Press releases from the U.S. Department of Justice
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Mexican national who has been deported seven times after illegally entering the United States was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a …
CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Margiotta, 50, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District …
BOSTON – A Lexington doctor and his wife, who works as his office manager, were charged today in a superseding indictment in connection with an international money laundering scheme involving …
Tacoma – A registered sex offender from Skamania County was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 251 months in prison for production of child [censored]ography, announced Acting U.S. …
PLANO, Texas – A Gainesville convicted felon has been sentenced to federal prison for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today. …
A Long Beach, California man was sentenced today to 45 years in federal prison after being convicted at trial of committing a spree of violent cell phone store robberies, announced …
NEWARK, N.J. – An alleged member of a Jersey City, New Jersey, gang has been charged with the March 31, 2020, murder of a Jersey City resident, Acting U.S. Attorney …
Baltimore, Maryland – St. Jude Medical, Inc. (St. Jude) has agreed to pay $27 million to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that, between November 2014 and October 2016, …
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Today, a father and son were arrested and charged in a bank fraud scheme in which they provided fraudulent information to financial institutions for the purpose of …
MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Jessica Lee Lynch, of Augusta, West Virginia, has admitted to her role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Lynch, …
Assistant U. S. Attorneys Michael A. Deshong and Adam Gordon (619) 546-9290 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY—July 8, 2021 SAN DIEGO—Olatunde James Temitope Akintonde of El Cajon pleaded guilty in federal court …
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Rebecca F. Bragg, 37, pleaded guilty to fraud in connection with major disaster or emergency benefits. According to court documents, in June 2016, at the time of …
SAN ANTONIO – A federal jury today convicted Rick A. Benavides, a 48-year-old Department of Defense information technology contractor, of attempting to entice a child to engage in sexual activity. …
PORTLAND, Ore.—After serving more than 15 years in federal prison for his first conviction under the Armed Career Criminal Act, a Portland man is headed back to federal prison for …
FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Cesar Castro, 41, of Modesto, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, and …
FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Carlos Perez, 45, of Fresno, charging him with assault on a federal contractor, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip …
LAREDO, Texas – A 32-year-old Houstonian has been ordered to federal prison for conspiracy to transport illegal aliens, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Brodrick Keith Rhodes pleaded guilty …
MISSOULA –A former lawyer who also was a licensed realtor and ran a construction company today admitted charges in which he defrauded investors, losing more than $1 million in the …
FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today against Jesus Manuel Morfin Villa, 27, of Delano, charging him with distribution of methamphetamine and distribution of fentanyl, …
FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment today against Regino Garcia Jr., 20, and Anthony Martinez, 24, both of Tulare County, charging them with dealing firearms …
POCATELLO – Scott Halford, 50, of Burley, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for causing a fire, other than a campfire or the industrial flaring of gas, to be ignited …
BOISE – Darin Lee Meeks, 50, of Garden City, was sentenced to six years in federal prison based upon his March 2021 guilty plea to distribution of methamphetamine, Acting U.S. …
Jackson, Miss. – A former employee of the Pearl River Resort – Silver Star Hotel & Casino was sentenced today to a probation term of five years, and ordered to …
A Vinita veterinarian was sentenced in federal court for failing to report an arson and will pay more than $300,000 in restitution to the victims of the crime, announced Acting …
SAN FRANCISCO – Today, the court unsealed an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in San Francisco charging Racho Jordanov, the co-founder and former Chief Executive Office of JHL …