Department of Justice Press Releases- Page 315

November 2, 2025

New York man sentenced to 17 months for anti-Jewish hate crimes at city protests

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…

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

Cruise line worker sentenced in New Orleans for child exploitation materials

Colombian Woman Sentenced to 10 Years and $5 Million Forfeiture for Narcotrafficking

Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Hilda Maria Gonzalez Lopez, also known as “La Boyaca” and “Daniela,” who aligned herself with powerful members of Los Rastrojos, a breakoff group of the…

Former College Football Player Sentenced for Firearms Trafficking

NORFOLK, Va. – A Chesapeake man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for conspiracy to make false statements in connection with 45 firearm…

Grand Rapids Man Sentenced To 42 Months For Robbery

January 2022 Robbery of Lake Michigan Credit Union GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — James Paul Sciamanna, 49, from Grand Rapids, was sentenced to serve 42 months in the…

Former Social Security Employee of West Sacramento Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Defrauding the Social Security Administration

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Eric Lemoyne Willis, 46, of West Sacramento, was sentenced today to four years in prison for conspiracy to defraud the United States, theft of government property, and aggravated identity…

Woman Indicted in Connection with Fatal Nicholas County Shooting

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – United States Attorney Will Thompson announced today that a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment against a Nicholas County woman related to the June 3, 2022, shooting in…

Kalispell woman sentenced to five years in prison for trafficking meth in Flathead Valley

MISSOULA — A Kalispell woman who admitted to conspiring to traffic methamphetamine in the Flathead Valley after acknowledging she had planned to take possession of a two-pound package of the drug was…

U.S. Attorney’s Office Joins Plaza Tower Tenants to Combat Elder Financial Abuse

TYLER, Texas – The U.S. Attorney’s Office is promoting World Elder Abuse Awareness in conjunction with the Department of Justice’s Elder Justice Initiative to help seniors in the Eastern District of Texas…

KC Man Sentenced for Illegal Firearm

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Mo., man who was arrested when he fell asleep in another person’s car was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm. Christopher…

Hamden Man Charged with Mailing Numerous Threatening Letters

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division, announced that GARRETT SANTILLO, 43, of Hamden, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint…

Four Defendants Plead Guilty in $11.5 Million Fraud Case

LITTLE ROCK—Four women, all sisters, have pleaded guilty to their involvement in defrauding the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of over $11.5 million that was intended to benefit farmers…

Former Hawaii Senate Majority Leader Sentenced to 40 Months in Federal Prison

HONOLULU – Senior United States District Judge Susan Oki Mollway sentenced Jamie Kalani English, age 55, former Majority Leader of the State of Hawaii Senate, today to serve 40 months in federal…

CEO of Raleigh Healthcare Company Pleads Guilty to Multi-Million Dollar Healthcare Fraud

RALEIGH, N.C. – A Raleigh woman pleaded guilty today to Healthcare Fraud. According to the Criminal Information and evidence summarized in Court, Tanya Parrish Grant, 51, of Raleigh, pled guilty to a…

Robeson County Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Distributing Thousands of Illegal Prescription Pills while Possessing a Gun

RALEIGH, N.C. – A Robeson County man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possessing with the intent to distribute thousands of illegal prescription pills including…

Laplace Woman Sentenced for Violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act and Interstate Travel in Aid of Racketeering

NEW ORLEANS, LA – United States District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon sentenced TRACY MORGAN, age 51, a resident of LaPlace, Louisiana, on June 30, 2022, to a total of 46 months…

Former IRS Employee Sentenced to Over One Year in Prison for Tax Evasion

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division announced that Wayne Garvin, 57, currently of Columbia, South…

Rapper Who Bragged About COVID-Related Jobless Benefits Scam Agrees to Plead Guilty to Federal Fraud and Firearm Charges

LOS ANGELES – A rapper who boasted in a YouTube music video about getting rich by committing pandemic-related unemployment benefits fraud has agreed to plead guilty to federal fraud and firearms…

A Former Employee and a Contract Worker of Medtronic-CR Indicted for Conspiring to Defraud the Company of Over $1M and Launder their Proceeds

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging defendants Elieser Feliciano-Soto and José E. Santana-Criado with agreeing to benefit and enrich…