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…
Grosse Pointe Park Man Sentenced for Scheme to Defraud and Steal Funds from Religious Charity
DETROIT – A Grosse Pointe Park resident was sentenced today to one year in prison and six months at a halfway house on wire fraud charges in connection with obtaining by fraud,…
Member of New Bedford Latin Kings Chapter Sentenced for Racketeering Conspiracy and Drug Trafficking
BOSTON – A former member of the New Bedford Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings”) was sentenced today on racketeering and drug charges. Roberto Vargas, a/k/a…
Louisiana man who came to Texas for drugs and firearm handed significant sentence
HOUSTON – A 41-year-old resident of Donaldsonville, Louisiana, has been ordered to prison for nearly 27 years following his convictions on drug and firearms charges, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. A…
Two Rhode Island Men Charged in Wide-Ranging Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy
BOSTON – Two Rhode Island men have been arrested and charged for their alleged roles in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy that spanned across Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York. Jasdrual Perez, 33,…
Eleven Individuals Involved In Osceola County Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced To Federal Prison
Orlando, Florida – U.S. District Judges Paul G. Byron and Carlos E. Mendoza have sentenced 11 members of an Osceola County-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) to federal prison sentences ranging between 15…
Haines City Man Sentenced To 3 Years In Federal Prison For Possessing Machinegun Parts
Orlando, Florida – U.S. District Judge Anne C. Conway has sentenced Marc Anthony Hayes (48, Haines City) to three years in federal prison for possessing 3D printed auto sear devices. Hayes had…
Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Bank Robbery
WILMINGTON, N.C. – A Harrisburg, Pennsylvania woman was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for robbing a bank in Ayden, North Carolina. She was also ordered to pay restitution for all…
Las Vegas Tax Preparer Sentenced To Prison For Tax Crimes
LAS VEGAS – The owner of a Las Vegas tax preparation business was sentenced today to three years and 10 months in prison for failing to collect and pay over employment taxes…
Helena woman sentenced to more than five years in prison for trafficking methamphetamine from Las Vegas into Montana
GREAT FALLS — A Helena woman who admitted to helping to bring pounds of methamphetamine from Las Vegas, Nevada, into Montana for distribution was sentenced today to five years and six months…
Gainesville Man Convicted For Failure To Register As A Sex Offender
GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA – Yesterday afternoon, a federal jury in Gainesville convicted Octavius Durdley, 43, of Gainesville, for one count of failing to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration…
Kentucky Woman Arrested For Assault on Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
WASHINGTON — A Kentucky woman was arrested today for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint…
Columbia, Maryland Drug Dealer Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for Heroin and Meth Drug Trafficking
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Scott Gregory Screen, age 56, of Columbia, Maryland to eight years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release,…
Virginia Man Pleads Guilty To Laundering Millions From Fraud Schemes Targeting Victims Across The United States Perpetrated By Ghana-Based Criminal Enterprise
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that FRED ASANTE pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering for his role in a criminal enterprise…
Inmate Sentenced to Over Four Years in Federal Prison and Second Inmate Pleads Guilty For Participation in a Racketeering Conspiracy at Maryland Correctional Institution Jessup
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced inmate Todd Holloway, age 36, today to 50 months in federal prison, consecutive to the state sentence he is currently serving, followed by…
Massachusetts Man Indicted for Obstructing Investigation into Fires at Jewish-Affiliated Institutions
BOSTON – Earlier today, an indictment was unsealed charging a Massachusetts man for allegedly obstructing an investigation into fires set at Jewish-affiliated institutions in Arlington, Needham and Chelsea, Mass. in May 2019.…
Man Pleads Guilty in Miami Federal Court to Acting as Russian Agent
Miami, Florida – Hector Alejandro Cabrera Fuentes, 36, a Mexican citizen who had resided in Singapore, has pled guilty to acting within the United States on behalf of a foreign government without…
Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Fraud, Money Laundering, and Obstruction Conspiracies
United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that Nathan Peachey, age 51, of Pennsylvania, convicted for his role in fraud, money laundering, and obstruction of justice conspiracies, was sentenced on Monday, February…
Chicago Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Rioting Charge
CHICAGO — A Chicago man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge accusing him of inciting rioting involving multiple incidents of property damage and looting in the city in the summer of…
Homer Man Receives Federal Prison Sentence for Possession of the Feather of a Bald Eagle
SHREVEPORT, La. – United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Daniel Glenn Smith, 20, of Homer, Louisiana, has been sentenced by United States Magistrate Judge Mark Hornsby to spend 30 days…
Two More Defendants Added to Federal Indictment Alleging Fraud Scheme at Chicago Elementary School
CHICAGO — An ongoing federal investigation into an alleged fraud scheme at a Chicago elementary school has resulted in charges against two new defendants. An eleven-count superseding indictment unsealed today in U.S.…
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