One-Time EDD Employee Sentenced to More Than 5 Years in Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining Nearly $4.3 Million in COVID Relief Funds

RIVERSIDE, California – A former California Employment Development Department (EDD) employee was sentenced today to 63 months in federal prison for causing nearly 200 fraudulent COVID-related unemployment relief claims to be…

Informational: Federal Court arraignments

The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The…

Two Men Arrested for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute 86 Kilograms of Cocaine Seized in French Town Neighborhood of St. Thomas

St. Thomas, USVI – United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that charges have been filed against two men for conspiracy to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, following the…

New Jersey human trafficker gets 10 years in prison

Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Reading, Pa., man was sentenced today to 10 years in New Jersey state prison for transporting women to motels to engage in paid sexual…

Human rights violator sentenced in Guatemala to 30 years for crimes against humanity, previously investigated and removed by ICE

WASHINGTON – A Guatemalan national previously removed to his home country by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) was convicted in a Guatemalan court for his role…

Woodbury County man sentenced to 123 months in Federal prison for meth conspiracy after ICE HSI, law enforcement partners investigation

AXTELL, Neb. — Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge of the Kansas City Area of Responsibility Katherine Greer and United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Chad Carlson, 44, of…

Seven Minneapolis Men Face Federal Charges for Violent Crimes

MINNEAPOLIS – Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats today announced federal charges against seven individuals for violent criminal activity, including carjacking, drug trafficking, illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, and possession of…

Franklin County, NY, Man Going To Prison For His Role In Scheme That Defrauded Elderly Victims Out Of $2,000,000

CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Anthony Laughing, Jr., 49, of Hogansburg, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to…

Trinitarios Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Multiple Guns, Ammunition, Cocaine and Fentanyl

BOSTON – A member of the Trinitarios street gang pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with trafficking firearms, ammunition, cocaine and fentanyl in the Greater Lawrence area. Arismendy…

Former Bank Branch Manager Pleads Guilty To Tech Support Fraud Scheme That Exploited The Elderly

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that defendant ARIFUL HAQUE pleaded guilty today to participating in a conspiracy that exploited victims, including elderly victims,…

Philadelphia Man Charged with Trafficking Counterfeit Airbags from China

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Emiliano Rodriguez, 44, a citizen of the Dominican Republic residing in Philadelphia, PA, was arrested and charged by Indictment with one count…

ICE HSI investigation with local ICAC results in 20-year federal prison sentence for child exploitation offenses

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — An east Tennessee man was sentenced to serve 240 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to an indictment charging him with one count of transportation of child [censored]ography…

Norwich Man Sentenced to More Than 14 Years in Prison for Dark Web Fentanyl Distribution, Firearm Offenses

Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BARRY DUCLOS, 43, of Norwich, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 170…

Ponte Vedra Man Convicted And Sentenced For Importing And Distributing Mislabeled Erectile Dysfunction Drug

Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. Magistrate Judge Patricia D. Barksdale has sentenced Timothy Terrance DeJoris (42, Ponte Vedra) to six months’ probation and a $2,500 fine for importing from China a mislabeled erectile…

Three Defendants Arrested For Operating Narcotics Delivery Service Responsible For Three Overdose Deaths From Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Tim Foley, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), and Keechant…

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One-Time EDD Employee Sentenced to More Than 5 Years in Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining Nearly $4.3 Million in COVID Relief Funds

Informational: Federal Court arraignments

Two Men Arrested for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute 86 Kilograms of Cocaine Seized in French Town Neighborhood of St. Thomas

New Jersey human trafficker gets 10 years in prison

Human rights violator sentenced in Guatemala to 30 years for crimes against humanity, previously investigated and removed by ICE

Woodbury County man sentenced to 123 months in Federal prison for meth conspiracy after ICE HSI, law enforcement partners investigation

Seven Minneapolis Men Face Federal Charges for Violent Crimes

Franklin County, NY, Man Going To Prison For His Role In Scheme That Defrauded Elderly Victims Out Of $2,000,000

Trinitarios Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Multiple Guns, Ammunition, Cocaine and Fentanyl

Former Bank Branch Manager Pleads Guilty To Tech Support Fraud Scheme That Exploited The Elderly

Philadelphia Man Charged with Trafficking Counterfeit Airbags from China

ICE HSI investigation with local ICAC results in 20-year federal prison sentence for child exploitation offenses

Norwich Man Sentenced to More Than 14 Years in Prison for Dark Web Fentanyl Distribution, Firearm Offenses

Ponte Vedra Man Convicted And Sentenced For Importing And Distributing Mislabeled Erectile Dysfunction Drug

Three Defendants Arrested For Operating Narcotics Delivery Service Responsible For Three Overdose Deaths From Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine

Two Women Arrested in Human Trafficking Ring Investigation in Dallas

Woodbury County Man to Federal Prison for Meth Conspiracy

Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty To Sex Trafficking By Force, Fraud, And Coercion

United States Attorney Commemorates National Slavery And Human Trafficking Prevention Month

Man Who Orchestrated the Sale of Hundreds of Kilos of Meth for the Universal Aryan Brotherhood Pleads Guilty

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