SHREVEPORT, La. – Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that two individuals have entered guilty pleas before United States District Judge Donald E. Walter in connection with …
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Chippewa Falls Man Sentenced to 6 Years for Possessing Methamphetamine for Distribution
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressMADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Justin Barnard, 36, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. …
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Marion Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Possess Fentanyl with Intent to Distribute
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressABINGDON, Va. – A Marion, Virginia man pleaded guilty last week to one count of possession with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl. According to court …
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Hermitage Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy Charge
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressPITTSBURGH – Harold Hooten pled guilty to conspiring to distribute cocaine base in 2020 and 2021, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today. Hooten, age 44 of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, …
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South Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Distribution of Methamphetamine, International Money Laundering, Gun Charges
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressABINGDON, Va. – A Greenville, South Carolina man, who formerly resided in Bristol, Virginia, pleaded guilty last week to distributing methamphetamine, international money laundering, possessing a firearm in furtherance of …
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Upshur County man admits to carjacking and firearms charges
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Chad C. Newcome, of Rock Cave, West Virginia, has admitted to carjacking and firearms charges, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced. Newcome, 40, pleaded …
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Arcadia Woman Pleads Guilty to Fraud Scheme Involving Nearly $23 Million Intended for Coachella Hotel and Condo Development
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressLOS ANGELES – A San Gabriel Valley woman pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for overseeing a scheme in which she misappropriated much of $23 million in …
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Man Sentenced to Prison after String of Grocery Store Robberies
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressRICHMOND, Va. – A Richmond man was sentenced today to 11 years in prison for committing robberies at four commercial grocery stores over the course of four days before taking …
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Removed Columbian National Indicted for Illegally Re-entering the U.S.
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressPITTSBURGH – One Columbian national has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of Reentering the United States, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman …
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Williamsburg Businessman Convicted of Tax Fraud
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressNEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A federal jury convicted a Williamsburg man yesterday on charges of filing false tax returns and failure to file a tax return. According to court records …
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KC Man Who Stole Gun from Murder Victim Sentenced for Illegal Firearm
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressKANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Missouri, man who stole a firearm from the victim of a fatal shooting in a liquor store parking lot has been sentenced in …
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Illinois Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking Two Victims Deceived with Promises of Help with Their Modeling Careers
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressLOS ANGELES – A Chicago man has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for luring two victims – both of whom were 19 at the time – …
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Leader of Money Laundering Network Responsible for Laundering Millions of Dollars in Drug Proceeds Sentenced
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Chinese national and naturalized U.S. citizen was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for conspiring to launder tens of millions of dollars in drug proceeds …
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Nine Therapists Arrested in Scheme to Defraud Program for Developmentally Disabled Children
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressA criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Marsiste Adolphe, Margaret Dominique-McLain, Mercedes Falcon, Tracy Gibson, Roselee Johnson, Jeannette Monclova, Manuel Moore, Kikelomo Ogundiran, and Dino …
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Leader of Money Laundering Network Responsible for Laundering Millions of Dollars in Drug Proceeds Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressThe leader of a money laundering network was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for laundering tens of millions of dollars in drug proceeds on behalf of foreign drug …
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Members and Associates of Alleged Louisville Drug Trafficking Organization
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressLouisville, Kentucky – Multiple members and associates of an alleged local drug trafficking organization and street gang known as “Everybody Shines Together,” or, “EST,” were arrested over the past week …
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Stock Trader Arrested And Charged With Securities Fraud For Using His Twitter Account To Operate A Pump-And-Dump Scheme
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressDamian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Ricky J. Patel, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations …
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10 Foreign Nationals Charged In Years-Long, Multimillion-Dollar Investment And Impersonation Scheme
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressDamian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector in Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), …
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Bloods Gang Member Is Sentenced To More Than 13 Years For Drug Trafficking
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressCHARLOTTE, N.C. – Today, U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney ordered Robert Allen McClinton, 32, of Charlotte, to serve 135 months in prison and eight years of supervised release on …
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Manchin Squashes Democrats’ IRS Bank Account Reporting Proposal
West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Tuesday came out against an IRS bank-monitoring proposal, predicting that the provision would ultimately be omitted from his party’s spending package. “I think …
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University Allegedly Attempting To Fire Professor For Saying Hurt Feelings Are ‘No Big Deal’
Coastal Carolina University theater professor Steven Earnest says his employer is trying to fire him after he wrote in September that students’ feelings were hurt too easily over a campus …
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State Inmate Sentenced to Federal Prison for Arranging Sale of a Firearm and Meth Sales from Behind Bars
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressPROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Rhode Island state prison inmate who arranged by telephone from within the prison to sell a firearm and methamphetamine to an individual outside the prison whose …
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New York Man Admits Role in Bank Fraud
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressCAMDEN, N.J. – A Bronx, New York, man today admitted his role in a scheme to steal bank customer identities and then use the information to steal more than $600,000, …
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Hanover Paving Company Owner Agrees to Plead Guilty to Tax Evasion
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressBOSTON – The owner of a commercial and residential paving business in Hanover has been charged and has agreed to plead guilty in connection with an income diversion scheme. William …
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Iowa Man with Prior Federal Drug Conviction Pleads Guilty to Another Federal Drug Crime
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressA man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine pled guilty October 21, 2021, in federal court in Sioux City. Dustin Joe Martinez, 33, from Sutherland, Iowa, was convicted of conspiracy to …