Department of Justice Press Releases- Page 623

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

Grand Jury indicts former St. Louis school principal and co-conspirator in murder for hire plot

ST. LOUIS – A federal grand jury indicted Cornelius M. Green and Phillip J. Cutler on March 9, 2022, for conspiracy to commit murder for hire and murder for hire that resulted…

Two Gastonia Drug Traffickers Are Sentenced To 15+ Years In Federal Prison

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Today, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr. handed down lengthy prison sentences to two individuals convicted of drug trafficking in Gaston County, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney…

Las Vegas Man Pleads Guilty To Committing COVID Relief Fraud While On Pretrial Release

LAS VEGAS – A Las Vegas man pleaded guilty yesterday to participating in a scheme to defraud the Small Business Administration and a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) lender while he was on…

20 Indicted on Drug and Gun Charges

PITTSBURGH, PA – Twenty residents of the Western District of Pennsylvania have been charged by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh in four separate but related Indictments with violations of the federal…

Luzerne County Man Pleads Guilty To Fentanyl Trafficking

SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Thomas Evanchik, age 41, formerly of Kingston, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on March 9, 2022, before U.S. District…

Previously Convicted Felon from Philadelphia Sentenced to Over 14 Years After Second Federal Drug Trafficking Conviction

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Jose Manuel Figueroa, 52, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to 14 years and seven months in prison, and six years of supervised…

Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Felony Charge for Offenses Committed During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

WASHINGTON – A Texas man pleaded guilty yesterday to a felony charge related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted…

Louisiana Man Convicted of Traveling Across State Line to Engage in Sex with a Minor

Oxford, MS – A federal jury convicted a Louisiana man this week of traveling from one state to another with the intent to engage in sexual conduct with a minor. According to…

Leader of Violent Gang on Staten Island Indicted for Murder in-Aid-of Racketeering

A superseding indictment was filed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging John Pena, also known as “Tragedy,” “Don Tragg,” “Last Don” and “Money Baggz,” with murder in-aid-of-racketeering for the March 10,…

Three Men Will Serve Time in Prison for Smuggling Drugs into Prison

Greenville, MS – Three Puerto Rican men have been sentenced to prison for conspiring to distribute illegal narcotics. According to court documents, Christian Jose Collazo Torres, 28, of Ponce, Puerto Rico, Neftali…

Former Canadian Government Employee Extradited to the United States to Face Charges for Dozens of Ransomware Attacks Resulting in the Payment of Tens of Millions of Dollars in Ransoms

Tampa, FL – A Canadian man was extradited yesterday from Canada to the United States on an indictment returned in the Middle District of Florida that charges him with conspiracy to commit…

Law Enforcement Operation Results in 25 Arrests for Drug-trafficking Conspiracy, Illegal Firearms

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An investigation into an armed and violent drug-trafficking organization led to the arrests of 25 Kansas City, Missouri, area residents this week in an operation that involved more…

Man Sentenced for Hurling Molotov Cocktail at Newark Planned Parenthood

WILMINGTON, Del. – David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that 20-year-old Samuel Gulick, of Middletown, was sentenced in federal court yesterday for crimes associated with fire-bombing a…

Danville Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and the Unlawful Use of Firearms

URBANA, Ill. – A Danville, Illinois, man, Deandre Smith, 35, was sentenced on March 8, 2022, to a combined term of 120 months in the Bureau of Prisons for convictions including distribution…

Charlotte Man Convicted Of Using Stolen Identities To Defraud Government-Funded COVID-19 Relief Programs Is Sentenced To Five Years In Prison

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – U.S. Attorney Dena J. King announced today that Keon Taylor, 31, of Charlotte, was sentenced to five years in prison and three years of supervised release for using stolen…

Hyattsville Man Sentenced to Three Years in Federal Prison for Bank Fraud Conspiracy That Intended to Cause a Loss of More Than $4.1 Million

Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Oyekanmi Oworu, age 35, of Hyattsville, Maryland to three years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy…