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Fargo, ND, Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for His Involvement in a String of Violent Robberies

FARGO – United States Attorney Nicholas W. Chase announced that U.S. District Court Chief Judge Peter D. Welte sentenced Jordan Daniel Kraft, age 22, Fargo, ND, to 134 months in federal prison…

February 10, 2022

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Sioux City Man Sentenced To 22 Years in Federal Prison for Meth Conspiracy

Department of Justice Press Releases

On February 8, 2022, Melroy Johnson Sr., 66, from Sioux City, Iowa, was sentenced to 264 months in federal prison. Johnson Sr. was found guilty by a jury on July 9, 2021,…

February 10, 2022

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Former SUNY Delhi Student Sentenced for Unemployment Insurance Fraud

Department of Justice Press Releases

BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK – Makahi Daevon Bryant, 20, of Brooklyn, New York was sentenced yesterday to three years of probation for his role in an unemployment insurance fraud scheme, announced United States…

February 10, 2022

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Former Mexican Federal Police Commander Sentenced to 10 Years’ Imprisonment for Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

Department of Justice Press Releases

Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, Ivan Reyes Arzate, a former Mexican Federal Police Officer and Commander of the Mexican Federal Police’s Sensitive Investigative Unit (“SIU”), was sentenced by United States…

February 10, 2022

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Sex Trafficker Leader Pleads Guilty to Kidnapping in Relation to a Sex Trafficking Scheme

Department of Justice Press Releases

Baltimore, Maryland – Joshua Lankford, a/k/a “20-20”, a/k/a “Light Bright”, a/k/a “Yellow”, age 33, of Manchester, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to kidnapping in relation to a sex trafficking conspiracy. The guilty plea…

February 10, 2022

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Texas Man Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking

Department of Justice Press Releases

Jackson, Miss.- A Dallas, Texas man was sentenced to 420 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge David Denton of…

February 9, 2022

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Five Defendants Charged In $8.4 Million “Boiler Room” Fraud And Money Laundering Scheme

Department of Justice Press Releases

Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Thomas Fattorusso, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI”),…

February 9, 2022

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Jefferson County sentenced for drug charge

Department of Justice Press Releases

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Antonio Junior Guerrero, of Ranson, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 87 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Guerrero, also known…

February 9, 2022

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Coles County Man Resentenced to Fourteen Years and Three Months in Prison for Armed Robbery of Team Wireless Store

Department of Justice Press Releases·Government News

URBANA, Ill. – Alfred E. Jerry, 30, of Charleston, lllinois, was sentenced today to fourteen years and three months’ imprisonment, to be followed by an aggregate five-year term of supervised release, for…

February 9, 2022

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Ford County Man Sentenced to Over Ten Years in Prison for Attempted Enticement of a Minor

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URBANA, Ill. – Robert Shawn Anderson, 52, of the 300 block of Spruce Street in Paxton, Illinois, was sentenced today to 121 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised…

February 9, 2022

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Two Arrested for Alleged Conspiracy to Launder $4.5 Billion in Stolen Cryptocurrency

Department of Justice Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Two individuals were arrested this morning in Manhattan for an alleged conspiracy to launder cryptocurrency that was stolen during the 2016 hack of Bitfinex,…

February 8, 2022

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Former Godfather Of Black Stone Gorilla Gang Pleads Guilty To Racketeering, Narcotics, And Firearms Offenses

Department of Justice Press Releases

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ALEXANDER ARGUEDAS, a/k/a “Reckless,” pled guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Debra Freeman in connection with his…

February 8, 2022

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Four Men Sentenced to Prison for Firearms Offenses

Department of Justice Press Releases

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Four men charged with federal firearms offenses in late 2020 and 2021 have been sentenced to prison by U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough. Kai R. Estomo-Encallado, 21, of…

February 8, 2022

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Woodbury County Woman Pleads Guilty to Meth Conspiracy

Department of Justice Press Releases

A woman who conspired to distribute methamphetamine pled guilty February 3, 2022, in federal court in Sioux City. Tarina Hinojosa, 36, from Sioux City, Iowa, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.…

February 7, 2022

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Indiana PA Man Pleads to Federal Drug Charges

Department of Justice Press Releases

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A former resident of Indiana, PA pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. Ahmed Doumbia,…

February 7, 2022

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Jennifer Faith Pleads Guilty to Murder for Hire in Husband’s Death

Department of Justice Press Releases

Jennifer Lynne Faith, the Oak Cliff woman who convinced her boyfriend to shoot her husband to death, pleaded guilty on Monday to orchestrating the murder, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District…

February 7, 2022

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Conspiring San Jose Fraudsters Sentenced To Prison In Automobile Resale Scheme

Department of Justice Press Releases

SAN FRANCISCO – Seymur Khalilov, Ramil Heydarov, and Orkhan Aliyev all were sentenced today to 24 months, 20 months, and 20 months in custody, respectively, for their roles in a conspiracy to…

February 7, 2022

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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

Department of Justice Press Releases

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…

February 5, 2022

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Informational: Federal Court arraignments

Department of Justice Press Releases

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…

February 5, 2022

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

Department of Justice Press Releases

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…

February 5, 2022

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