Department of Justice Press Releases - Page 857

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

Heroin Dealer Sent Back to Federal Prison

A Chicago man who intended to distribute fentanyl and a heroin/fentanyl mixture was sentenced today to more than five years in federal prison. Chanord Hawkins, age 28, from Chicago, Illinois, received the…

May 27, 2021

Dominican National Sentenced for Fentanyl Conspiracy

BOSTON – A Dominican national previously residing in Lawrence was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for fentanyl conspiracy charges. Francis Jimenez Minyetty, 38, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge…

June 3, 2021

Fort Myers Drug Trafficker Sentenced To Eleven Years In Federal Prison

Fort Myers, Florida – U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Edgar Vazquez (36, Fort Myers) to 11 years in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute more than…

June 3, 2021

Three defendants admit participating in dog-fighting operation dismantled in Dodge County

DUBLIN, GA: Three of seven defendants have admitted in court to participation in a dog-fighting operation broken up in 2018 in Dodge County. Benjamin Shinhoster III, 41, of Augusta; Deveon Hood, 34,…

May 26, 2021

Company Owner Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Pension Contribution Reports

BOSTON – An owner of a New Hampshire asbestos abatement company pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to making false statements to employee pension plans. Gary McCaffrey, 66, of Salem,…

June 3, 2021

Grand Jury Returns Two Indictments

The charges against Fitzpatrick are the result of an investigation by the La Crosse Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Anderson is handling…

May 26, 2021

South Carolina Inmate Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Military Sextortion Scheme

Columbia, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Wendell Wilkins, 32, of Spartanburg, was sentenced to 66 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to money…

May 26, 2021

Nigerian National Charged for Role in Unemployment and Money Laundering Schemes

BOSTON – A Nigerian national was charged yesterday in connection with his alleged involvement in multiple criminal schemes, including romance scams targeting the elderly, the submission of fraudulent pandemic-related assistance claims using…

June 3, 2021

Mahoning County Man Pleads Guilty to Using a Firearm to Threaten a Jewish Community Center in Youngstown

Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that James P. Reardon, 22, of New Middletown, Ohio, pleaded guilty in federal court today to a two-count indictment charging him with transmitting a threatening…

May 26, 2021

Three charged in nationwide scheme to sell hundreds of thousands of fraudulent Texas paper tags

HOUSTON – Authorities are searching for two men indicted for using fictitious car dealerships to issue nearly 600,000 automobile paper tags and selling them on the internet without selling any cars, announced…

June 23, 2021

Former Minister of Government of Bolivia, Owner of Florida-Based Company, and Three Others Charged in Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme

Two Bolivian nationals and three U.S. citizens were arrested on May 21, and May 22, in Florida and Georgia on criminal charges related to their alleged roles in a bribery and money laundering…

June 23, 2021

Former Bordentown Township Police Chief Sentenced to 28 Months in Prison for Lying to FBI

CAMDEN, N.J. – The retired chief of the Bordentown Township Police Department was sentenced today to 28 months in prison for lying to FBI agents who were questioning him about violating an…

June 3, 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

Third Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 10+ Years for Gunpoint Robbery of East Mount Airy Corner Store

PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Maurice Quinn, 42, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, and five years of supervised release by United…

May 26, 2021

Manchester Man Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements to Get Social Security Benefits

CONCORD – David Johnson, 35, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court to making false statements to obtain Social Security benefits, Acting United States Attorney John…

June 3, 2021

Salem County Man Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearm

CAMDEN, N.J. – A Salem County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for illegally possessing a handgun, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Rahim Seals, 28,…

June 3, 2021

Passaic County Man Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison for Role in Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl

NEWARK, N.J. – A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, Acting…

June 3, 2021

Georgia Man Sentenced to Five Years of Probation for Conspiracy to Distribute Unapproved Drugs and Smuggling of Goods

CONCORD – George Kuiper, 74, of Lawrenceville, Georgia was sentenced to five years of probation for conspiracy to distribute unapproved drugs, distribution of unapproved drugs, and unlawful smuggling of goods into…

June 23, 2021

Former Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Prescribing Oxycodone

Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JENNIFER FARRELL, 38, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer…

May 26, 2021

Turlock Man Charged with Possessing Fentanyl and Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute

FRESNO, Calif. — On April 1, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Salvador Vega Rendon Jr., 28, of Turlock, charging him with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and…

June 3, 2021

Zachary Man Sentenced to 200 Months in Federal Prison for Gun and Drug Charges

Acting United States Attorney Ellison C. Travis announced that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced Eddie Darnell Jones, Sr., age 47, of Zachary, Louisiana, to 200 months in federal prison following…

May 26, 2021

Man Sentenced to 27 Months After Pleading Guilty to Escape

MADISON, WIS. – Larry Dollar, 49, Duluth, Georgia, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 27 months in federal prison for escape from federal custody,…

May 26, 2021

Former Philadelphia City Treasurer Charged in Superseding Indictment with Tax Fraud and Failure to File Tax Returns

PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Christian Dunbar, 41, of Philadelphia, PA, the former Philadelphia City Treasurer, was charged by Superseding Indictment with two counts of filing…

May 26, 2021

Italian company admits guilt in scheme to evade U.S. national security trade sanctions

SAVANNAH, GA: An Italian company has entered a guilty plea in a scheme to evade United States national security laws. GVA International Oil and Gas Services (GVA) pled guilty in U.S. District…

May 26, 2021

Greensboro Physician and Pain Management Practice to Pay $500,000 to Resolve Allegations of Health Care Fraud

GREENSBORO, N.C. – HEAG Pain Management Center, P.A. (HEAG) and its owner, Dr. Kwadwo Gyarteng-Dakwa (Dr. Dakwa), have agreed to pay $500,000.00 to resolve allegations that HEAG and Dr. Dakwa violated the…

May 26, 2021

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