Department of Justice Press Releases - Page 858

September 16, 2025

Ex-NASA employees admit to luxury home mortgage fraud scheme

Armored truck heist in Chicago Loop ends with suspect shot and cash recovered

CHICAGO – A 23-year-old man was charged in federal court Friday after allegedly attacking an armored truck driver and stealing a bag of cash during a brazen daylight robbery in the Loop.…

Cruise line worker sentenced in New Orleans for child exploitation materials

Gun-for-drugs scheme lands Watervliet man in federal court

Former San Antonio Police Officer Sentenced to Federal Prison for Distribution of Obscene Visual Representations of the Sexual Abuse of Children

SAN ANTONIO – A federal judge yesterday sentenced 27-year-old former San Antonio police officer Sebastian Torres to eight years in federal prison followed by 15 years of supervised release for the distribution…

June 3, 2021

Rhode Island Woman Sentenced for $1 Million Embezzlement and Tax Fraud Scheme

BOSTON – A Rhode Island woman was sentenced yesterday for embezzling more than $1 million from her employer and failing to pay more than $260,000 in taxes on those funds. Barbara Levy,…

June 3, 2021

Members Of Identity Theft Ring Operating In Three States Are Sentenced To Prison

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Four members of an identity theft ring operating in at least three states have been sentenced to prison, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District…

June 3, 2021

Santa Rosa man faces methamphetamine and fentanyl trafficking charges

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Paul James Jaramillo, III, 31, of Santa Rosa, New Mexico, was arraigned in federal court on May 24 on an indictment charging him with possession with intent to…

June 3, 2021

Guatemalan Man Sentenced in Federal Court for Illegal Re-Entry

A man who was illegally in the United States was sentenced May 21, 2021 to 99 days imprisonment. Armando Ramirez-Lopez, 28, from Guatemala, received the prison term after a March 19, 2021,…

May 26, 2021

Leader Of Methamphetamine Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The leader and organizer of a drug trafficking conspiracy was sentenced on Tuesday to 15 years in prison for selling nearly 36 pounds of methamphetamine during the conspiracy.…

June 3, 2021

9 Department Of Correction Officers And Employees Charged With Taking Bribes To Smuggle Contraband To Inmates At New York City Jails

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and…

June 25, 2021

DOJ Announces Coordinated Law Enforcement Action to Combat Health Care Fraud Related to COVID-19

The Department of Justice today announced criminal charges against 14 defendants, including 11 newly-charged defendants and three who were charged in superseding indictments, in seven federal districts across the United States for…

May 27, 2021

Brooklyn Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Commit COVID-19 Relief Fraud

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Sean M. Andre, age 31, of Brooklyn, New York, pled guilty yesterday to conspiring with an Ulster County man to fraudulently obtain more than $5.6 million in government-backed…

May 26, 2021

West Virginia and Detroit residents indicted for drug trafficking operation

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Doriawn Eduane-Draphel Rogers, of Detroit, Michigan, appeared in federal court today after being charged with 10 others in a drug conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard…

July 4, 2021

Former North Shore Resident Charged With COVID-Relief Fraud

BOSTON – A former North Shore resident was indicted yesterday in connection with allegedly filing fraudulent applications for loans and unemployment benefits to obtain over $660,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan…

June 3, 2021

Midway Man Sentenced For Possession Of Ammunition

Greeneville, Tenn. – On May 24. 2021, Justin Robert Feagins, 29, currently of Midway, Tennessee, was sentenced to 120 months by the Honorable Judge J. Ronnie Greer, Senior United States Judge for…

May 26, 2021

U.S. Attorney’s Office and State and Local Partners Announce Expansion of Firearms Prosecution Initiative Targeting Gun Violence in Baltimore

Baltimore, Maryland – Today, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Jonathan F. Lenzner announced a significant expansion of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s collaborative initiative with state and local law…

June 3, 2021

School board leader sentenced in corruption scheme

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – The former vice president of the Brownsville Independent School District (BISD) Board of Trustees has been ordered to federal prison following her convictions of conspiracy and corruption, announced Acting…

June 3, 2021

Iowa City Man Sentenced to Federal Prison on Firearm Charge

DAVENPORT, Iowa – On May 21, 2021, United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Parish Bennett, age 33, of Iowa City, to five years in prison for Felon in…

May 26, 2021

California Man Convicted by Alaska Jury of Multiple Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses

ANCHORAGE – A federal jury convicted a Compton, California, man yesterday for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, attempted distribution of methamphetamine and cocaine, maintaining a place for drug purposes and…

May 26, 2021

Two Bank Executives Charged for Conspiring to Launder Hundreds of Millions of Dollars Through U.S. Financial System in Connection with Odebrecht Bribery and Fraud Scheme

An Austrian man was arrested today in the United Kingdom on criminal charges related to his alleged participation in a conspiracy to launder hundreds of millions of dollars through the U.S. financial…

May 26, 2021

Two Individuals Indicted for Money Laundering Related to Odebrecht Bribery and Fraud Scheme

Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, an indictment was unsealed charging Peter Weinzierl and Alexander Waldstein, both citizens of Austria, for their roles in a scheme to launder hundreds of millions…

May 26, 2021

Shrewsbury Woman Sentenced for Perjury in Connection With Insurance and Tax Fraud

BOSTON – A Shrewsbury woman was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for lying about her role with a Worcester-based employment agency while testifying before a federal grand jury. Linda Le,…

June 3, 2021

Middlesex County Man Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Conspiring to Export Firearms and Items Subject to Export Control List to Ukraine

NEWARK, N.J. – An Edison, New Jersey man was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for conspiring to export, without a license, firearms, and other items subject to the export control…

June 3, 2021

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