Department of Justice Press Releases

Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Edward E. Bohm, formerly the President of Sales and part-owner of mortgage lender Vanguard Funding, LLC (Vanguard), based in Garden City, …

FAYETTEVILLE – A Fayetteville man was sentenced yesterday to 126 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute a …

FAYETTEVILLE – A Springdale man was sentenced today to 156 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. …

CHICAGO — A federal jury has convicted a man of committing murder to maintain and increase his position in a violent Chicago street gang. PIERRE ROBINSON, 29, of Chicago, was …

Jackson, Miss. – A Jackson man pled guilty to armed carjacking, announced U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms …

MINNEAPOLIS – Vision Quest Industries, Incorporated (“VQ”) has agreed to pay the United States $2,250,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that VQ caused Osteo Relief Institutes (“ORIs”) to bill …

Richard G. Frohling, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that Kevin J. Mueller (age: 60) of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was sentenced on August 30, 2022, to 180 …

Jackson, Miss. – A California man was convicted Friday, August 26, 2022, by a federal jury for his involvement in a conspiracy to traffic over a quarter of a million …

Gulfport, Miss. – A Mexican citizen pled guilty to the federal felony offense of fraud regarding a visa, permit, or other immigration document. U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca of the …

Jackson, Miss. – A Jackson man was sentenced to 62 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and …

Ocala, FL – Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Benjamin Townsel (23, Ocala) to 12 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted …

Ocala, FL – Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Tevaughn Johnson (29, Jacksonville) to eight years and four months in federal prison for possessing a firearm …

Ocala, FL – Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced D’Andra Miller (22, Ocala) to 32 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted …

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –A Springfield, Illinois, man, Calvin Christian, III, 31, of the 1700 block of South College Street was sentenced on August 25, 2022, to 24 months in prison, to …

HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Nyree Letterlough, a/k/a “Gram” or “Grammie,” age 51, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on August …

Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Edrick D. Jackson (28, Lake City) to five years in federal prison for distributing cocaine base (“crack” cocaine) and …

Ocala, Florida – Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has found Michael Tyrone Young (32, Ocala) guilty of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Young faces a …

STATESBORO, GA:  A South Carolina man who referred to himself and his girlfriend as the “modern-day Bonnie and Clyde” has admitted using information gleaned from stolen mail to steal or …

SAVANNAH, GA:  The number of defendants charged with illegally obtaining pandemic relief funds continues to rise in the Southern District of Georgia as investigators identify those who used fraud to …

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A Jackson, Ohio man was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 108 months in prison for orchestrating a $50 million dollar Ponzi scheme that defrauded more …

TREVON JONES, also known as “Buda” and “Budda,” 20, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to a racketeering offense stemming from his …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – James Robert McKinney, 37, of Logan, was sentenced today to one year and nine months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for …

          LOS ANGELES – A Georgia man was sentenced today to 94 months in federal prison for participating in a nationwide fraud ring that used stolen Social Security numbers – …

NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CYNTHIA BOWLEY, age 67, of Meraux, was indicted  on August 26, 2022  with one count of aiding and assisting in …

ALPINE – A Mexican national was sentenced last week to 108 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute marijuana. According to court documents, on January 28, 2022, a …