Pierre Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth

Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on October 4, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto…

San Gabriel Valley Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Conspiracy to Sell Counterfeit Laptop Computer Batteries

LOS ANGELES – A Chinese national who participated in a multimillion-dollar scheme to manufacture, ship and market counterfeit laptop computer batteries and other electronics made in China was sentenced today to…

Lakeland Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Theft Of Public Money And Aggravated Identity Theft

Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced Julio Gonzales (45, Lakeland) to 2 years and 10 months in federal prison for theft of public money and aggravated identity…

Convicted Rapist And Armed Robber Who Assumed Another’s Identity For More Than 40 Years Pleads Guilty To Federal Charges

Tampa, Florida – Douglas Edward Bennett (77, Clearwater) has pleaded guilty to passport fraud, aggravated identity theft, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He faces a maximum penalty of…

Former Boston Police Officer Charged in Overtime Fraud Scheme

BOSTON – A former Boston Police officer has been charged and has agreed to plead guilty in connection with an ongoing investigation of overtime fraud at the Boston Police Department’s (BPD) evidence…

Ron DeSantis Announces His Wife Has Cancer

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday that his wife and the mother of his three children has been diagnosed with breast cancer. “I am saddened to report that Florida’s esteemed First…

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Dead, Sick Deer Are Turning Up Everywhere In One State. Some Biologists Suspect ‘Blue Tongue’

Authorities in Mississippi said Wednesday they’ve witnessed an increased number of sick or dead deer, and suspect one disease could be the cause, the Associated Press reported. The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries,…

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Cattle Broker Sentenced to Prison for Wire Fraud, Ordered to Pay $2.1 Million in Restitution

MACON, Ga. – A Georgia cattle broker was sentenced to prison and was ordered to pay millions in restitution after he pleaded guilty to wire fraud in a scheme defrauding an investor…

Colombian Dentist Sentenced For Fraud And Misuse Of A Visa

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – U.S. District Court Judge Aida Delgado sentenced Juan Carlos Pérez-Camacho to three years’ probation for fraud and misuse of a visa in relation with a I-130, Petition…

Two Men Charged With Fraud Involving More Than $1 Million in Unemployment Compensation and the CARES Act

ROCKFORD — A superseding indictment returned Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Rockford charged two individuals with wire fraud, mail fraud, and aggravated identity theft involving unemployment compensation claims and the…

Seven Former Postal Service Employees Charged in Federal Probe of Credit Cards Stolen From the Mail

CHICAGO — Seven former U.S. Postal Service employees in the Chicago area have been charged with participating in schemes to steal credit cards and other financial instruments from the mail. The indictments…

Warden Of Federal Corrections Institute In Dublin Charged With Sexual Abuse Of A Ward

OAKLAND – Ray J. Garcia has been charged in a criminal complaint with sexual abuse of a ward, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds; Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of the…

Houston Man Guilty of Trafficking Fentanyl through Eastern District of Texas

BEAUMONT, Texas – A Houston man has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Jorge Sayon, Jr., 38, pleaded guilty…

“John Doe” Sentenced for Identity Fraud Charges

BOSTON – An individual previously residing in Lawrence who has been living under a false identity was sentenced today in federal court in Boston on charges arising from his use of the…

Maine Woman Arrested for Theft of Public Funds

BOSTON – A Maine woman was arrested today in connection with stealing federal housing benefits from 2004 to 2020. Rebecca Amelia Cranford, 62, was charged with one count of theft of government…

Alabama man sentenced for impersonating a federal officer

NEWNAN, Ga. – Jay Diamond, who has a criminal history with over 30 misdemeanor and traffic convictions, has been sentenced on two counts of false impersonation of a federal Air Marshal. “Flashing…

Corrupt Department Head at Walter Reed Sentenced to Federal Prison for Accepting Cash, Event Tickets, and Other Gratuities from a Maryland Company That Received More Than $25 Million in Government Business

Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced David Laufer, age 64, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, formerly of Bethesda, Maryland, today to eight months in federal prison, followed by one year…

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Two Individuals Charged with Identity Theft After Using Stolen Identities of Deceased and Elderly Victims to Purchase Vehicles, a House, and to Obtain a False Passport

Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Lloyd Linwood Comer, age 59, of Brandywine, Maryland, and Doreen Gilmore, age 54, of Brandywine, Maryland for the federal charges…

Southeastern Connecticut Residents Charged in Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Joshua W. McCallister, Acting Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division, Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent…

Houston Man Who Supplied Methamphetamine to White Supremacist Gang Sentenced in Eastern District of Texas

BEAUMONT, Texas – A Houston man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today. Eulalio Torres-Cadenas,…

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