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…
Albany Woman Charged with Burglarizing Albany VA Building
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Jamie Varieur, age 42, of Albany, was arrested today and charged with burglarizing a dwelling at the Albany Stratton Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC). The announcement was made…
Couple Pleads Guilty to $5.1 M Pandemic Loan Fraud
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A couple who formerly resided in Hampton pleaded guilty today to submitting fraudulent disaster-related loan applications in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic. According to court documents, Malik Mitchum,…
Hattiesburg Man Pleads Guilty to Hobbs Act Robbery
Gulfport, Miss. – A Hattiesburg man pled guilty to unlawfully obstructing, delaying, and affecting commerce by using actual force or violence to steal a firearm from Academy Sports + Outdoors, announced U.S.…
Former Morgan City Bookkeeper Sentenced to Federal Prison and Ordered to Pay Over $3 Million in Restitution
LAFAYETTE, La. – United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Karen Duhon, 67, of Berwick, Louisiana, has been sentenced by Chief United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. to 60…
First Olympic Anti-Doping Charges Filed In Manhattan Federal Court
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 Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation…
Schuylkill County Man Indicted For Firearms And Drug Trafficking Offenses
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Alnaldo Perez-Rodriguez, age 35, of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, was indicted on January 11, 2022, by a federal grand…
Luzerne County Man Sentenced To 108 Months’ Imprisonment For Methamphetamine Trafficking
SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Edgar Mendoza, age 29, formerly of Drums, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by United States District Judge Malachy E.…
Former teacher sentenced to federal prison after admitting to child sexual exploitation
AUGUSTA, GA: A former Aiken County, S.C., teacher was sentenced to more than a decade in federal prison after admitting to sexually exploiting a Columbia County, Ga., minor. Jonathan Eugene Grantham, 45,…
Lexington Man Sentenced to 79 Months for Fentanyl Trafficking and Firearms Offense
FRANKFORT, Ky.— A Lexington, Ky., man, Fredrick Lester Jr., 40, was sentenced to 79 months in federal prison on Tuesday, by U.S. District Judge Gregory VanTatenhove, for possession with intent to distribute…
Indiana man sentenced to 18 years in prison for sex trafficking conspiracy
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Matthew “Stacks” Woods, 32, of Indiana, was sentenced in federal court on Jan. 10 to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by means of force, threats, fraud and coercion and…
Virginia Man Sentenced Over 12 years for Trafficking Methamphetamine
ABINGDON, Va. – A Bishop, Virginia man, who conspired with others to traffic more than 4,500 grams of methamphetamine from Georgia and Tennessee into Lee County, Virginia, was sentenced today to 151…
Belton Man Sentenced for Drug Trafficking, Illegal Firearms
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Belton, Missouri, man has been sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing firearms and for drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracies. Maurice L. Sneed, also known as…
Rollins Announces Appointment of First Assistant U.S. Attorney
BOSTON – U.S. Attorney Rachael S. Rollins announced that Joshua S. Levy has been appointed to serve as First Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. Levy was formally sworn-in…
Winamac Man Sentenced to 97 Months in Prison
SOUTH BEND – Terry Cottrell, 38 years old, of Winamac, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after pleading guilty to possession of child [censored]ography, announced United…
Boxford Plumbing Company Owner Charged with Tax Evasion and Mail Fraud
BOSTON – A Boxford businessman was charged today and has agreed to plead guilty to defrauding the government of more than $1.45 million by engaging in a multi-year tax evasion scheme and…
Troy Man Sentenced for Possessing and Intending to Distribute Cocaine and Cocaine Base
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Marquese Pompey, age 25, of Troy, New York, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for possessing cocaine and cocaine base with intent to distribute. The announcement…
Sinaloa Cartel Drug Trafficker and Money Launderer Sentenced to 188 Months in Prison
Assistant U. S. Attorney Larry Casper (619) 546-6734 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – January 11, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Roberto Gallegos-Lechuga, a drug trafficker and money launderer for the Sinaloa Cartel, was sentenced…
Louisiana Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing a Firearm as a Convicted Felon
Jackson, Miss. – Jordan Thomas, 24, of Vidalia, Louisiana, pled guilty today to possessing a firearm after having been previously convicted of a felony crime, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and…
Illegal Possession of Firearms Results in Federal Prison Time for Two South Louisiana Men
LAFAYETTE, La. – United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that two men from the south Louisiana area were sentenced today by Chief United States Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. for their…
Huntington Woman Pleads Guilty to Role in Nigerian Fraud Scheme
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A Huntington woman pleaded guilty today in connection with her role as a money mule in a Nigerian fraud scheme that scammed money from individuals, many of whom were…
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