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…
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Louisiana Commemorates National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month (TDVAPM), a time to raise awareness about this all-too-common issue, focus efforts on ending the violence, and share resources for teens experiencing violence,…
Essex County Man Sentenced to Four Years in Prison For Conspiring to Steal Mail and Commit Bank Fraud
NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to steal check books and credit cards from the…
Drug Dealer Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Selling the Fentanyl that Resulted in Death of User; Longest Sentence to Date
Assistant U. S. Attorneys Stephen H. Wong (619) 546-9464 and Mikaela L. Weber (619) 546-9734 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – February 14, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Jahvaris Lamoun Springfield was sentenced in federal…
Chicago Attorney Convicted on False Statement and Tax Offenses in Connection With Funds Received From Failed Bank
CHICAGO — A federal jury today convicted a Chicago attorney on false statement and tax offenses in connection with funds he received from the failed Washington Federal Bank for Savings. PATRICK D.…
Charleston Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug and Gun Crimes
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Curtis Givens, 52, of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to federal drug and gun crimes. According to court documents, Givens admitted selling fentanyl to a confidential informant on two separate…
L.A. Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for $650 Million Ponzi Scheme that Falsely Claimed to License Foreign Film Rights
LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles man was sentenced today to 240 months in federal prison for operating a Ponzi scheme that raised at least $650 million with bogus claims that…
Romanian National Sentenced for Role in Multi-State ATM Skimming Scheme
BOSTON – A Romanian national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston on racketeering conspiracy charges relating to an ATM skimming operation that stretched throughout Massachusetts and other states including Connecticut,…
Beaumont Man Pleads Guilty to Armed Robbery of a Convenience Store
BEAUMONT, Texas – A Beaumont man has been convicted of federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Kenderious DaShawn Coleman, 20, pleaded guilty to…
California Man Sentenced To Prison For Unemployment Insurance Benefits Fraud
LAS VEGAS – A California man who admitted to fraudulently obtaining over $170,000 in unemployment benefits — by submitting multiple unemployment claims in other people’s names and using benefits debit cards not…
Man Indicted for Possessing U.S. Postal Service Key to Steal U.S. Mail from Postal Mailboxes
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA — U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that WAYNE C. WALKER, age 24, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was indicted on February 11, 2022 for Unlawful Possession and Use…
Portland Man Charged After Attempting to Open Emergency Exit on Portland-Bound Flight
PORTLAND, Ore.—A Portland man is facing federal charges after attempting to open an emergency exit on a commercial airline flight from Salt Lake City, Utah to Portland. Michael Brandon Demarre, 32, has…
York County Man Sentenced To 100 Months’ Imprisonment For Drug Trafficking And A Firearm Offense
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has announced that on February 10, 2022, William Dwayne Shelton, age 50, of Hanover, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by U.S.…
Harrisburg Man Sentenced To 15 Years’ Imprisonment For Firearms Offense
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Donald Jackson, age 36, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment on February 11, 2022,…
St. Croix Man Apprehended in the John F. Kennedy Housing Community Pleads Guilty to Felon in Possession of a Loaded 9mm Handgun
St. Croix, USVI – U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that a St. Croix man pleaded guilty on Friday, February 11, 2022 to felon in possession of a firearm. According to…
Tampa Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Cocaine While Carrying A Firearm
Orlando, Florida – U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell has sentenced Georgi Milenov Solakov (29, Tampa) to 10 years in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute 500 grams or…
New Haven Man Sentenced to 46 Months for Narcotics Distribution Offense
Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAMES LEE, 24, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to…
Albuquerque man sentenced to four years and nine months in prison for cyberstalking, online threats and identity theft
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Mark Christopher Arnold, 39, of Albuquerque, was sentenced in federal court on Feb. 9 to four years and nine months in prison for interstate communication of threats, cyberstalking, unauthorized…
Former Navajo Nation employee sentenced for federal program fraud
Relda Martinez, 57, of Prewitt, New Mexico, was sentenced in federal court on Feb. 10 to five years of probation and 50 hours of community service for federal program fraud. Martinez pleaded…
Bakersfield Man Pleads Guilty to Unlawfully Possessing Ammunition
FRESNO, Calif. — Jesus B. Cordero, 26, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to possession of ammunition after sustaining a domestic violence conviction, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents,…
Final Defendant Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Charges Related to a Series of Home Burglaries
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Demar A. Brown, age 38, of Paterson, New Jersey and Winston-Salem, North Carolina to 10 years in federal prison, followed by three…
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