United States Citizen Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Assist North Korea In Evading Sanctions

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that VIRGIL GRIFFITH, a U.S. citizen, pled guilty to conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers…

Machine Gun Kelly Gets Into Fight With Concertgoer Mid-Song

Musician Machine Gun Kelly (MGK) reportedly got into a fight with a concertgoer while performing at the Louder Than Life Festival in Louisville, Kentucky, on Saturday, multiple sources reported. Two fans reportedly…

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Around 12,400 Migrants Are Waiting To See Whether They’ll Be Allowed To Remain In US

Around 12,400 migrants could be allowed to remain in the U.S., Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said during a White House press conference on Friday. Border officials relied on…

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California Tobacco Executive Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Evade Federal Excise Taxes on Dominican Cigars

Miami, Florida – A California tobacco company executive on Thursday admitted his participation in a fraudulent scheme to avoid the payment of millions of dollars in excise taxes on imported tobacco products.…

Butler Contracting Company Pleads Guilty to OSHA Violation that Resulted in a Worker’s Death

PITTSBURGH – A Butler County-based company pleaded guilty in federal court to willfully violating an OSHA regulation that resulted in the death of a worker, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman…

Convicted Felon Sentenced for Illegal Firearm Possession

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A federal judge today sentenced a convicted felon for illegally possessing a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr. U.S.…

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Criminal And Civil Charges Against CEO Of Apparel Company For Engaging In Customs Fraud

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Peter C. Fitzhugh, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Department of Homeland…

Maryland Man Facing Federal Indictment For Fraudulently Obtaining $3.5 Millions In COVID Relief Funds

Greenbelt, Maryland – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Rudolph Elwood Brooks, Jr., age 45, of Bowie, Maryland, with federal wire fraud and money laundering charges. The indictment was…

Harrison County residents admit to drug charges

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Two Shinnston, West Virginia, residents have admitted to methamphetamine charges, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Larry Thomas Gregory, II, 44, and Angela Chapman, 33, each…

Mandeville Man Sentenced for Defrauding FEMA After a Disaster

NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that BRUCE D. COX, age 62, of Mandeville, was sentenced on September 23, 2021 to one year of probation and over $35,000 in…

Baltimore Man Sentenced To Seven Years In Federal Prison For Bank Fraud

Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Allen Lamin, a/k/a “Allen Simon”, age 33, of Baltimore, Maryland, to seven years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release,…

Rocky Mount Blood Gang Member Sentenced to 14 Years for Armed Robbery

WILMINGTON, N.C. – A Rocky Mount man was sentenced yesterday to 168 months in prison for armed robbery and brandishing a firearm in connection to a crime of violence. On June 16,…

Former Employment Security Department employee indicted for filing false unemployment claims and demanding kickbacks

Tacoma – A former employee of Washington State’s Employment Security Department has been charged in a 20-count indictment for his scheme to exploit his employment for personal enrichment and to fraudulently distribute…

Catoosa Woman Halts Jury Trial and Instead Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Applying for $1M in Loans

A Catoosa woman halted her own jury trial and pleaded guilty Wednesday to a 28-count indictment charging her, in part, with submitting false loan applications totaling $1 million, announced Acting U.S. Attorney…

Willamette Valley Grass Seed Company Pleads Guilty in Federal Court

PORTLAND, Ore.—A Willamette Valley wholesale grass seed distributor pleaded guilty today in federal court for knowingly concealing a scheme to defraud the Jacklin Seed Company, then a subsidiary of the J.R. Simplot…

Two Former Employees at New York Branch Of Major Bank And An Accountant Charged With Cares Act Loan Fraud

Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, a criminal complaint was unsealed and two criminal informations were filed yesterday charging Anuli Okeke, Charlene Wint and Hashim Campbell, respectively, for their participation in…

Former Church Employee Sentenced to Over Two Years in Prison for Stealing from the Church

A former employee who stole more than $270,000 from the church that employed her was sentenced today to more two years in federal prison. Melissa Noland, age 47, from Polk City, Iowa,…

Tampa Accountant Charged With Murder-For-Hire

Tampa, Florida– DeAnna Marie Stinson (50, Tampa) has been arrested and charged by federal criminal complaint with soliciting a crime of violence and murder-for-hire. If convicted on all counts, Stinson faces a…

Biden administration opens another border detainment camp to process more illegal immigrants into the country

LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection today announced the opening of a soft-sided facility in Laredo, Texas. Since April 2020, CBP has seen a steady increase in border encounters from…

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Philadelphia police searching for driver who killed motorcyclist and fled scene

On June 1, 2021, at 10:32 am, an unknown person operating a 2021 gray Ford F-150 pickup was traveling on East Duncannon Avenue towards Rising Sun Avenue when it went around stopped…