Department of Justice Press Releases- Page 636

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

Wheeling man admits to drug charge

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Edgar Eugene Hatten, of Wheeling, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Hatten, 41, pleaded guilty today to one count of…

Enfield Man Admits Defrauding the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to Receive Benefits

Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut; Christopher Algieri, Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of the Inspector General, Northeast Field Office; and…

Hardy County man admits to drug charge

ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Scott Allen Greenwalt, of Moorefield, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Greenwalt, 49, pleaded guilty today to one count of…

Clifton Park Doctor Sentenced to 37 Months for Unlawful Drug Distribution

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Adrian Morris, age 65, of Clifton Park, New York, formerly a licensed psychiatrist specializing in addiction recovery, was sentenced today to serve 37 months in prison for distributing…

Pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt ARD LLC (formerly known as Mallinckrodt ARD Inc. and previously Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Questcor)) (collectively Mallinckrodt), has agreed to pay $260 million to resolve allegations that Mallinckrodt violated the…

Member of the Karon Foster Carjacking Crew Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Participate in Racketeering

Baltimore, Maryland – Malik Evans, age 25, of Baltimore City, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the…

Mallinckrodt Agrees to Pay Nearly $234 Million to Resolve Allegations Related to Price Increases

BOSTON – Pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt ARD, LLC (formerly known as Mallinckrodt ARD, Inc. and previously Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), has agreed to pay $233,707,865 as part of a settlement to resolve allegations that…

Monaca Man Distributed Cocaine to Lower Level Dealers and Drug Users

PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Monaca, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charge of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine, United…

Aliquippa Felon Sentenced to 5 Years for Drug and Gun Law Violations

PITTSBURGH, PA — A resident of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 60 months in jail on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute…

Romanian National, Part of ATM-Skimming Conspiracy, Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison

ROANOKE, Va. – A Romanian national, who traveled to the United States and participated in an ATM skimming conspiracy, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison. Marius Catalui, 47, pleaded guilty…

Darknet drug trafficker pleads guilty to conspiracy and firearm charges

Seattle – 28-year-0ld Nicholas Partlow of Issaquah, Washington, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to drug and gun charges, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Partlow admits selling drugs on…

Man Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Throwing Explosive Device Into Suburban Chicago Restaurant

CHICAGO — A man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for using an explosive device to damage a suburban Chicago restaurant. On June 1, 2020, DIEGO VARGAS, 27, of…

Second National from the Dominican Republic Pleads Guilty to Firearm and Narcotics Charges Stemming from Haulover Bay, St. John Shootout

St. Thomas, USVI – United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Joan Morales Nolasco, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller in the…

Louisville Man Sentenced to over 18 Years for Trafficking Methamphetamine in Knox County

LONDON, Ky. – Courtney Leo Pierce, 32, of Louisville, was sentenced late Friday to 220 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge Robert E. Wier, for methamphetamine trafficking. A federal jury…

MOX Services LLC, formerly known as CB&I AREVA MOX Services LLC (MOX), located in South Carolina, has agreed to pay $10 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act…

North Carolina Man Charged with Wire Fraud, Securities Fraud, and Money Laundering in Connection with Ponzi Scheme

NEWARK, N.J. – A North Carolina man was charged today for defrauding at least 25 people by operating a Ponzi scheme, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. David Schamens, 64, of Greensboro,…

Inmate at Maryland Correctional Institution Jessup Sentenced to Over Four Years in Federal Prison for Participating in a Racketeering Conspiracy

Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced inmate Jerrard Bazemore, a/k/a Tic, age 36, to 51 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a racketeering…