to U.S. Immigration Officials About His Membership in Middle Eastern Paramilitary Group

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Chasib Hafedh Saadoon Al Fawadi, age 36, an Iraqi citizen residing in Geddes, New York, was sentenced today to serve 48 months in federal prison for his convictions…

Wheeling man admits to firearms charge

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Christopher Wright of Wheeling, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Wright, 42, pleaded guilty today to today on one count…

Texas Man Sentenced for Defrauding Cisco Systems and Other Companies Out of Over $1.9 Million in Computer Hardware and Electronics

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Vaugh Simon, 29, of Pearland, TX, was sentenced today to one year and three months in prison, and was ordered to pay…

Montgomery County Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty to Distribution of Fentanyl that Led to an Overdose Death

Greenbelt, Maryland – Enitan Mouroukeji Agbi, a/k/a “Anton Agbi,” and “Tone,” age 38, of Germantown, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to distribution of fentanyl. Agbi admitted that Victim 1 died as a result…

Massachusetts Woman Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud

CONCORD – Donna Silva, 44, of Lowell, Massachusetts pleaded guilty in federal court to bank fraud, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today. …

Greene County Commissioner of Revenue Resigns and Pleads Guilty

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. –The former Commissioner of Revenue for Greene County, Virginia, resigned from his elected position in connection with pleading guilty today in federal court to attempted witness tampering, a felony offense.…

Rochester Man Sentenced to 72 Months For Drug Trafficking and Firearm Charges

CONCORD – Zachary Poisson, 27, of Rochester, was sentenced to 72 months in federal prison for drug and firearm charges, United States Attorney Jane E. Young…

Steubenville man sentenced to more than 7 years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A Steubenville, Ohio, man was sentenced in federal court today to 90 months in prison for his involvement in fentanyl trafficking. Llyod George Douglas, Jr., 39, pleaded guilty…

Eastern Shore Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing More Than $1.8 Million From a Salisbury Corporation Where He Worked

Baltimore, Maryland – Duane G. Larmore, age 47, of Salisbury, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to a wire fraud conspiracy and to aggravated identity theft in connection with the theft of more than…

Missoula man admits trafficking and firearm crimes after law enforcement seize more than seven pounds of meth, fentanyl and a handgun

MISSOULA — A Missoula man today admitted to drug trafficking and firearm crimes after law enforcement seized more than seven pounds of meth from his residence and vehicle, fentanyl and a handgun,…

Nearly 100 dogs rescued during investigation into animal fighting

SAVANNAH, GA: Nearly 100 dogs were rescued as a result of an investigation into animal fighting in three Georgia counties. The investigation, led by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Inspector…

Man Who Illegally Possessed Firearm and Led Police on High Speed Chase Sentenced to Federal Prison

A man who led officers on a high-speed chase while illegally possessing a firearm was sentenced today to more than two years in federal prison. Davon Terrell Biddle, age 22, from Waterloo,…

Man Sentenced to Prison for Possessing Guns While Using and Selling Marijuana

A man who possessed firearms while being a marijuana user and dealer was sentenced today to more than four years in federal prison. Xzavier Kristian Cummings, age 22, from Waterloo, Iowa, received…

Jury Convicts Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Professor of Concealing Foreign Bank Account from the Internal Revenue Service

Benton, Ill. – Dr. Mingqing Xiao, 60, of Makanda, Illinois, was convicted by a federal jury on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, in connection with lying to federal authorities about a foreign bank account in…