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…
Former employee at Sandia National Laboratories sentenced to 21 months in prison for mail fraud and theft
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Joshua Cordova, 39, of Albuquerque, was sentenced in federal court on Dec. 9 to a year and nine months in prison for mail…
Three Individuals Charged with Stealing Unemployment Benefits
NEWARK, N.J. – A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man and woman and a New York man were arrested today and charged for their alleged roles in a fraud committed in connection with…
New York Man Sentenced for Fentanyl Distribution
BOSTON – A Bronx, N.Y. man was sentenced on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021 in federal court in Boston for fentanyl distribution. Carlos Nunez, 49, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Indira…
Prison Consultant Sentenced to 6 Years for Defrauding BOP Substance Abuse Treatment Program
Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TONY TUAN PHAM, also known as “Anh Nguyen,” 52, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was sentenced today by U.S.…
Former Program Coordinator for the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts Sentenced for Bribery Scheme
LOUISVILLE, KY – A Louisville man was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in prison, payment of a $10,000 fine, and an order of restitution in the amount of $71,407, for his solicitation…
Nikolas P. Kerest sworn in as U.S. Attorney
Nikolas P. Kerest has taken the oath of office to become the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont. Mr. Kerest was nominated by President Joseph Biden on September 28, 2021…
Camden Woman Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Role in Drug Trafficking Organization
CAMDEN, N.J. B A Camden woman was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for conspiring to distribute heroin in the City of Camden. Elisa Rivera, 31, previously pleaded guilty before…
Two Armed Robbers Sentenced to a Total of 40 Years in Federal Prison
Memphis, TN – Corey Ray, 37, and Rodriguez Jones, 27, have been sentenced to a total of 40 years in federal prison for using a firearm during a crime of violence…
Mississippi Man Sentenced to 28 Years in Federal Prison for 4 Business Robberies
Memphis, TN – Jacobly Whitehead, 27, of Greenwood, Mississippi, has been sentenced to 336 months in federal prison for Hobbs Act robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.…
Carson Colony Man Sentenced To Prison For Killing His Son On Tribal Land
RENO, Nev. – A Carson Colony tribe member was sentenced yesterday to 70 months in prison for killing his son on tribal land in December 2019. According to court documents and evidence…
Maryland U.S. Attorney Erek L. Barron Announces More Than $1.8 Million in Grants from the Department of Justice to Reduce the Backlog of DNA Testing in Six Maryland Law Enforcement Agencies
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. Attorney Erek L. Barron today announced $1,835,897 in Department of Justice grants to six Maryland law enforcement agencies to be used to reduce the backlog in DNA testing…
Sex Offender Sentenced to More than Five Years in Prison for Failing to Register
A convicted sex offender was sentenced December 9, 2021, to more than 5 years in federal prison. Duane Levering, age 36, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, received the prison term after a July…
Hartley Man to Federal Prison for Illegal Possession of Firearms
A man who was prohibited from possessing firearms was sentenced on December 8, 2021, in federal court in Sioux City. Jeremy Walters, 40, from Hartley, Iowa, pled guilty on July 15, 2021,…
Toledo Man Charged with Submitting Fraudulent Claims for Tax Refund
U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that a federal grand jury has returned a two-count indictment charging Lance Harris, 42, of Toledo, Ohio, with two counts of filing false and fictitious claims…
Carroll County Man to Federal Prison for Meth and Gun Convictions
A man who conspired to distribute meth while possessing guns was sentenced on December 7, 2021, to more than 11 years in federal prison. Christopher O’Tool, 43, from Arcadia, Iowa, pled guilty…
NLRB Employee Charged With Bribery And Honest Services Fraud
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and David P. Berry, Inspector General of the National Labor Relations Board, announced today the unsealing of a Complaint…
Two Montgomery Men Sentenced for Illegal Possession of a Firearm
Montgomery, Alabama – Two convicted felons from Montgomery were sentenced to federal prison for possession of firearms, announced Acting United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart. On December 9, 2021,…
Missouri Woman Indicted for Pair of Bank Robberies
KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging a Missouri woman with two counts of bank robbery. According to court documents, on November 4, 2021, She’Toia Mitchell, 35,…
Camden County Woman Convicted in Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme
CAMDEN, N.J. – A Camden County, New Jersey, woman was found guilty for her role in an extensive scheme to obtain money through fraudulently obtained refund checks issued by the U.S. Treasury, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today. …
Woodbridge Resident Who Embezzled from Family Company Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion
Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Joleen D. Simpson, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, today announced that MATTHEW V.…
