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…
Two Navajo Nation men sentenced for robbery in Indian Country
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Julian Silversmith, 44, of Jones Ranch, New Mexico, was sentenced in federal court on Jan. 28 to nine years in prison for one…
U.S. Attorney Ross Marks The End Of Human Trafficking Awareness Month With An Appeal To The Public
CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross is marking the end of Human Trafficking Awareness Month with a call to action for the…
Woodbury County Man to Federal Prison for Meth Conspiracy
Fabian Alcaraz-Santillan, 25, from Sioux City, Iowa, was sentenced on January 31, 2022, to 123 months in federal prison. Alcaraz-Santillan pled guilty on September 8, 2021, to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. At…
Felon Indicted for Shooting During Drug Trafficking Offense
NEW ORLEANS, LA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DANTE FRAZIER, age 42, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged on January 28, 2022 in a three-count indictment by a…
Olean Man Arrested, Charged With Making Interstate Threats
CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Luke Marshall Wenke, 29, of Olean, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal…
Two Huntington Men Appear in Federal Court in Connection to Roles in Multi-State Drug Ring
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Two men who participated in a drug ring and distributed various drugs in Huntington appeared today in federal court. William Raeshaun Byrd, 31, of Huntington, was sentenced to 15…
Felon Indicted on Federal Gun Charge
NEW ORLEANS, LA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ORONDE GABRIEL, age 37 of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged on January 28, 2022 in a single count indictment by…
Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Gun and Drug Crimes
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – An Ohio man pleaded guilty today to federal gun and drug crimes he committed while he was an inmate at the Western Regional Jail in Barboursville. According to court…
Culloden Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Methamphetamine
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Travis Lee Hanshaw, 49, of Culloden, pleaded guilty today to distribution of methamphetamine. According to the plea agreement and statements made in court, on June 15, 2018, Hanshaw sold…
Bluefield Man Admits Distributing Pound of Methamphetamine
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. – Eric Lee Flack, 43, of Bluefield, pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime. According to court documents, Flack admitted that on July 28, 2020 he sold approximately one…
Thirty-Four-Year-Old Houston Man Charged with Trafficking 13-Year-Old Female into the New Orleans Area to Perform Commercial Sex Acts
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Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty To Sex Trafficking By Force, Fraud, And Coercion
Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Henry Lee White, III (27, Orlando) has pleaded guilty to sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion and to possessing ammunition…
South Florida Political Consultant Who Defrauded Covid-19 Relief Program Headed to Federal Prison
Miami, Florida – Today, a federal district judge in Fort Lauderdale sentenced 29-year-old Damara Holness to 20 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for lying on a…
Somerset County Woman Charged with $1 Million Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan Fraud Scheme
NEWARK, N.J. – A Somerset County, New Jersey, woman was charged for her role in fraudulently obtaining over $1 million in federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans…
Rapid City Individuals Charged with Drug and Firearm Crimes
United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that two Rapid City, South Dakota, people have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Possession of…
Jury Convicts Big Cabin Man of Sexual Abuse and Strangulation
A Big Cabin man was found guilty late Friday for sexually assaulting and strangling a former dating partner, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. The jury convicted Christopher Michael Guinn, 23, of aggravated…
Virginia Inmate Sentenced for Role in Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Scheme
NORFOLK, Va. – A Virginia inmate was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for his involvement in a scheme to obtain pandemic-related unemployment benefits by using the personal identifying information of…
Illinois woman sentenced for to drug charge
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Joanna Masias, of Cicero, Illinois, was sentenced today to 30 months of incarceration for attempting to smuggle suboxone into FCI Gilmer in Glenville, West Virginia, United States Attorney…
Clarksburg woman sentenced for carjacking charge
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Courtney M. Oliverio, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 121 months of incarceration for a carjacking charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Oliverio, 40, pleaded…
Ohio man admits to drug charge
WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Nathan D. Smith, of Bridgeport, Ohio, has admitted to a methamphetamine charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Smith, 36, pleaded guilty today to one count of “Distribution…
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