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…
Nigerian National Pleads Guilty to Role in Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Nigerian national who was indicted in April 2021 in connection with a large fraud and money laundering scheme pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering. According to…
Detroit Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Detroit, Michigan man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug trafficking crime. According to court documents, Augustus Darryl Jones, Jr., 30, arranged to distribute methamphetamine to a confidential…
Fentanyl Traffickers Appear in Federal Court
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Two fentanyl traffickers appeared before U.S. District Judge Robert C. Chambers in Huntington this week, announced United States Attorney Will Thompson. According to court documents, James Lennon Pace, 33,…
Leader of multimillion-dollar tobacco tax fraud and money laundering conspiracy sentenced to prison
Seattle – A leader of a scheme to cheat Washington State out of more than $10 million in tobacco excise taxes was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 26…
U.S. Attorney’s Office Commemorates National Human Trafficking Awareness Day–January 11, 2022
PORTLAND, Ore.—Today, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon commemorates National Human Trafficking Awareness Day—January 11, 2022—and joins its federal, state, local, and Tribal law enforcement partners in declaring a…
UC San Diego Health Pays $2.98 Million to Resolve Allegations of Ordering Unnecessary Genetic Testing
Assistant U. S. Attorneys Joseph Price (619) 546-7642 and Joseph Purcell (619) 546-7643 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – January 11, 2022 SAN DIEGO – UC San Diego Health, the academic health system of…
U.S. Attorney’s Office Commemorates 11th Annual Human Trafficking Prevention Month
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA — The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina today commemorates National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, as part of the 11th annual National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention…
Federal Indictment Charges Chicago Attorney With Insider Trading
CHICAGO — A Chicago attorney used insider information obtained from a friend to purchase shares of an education-technology company before it publicly announced strong quarterly earnings, according to an indictment returned in…
Major Collection Of Cambodian And Southeast Asian Antiquities Is Subject Of Forfeiture Action Filed In Manhattan Federal Court
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Ricky J. Patel, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Department of Homeland…
Lawrence Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Participating in a Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl
CONCORD – Santo Benito Lara, 48, of Lawrence, Massachusetts was sentenced on Monday to 120 months in federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute…
Former Vermont Man Pleads Guilty to Theft of Government Funds
CONCORD – Paul Gracey, 57, formerly of Vermont, pleaded guilty on Monday in federal court to theft of government funds, United States Attorney John J. Farley…
Conroe man charged with funneling money to India
HOUSTON – A 48-year-old local man has been taken into custody on charges of obtaining over $600,000 from elderly victims throughout the country, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer Lowery. Authorities arrested Anthony Munigety,…
UC San Diego Health Pays $2.98 Million to Resolve Allegations of Ordering Unnecessary Genetic Testing
UC San Diego Health, the academic health system of the University of California, San Diego, has paid $2.98 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by ordering medically…
Providence Man Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man who admitted to participating in two deliveries of around 50 grams of fentanyl each was sentenced today to six years in federal prison. Andre Monroe, 32,…
Sixth Defendant Admits to Role in Bank Fraud Conspiracy
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Haverhill, MA, man today became the sixth defendant to admit his role in a wide-ranging scheme to defraud financial institutions in several states of more than $2.4 million…
United States Attorney Announces a Rhame, ND Man Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison for Sexual Abuse of a Child
BISMARCK – United States Attorney Nicholas W. Chase announced that U.S. District Court Judge Daniel M. Traynor sentenced Douglas James Schneider, Age 51 of Rhame, ND, to life in Federal Prison for…
Former Financial Controller Sentenced to Prison for Embezzling Almost Half a Million Dollars from Family-Owned San Diego Business
Assistant U. S. Attorney Rebecca S. Kanter (619) 546-7304 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – January 10, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Derick Jonathan Cameron of Vancouver, Washington, was sentenced in federal court today to…
U.S. Attorney’s Office Recognizes National Human Trafficking Prevention Month
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina reaffirms its commitment to combating all forms of human…
Harrison County woman admits to drug and firearms charges
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Sandra Lynn Burt, of Wallace, West Virginia, has admitted to firearms and drug charges, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Burt, 51, pleaded guilty today to one count…
“Long Time Coming” Update: Parkersburg Man Pleads Guilty in Connection with His Role in Methamphetamine Conspiracy
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Carlo Ramsey, 56, of Parkersburg, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, Ramsey admitted to assisting Ambera Roberts and…
