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SAN ANTONIO – An Iranian national was sentenced today to 63 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Mehrdad Ansari,…

NEWARK, N.J. – A Hudson County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 43 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to use drones to smuggle contraband, including cell phones…

NORFOLK, Va. – A Virginia Beach woman was sentenced today to 12 years in prison, following last month’s sentencing of her husband to over 7 years in prison, for perpetrating a counterfeit…

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Justice Department announced today that it has opened a statewide civil investigation into conditions of confinement of prisoners held in Georgia’s prisons. The investigation will examine whether Georgia provides…

ATLANTA – The Justice Department announced today that it has opened a statewide civil investigation into conditions of confinement of prisoners held in Georgia’s prisons. “Individuals sentenced to prison in Georgia Department…

NORFOLK, Va. – A Ghanaian national was sentenced on Friday to 40 months in prison for wire fraud as part of his scheme to defraud victims on a dating website.  “The defendant…

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A federal jury convicted a California woman and Russian-born man on Friday on charges of conspiracy and obtaining U.S. citizenship by fraud. According to court records and evidence presented at…

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Brayan Mengou, of Hagerstown, Maryland, was sentenced today to 60 months of incarceration for participating in a firearms trafficking conspiracy, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Mengou,…

TRENTON, N.J. – A Romanian national was sentenced today to 54 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to steal bank account information from thousands of customers by installing secret…

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Scott Douglas Born, a former correctional officer at Federal Correctional Institution Hazelton’s Female Facility, was sentenced today to three months of incarceration for the sexual abuse of an…

NEWARK, N.J. – A Passaic County, New Jersey, man with previous felony convictions today admitted illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Keyron Greene, 34, of…

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Armstead William Craig, of Ranson, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 240 months incarceration for his role in a drug distribution operation, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard…

NASHVILLE – A seven-count indictment unsealed Friday charged two Danville, California men with conspiracy to defraud the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) of more than $300,000, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Mary Jane Stewart…

DENVER – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Ronald Allen Grace Jr., age 54, of Arvada, was sentenced to 3 years in federal prison for possessing an unregistered silencer. According to the plea agreement, federal law…

CAMDEN, N.J. – A naturalized United States citizen living in India who was arrested in England made his initial court appearance and was arraigned today following his extradition to face charges that…

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Tinesha Joann Burrows, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Burrows, 37, pleaded guilty today to one…

NEWARK, N.J. – A Bergen County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud financial institutions of hundreds of thousands of…

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Two Las Vegas residents — Norbert Ozemena Ikwuegbundo (28) and Omniyi Jonathan Omotere (35), both citizens of Nigeria — have been indicted for defrauding people seeking to rent…

NEWARK, N.J. – Two New Jersey men admitted to drug distribution charges in connection conspiring to distribute cocaine base and distributing fentanyl and cocaine base, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced…