Press releases from the U.S. Department of Justice
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – THEODORE HOLMES, age 34, a resident of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, pled guilty on December 13, 2022, before U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan to conspiracy to distribute …
MIAMI — Valesky Barosy, 27, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., has been convicted for fraudulent submission of COVID-19 relief loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Barosy submitted dozens of fraudulent …
Defendant was Armed With Knife and Joined in Chase of Officer WASHINGTON – An Iowa man was sentenced today in the District of Columbia …
NEWARK, N.J. – Five men were charged in an indictment and a New Jersey woman pleaded guilty in connection with a transnational technical support scam that targeted more than 20,000 …
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Rodney Kent a/k/a “Hott Rodd,” a/k/a “Hott,” 51, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced yesterday to 30 years in prison and …
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that KARL SEBASTIAN GREENWOOD, who co-founded OneCoin with RUJA IGNATOVA, a/k/a “the Cryptoqueen,” pled guilty …
Two individuals were charged with submitting fraudulent COVID-19 testing claims to multiple insurance agencies, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton. Terrance Barnard, 39, and Connie …
Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Mario Jerard Delancy (33, Ocala) with possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. If …
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Daquan Murphy, age 20, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 15 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised …
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington today sentenced Cleate Wilson (40, Tampa) to six years and six months in federal prison for forcibly resisting, opposing, impeding, …
MIAMI – Oscar Williams Jr., 30, of Opa-Locka, Fla., has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for extorting four girls into producing child sexual abuse material. He previously had …
MIAMI – A South Florida federal grand jury has charged Martin County resident Catherine Shannon Dunton, 54, with tampering with vials of liquid fentanyl at an outpatient surgery center where …
LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury has indicted two men who allegedly used the darknet and encrypted messaging applications to sell over 120,000 fentanyl-laced pills and other drugs …
LAS VEGAS – A U.S. citizen who previously resided in Ukraine was sentenced to 42 months in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit bank fraud. …
Defendant Accused of Assaulting Officer, Stealing Riot Shield, and Throwing Objects at Police WASHINGTON — A Maryland man has been arrested on felony charges, …
MINNEAPOLIS – A Lino Lakes man has been sentenced to 289 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for drug trafficking and firearms violations in connection to …
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Brooklyn Center man was sentenced to 124 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release for methamphetamine trafficking, announced United States Attorney Andrew …
POCATELLO and BOISE – Walter High Eagle, 51, of Fort Hall, and John Roger March, 60, of Boise, were each sentenced this week in U.S. District Court for separate crimes …
ATLANTA – Gerald D. Harris, a former supervisor in DeKalb County’s Tax Commissioner’s Office, has been charged with wire fraud for falsely claiming that he could register a stolen vehicle …
DENVER – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Justin Skiff, age 36, of Castle Pines, appeared in U.S District Court today to face one count each …
LAREDO, Texas – A 51-year-old Laredo resident has been sentenced for illegal firearms possession, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Hector Agustin Esparza pleaded guilty Sept. 12. Today, U.S. District …
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – On December 15, 2022, Jack D. Vicars, 49, currently of Bluff City, TN, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison by the Honorable Clifton L. Corker, …
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that EDIL RAMOS, also known as “E,” 40, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet …
PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Akron, Ohio, was sentenced by a federal judge in Pittsburgh on a charge of drug trafficking, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. …
PITTSBURGH, PA – United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today that Dion Williams has been sentenced in federal court to 20 years (240 months) on his conviction of violating …