New London Man Who Received Cocaine Mailed from Puerto Rico Pleads Guilty

Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Joshua W. McCallister, Acting Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division, today announced that RAUL…

California Man Charged With Perjury For Suing Hollywood Executives Under False Pretenses

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ROVIER CARRINGTON was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed yesterday with perjury. CARRINGTON was arrested yesterday and…

Religious exemptions under fire as COVID-19 mask and vaccine mandates on the rise

Columbia University’s Robert Klitzman shared a tragic story with CNN Saturday of a woman riddled with cancer who reportedly refused to undergo medical procedures, relied on the power of prayer, and ultimately…

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Beaumont Man Guilty of Multiple Armed Convenience Store Robberies

BEAUMONT, Texas – A Beaumont man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today. Moses Ray Rhine, Jr., 21, pleaded…

Doctor Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Conspiring To Distribute Millions Of Oxycodone Pills Illegally

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that RUVIM KRUPKIN, a former New York state-licensed doctor, was sentenced yesterday to 120 months in prison for…

United States Reaches $842,500 Settlement with two Public Universities and the North Carolina Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service to Resolve Alleged False Claims for AmeriCorps Funds

Acting United States Attorney G. Norman Acker, III, and AmeriCorps today announced settlements with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (“UNC-CH”), East Carolina University (“ECU”), and the North Carolina Commission…

Former Fall River Mayor Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison

BOSTON – Jasiel F. Correia II, the former Mayor of Fall River, Mass., was sentenced today in connection with a scheme to defraud investors and extorting and conspiring to extort marijuana vendors…

Men Who Fenced Stolen Diamonds Sentenced to 15+ Years

Five men who purchased jewelry stolen from traveling diamond salesman have been sentenced to a combined 190 months in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $7 million in restitution, announced…

Sioux City Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for COVID-19 Related Unemployment Fraud

A Sioux City woman who stole government funds using a COVID-19 unemployment scheme was sentenced September 16, 2021, to 6 months in federal prison. Linda Bosquez, age 59, from Sioux City, Iowa,…

Dominican National Pleads Guilty to Social Security Misuse and Stealing Government Benefits

BOSTON – A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Springfield in connection with using another individual’s identity to fraudulently obtain government benefits. Andrea Perez, 48, pleaded guilty to false…

Woman Pleads Guilty to $77,000 FEMA Fraud in Connection with the Paradise Camp Fire

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Deborah Laughlin, 64, formerly of Paradise, pleaded guilty today to making false statements in an application for FEMA benefits in connection with the 2018 Paradise Camp Fire, Acting U.S.…

New Jersey Man Admits Stealing more than $450,000 in Unemployment Insurance Benefits

NEWARK, N.J. – A Union, New Jersey, man today admitted that he illegally obtained more than $450,000 in unemployment insurance benefits, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Maurice Mills, 29, of…

Former State Department Employee Pleads Guilty To Honest Services Fraud Scheme

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael Speckhardt, the Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of State, Office of Inspector General (“State Department…