Press releases from the U.S. Department of Justice
BOSTON – A Worcester man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester for using two victims’ identities to open bank accounts and attempting to purchase an $83,000 Chevrolet Camaro. …
BOSTON – A drug distributor within a Boston-area drug trafficking organization (DTO) has pleaded guilty to his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving cocaine and cocaine base (crack cocaine). …
BOSTON – Akorn Operating Company LLC (Akorn), an Illinois-based pharmaceutical company, has agreed to pay $7.9 million to resolve allegations that it caused Medicare to pay false claims. Specifically, Akorn …
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Today the Justice Department announced the establishment of three strike force teams created to enhance the department’s existing efforts to combat and prevent COVID-19 related fraud. The …
BOSTON – An Illinois man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with coercion and enticement of a minor. Domenique Dequon Hines, 25, of Crystal Lake, Ill., …
BOSTON – A New Bedford man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston in connection with heroin distribution. Ramon Serrano, 43, pleaded guilty on Sept. 12, 2022 to possession …
BOSTON – A Lynn man was sentenced on Sept. 12, 2022 for his involvement in a scheme to defraud a financial institution and to obtain money from its customers’ accounts …
DENVER – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Raul Rene Rodriguez-Romero, 33, of Highlands Ranch, has been sentenced to 5 years in federal prison after …
Seven suspects were arrested Tuesday in Tulsa for allegedly taking part in a drug trafficking organization operating in the Tulsa metro area that distributed counterfeit Xanax pills, cocaine, and fentanyl. “The …
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that VICTOR RIVERA was sentenced yesterday to 235 months in prison in connection with his participation …
LOS ANGELES – Federal prosecutors today filed criminal charges against nine defendants – seven of them dockworkers at the Port of Long Beach – who allowed more than $2.1 …
PITTSBURGH – A resident of Largo, Florida, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of mail fraud, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. Linda Baun, 73, pleaded …
HOUSTON – A 64-year-old Houston man has admitted to conspiring to commit mail fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Abraham Joseph pleaded guilty to engaging in the fraud scheme …
INDIANAPOLIS – Darren Farris, 46, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to failing to register as a sex offender. According to court documents, …
PITTSBURGH, PA – A former resident of Stockton, California, pleaded guilty in federal court to violation of federal narcotics and money laundering laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap …
ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Zane Matthew Young, of Coalton, West Virginia, has admitted to possessing fentanyl, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Young, 26, pleaded guilty yesterday to one count …
A man who was arrested in Los Angeles while trying to transport five pounds of methamphetamine to Iowa pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Kiyonte Levell Sowell, …
MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Two Hagerstown, Maryland residents were sentenced today for working together to illegally purchase firearms in Berkeley County, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Dwayne Anthony Battle …
MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Emmanuel Kwame West, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 130 months of incarceration for selling heroin and fentanyl, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. West …
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Khaseem White, 24, of Philadelphia, PA, pleaded guilty before United States District Court Judge Karen Marston to the charge of …
BOSTON – A Lawrence man pleaded guilty on Sept. 6, 2022 in federal court in Boston in connection with firearms and narcotics charges. Miguel Mejia, 35, pleaded guilty to one …
MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Sven Alston, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced today to 58 months of incarceration for distributing fentanyl, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Alston, age 33, pleaded …
Baltimore, Maryland – Zeno Burnette, age 24, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering conspiracy, including attempted murder, in relation to his participation in …
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A St. Paul man was sentenced to 516 months in prison followed by a lifetime term of supervised release for victimizing more than 1,100 minor girls …
LITTLE ROCK—A Little Rock man has been sentenced to 300 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. United States District Judge …