Department of Justice Press Releases- Page 487

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

DOJ Commemorates National Crime Victims’ Rights Week

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime (“OVC”) and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa will join federal, state, and local…

Stoneham Police Officer and Electrical Contractor Indicted in $36 Million Fraud Scheme Involving Mass Save Funds

BOSTON – A Stoneham Police Officer and his brother, an owner of an electrical contracting company, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly paying a Mass Save vendor company…

Ariel Quiros Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for EB-5 Fraud in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom

The United States Attorney’s Office announced that Ariel Quiros, 65, of Puerto Rico, and formerly of Key Biscayne, Florida, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison by Chief Judge Geoffrey W.…

Guatemalan Man Charged with Illegally Using Social Security Number to Obtain Employment

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on April 28, 2022 VICTORIANO CAMEY-ESPANA, age 38, a native of Guatemala, was charged today in a one-count bill of…

Austin Man Pleads Guilty to Internet Stalking

ALPINE – Yesterday Mark Richard Walters, 51, of Austin pleaded guilty to internet stalking and illegally possessing a firearm. According to court documents, on March 18, 2021, Big Bend National Park Rangers…

U.S. Attorney Announces Extradition Of Colombian National For Narco-Terrorism, Firearms, And Drug-Trafficking Charges

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Anne Milgram, the Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), announced today the extradition of CARLOS FERNANDO…

Orlando Man Sentenced To 27 Years In Federal Prison For Armed Carjackings

Orlando, Florida – U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Larry Burrows (26, Orlando) to 27 years in federal prison for carjacking and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a…

Durham Man Sentenced to 27 Months for Filing of False Tax Returns

GREENSBORO, NC – Markeith Jamar Norman, 56, was sentenced on April 29, 2022, to 27 months in prison for aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of a false tax return.…

Federal Jury Finds Granite Falls Man Guilty of Methamphetamine Distribution

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A federal jury convicted a Granite Falls man of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. Following a three-day trial before U.S. District Judge Wilhelmina…

Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced To 25 Years For Sending And Receiving Child Sexual Abuse Images And Videos Over The Internet

Orlando, Florida – U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton has sentenced Thomas James Harris (42, Orlando), a registered sex offender, to 25 years in federal prison for receiving and distributing child sexual…

Greensburg Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Theft of Government Funds

United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced Neiyondra Rogers, age 38, of Greensburg, Louisiana, to 33 months in federal prison following her conviction…

Federal Jury Finds Leader Of Drug Trafficking Organization Guilty

Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced that a federal jury has found Jonathan Jermaine Thomas (32, Ocala) guilty of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute more…

KCF Technologies, Inc. To Pay $1.2 Million To Resolve Civil Liability For Alleged Violations Of The False Claims Act

HARRISBURG, PA —The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that KCF Technologies, Inc., located in State College, PA, has agreed to pay the United States $1,226,436.14 to…

Wilmington Man Sentenced for Stealing Firearms From a Federally Licensed Firearms Dealer

WILMINGTON, Del. – David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Naushad Khan, age 24 of Wilmington, was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for stealing…

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona joins the Department of Justice and communities nationwide in observing National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, April 24-30. This year’s theme “Rights, Access, Equity, for…

Slidell Resident Sentenced to 120 Months for Conspiring to Distribute Five Kilograms or More of Cocaine, 280 Grams or More of Crack, And 1.5 Kilograms or More of Heroin

NEW ORLEANS, LA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that on April 28, 2022 U.S. District Court Judge Wendy B. Vitter sentenced KENDRICK DEMOURELLE, age 40, a resident of Slidell,…