East Moline Man Pleads Guilty to Gun, Drug Charges
PEORIA, Ill. – An East Moline, Illinois, man, Christian Matthew Lannan, 24, of the 3600 block of 8th Street Court, pleaded guilty on October 29, 2021, to the charges of possession with…
Windsor Mill Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge for Fraud Scheme Purporting to Sell COVID-19 Vaccines
Baltimore, Maryland – Odunayo “Baba” Oluwalade, age 25, of Windsor Mill, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to a federal wire fraud conspiracy in connection with a scheme purporting to sell COVID-19 vaccines. The…
Sapulpa Man Convicted of Sexually Abusing Two Children
A federal jury convicted a Sapulpa man Thursday of sexually abusing two victims who were under the age of 12. The jury found Andrew Lee Gibbs, 64, guilty of abusive sexual contact…
Biden to Pay $450,000 To Illegal Immigrant Families Separated At Border: REPORT
The Biden administration is considering paying illegal immigrant families who were separated at the border under former President Donald Trump’s policies up to $450,000 per person, The Wall Street Journal reported on…
Manchester Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Fraud and Identity Theft Offenses
Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JAIME PINTO, 45, of Manchester, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford…
New Jersey Sex Offender Pleads Guilty to Attempted Sexual Exploitation of a Minor
BOSTON – A New Jersey man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Worcester in connection with attempting to produce child [censored]ography. Jordan Winczuk, 36, of Bellmawr, N.J., pleaded guilty to one…
Oakland Oral Surgeon Sentenced To 16 Years In Federal Prison For Multiple Child Sex Crimes
SAN FRANCISCO – Cassidy Migan Lavorini-Doyle was sentenced today in federal court to 192 months (16 years) in prison for his convictions of attempted sex trafficking of a child, attempted production of…
United States Naval Intelligence Software Engineer Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute and to Possess with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances
Greenbelt, Maryland – Justin Ryan Best, age 46, of Laurel, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. The guilty plea was announced…
Defendant in Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Troy Lee Neal, age 42, of Elkton, Maryland, to eight years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for…
Judge sentences St. Louis man for enticement of a minor to engage in prostitution
ST. LOUIS – Tony K. Sanford, age 39, of St. Louis, Missouri, appeared before United States District Court Judge John A. Ross on October 27, 2021. Sanford was sentenced to 120 months in…
Two Defendants Convicted For Operating Multimillion-Dollar Business Email Compromise And Money Laundering Scheme
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that a jury returned guilty verdicts yesterday against OLUWASEUN ADELEKAN, a/k/a “Sean Adelekan,” and TEMITOPE OMOTAYO for conspiracies…
San Jose Residents Plead Guilty To Wire Fraud Conspiracy In Craigslist Automobile Resale Fraud Scheme
SAN FRANCISCO –Ramil Heydarov and Orkhan Aliyev pleaded guilty today to conspiracy charges related to a scheme to defraud purchasers of vehicles on the Craigslist website by rolling back the odometers on…
Rock Island Man Sentenced to 96 Months in Prison for Possession and Distribution of a Controlled Substance
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – A Rock Island, Illinois, man, Michael Tyrone Drummond, Jr., 30, of the 3000 block of 4th Street, was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison, to be followed…
Chicago Tech Executive Guilty of Illegally Exporting Computer Equipment to Pakistan
CHICAGO —A Chicago technology executive pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge and admitted illegally exporting computer equipment from the United States to a nuclear research agency of the Pakistani government.…
Schenectady County Man Charged with Sexually Exploiting a Child
ALBANY, NEW YORK – John H. Ruthosky, age 36, of Schenectady, New York, appeared in federal court yesterday on charges that he sexually exploited a child. The announcement was made by United…
Illinois Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking Two Victims Deceived with Promises of Help with Their Modeling Careers
LOS ANGELES – A Chicago man has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for luring two victims – both of whom were 19 at the time – from Canada…
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Members and Associates of Alleged Louisville Drug Trafficking Organization
Louisville, Kentucky – Multiple members and associates of an alleged local drug trafficking organization and street gang known as “Everybody Shines Together,” or, “EST,” were arrested over the past week in Louisville…
Stock Trader Arrested And Charged With Securities Fraud For Using His Twitter Account To Operate A Pump-And-Dump Scheme
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Ricky J. Patel, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”), announced…
10 Foreign Nationals Charged In Years-Long, Multimillion-Dollar Investment And Impersonation Scheme
Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector in Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), Thomas Fattorusso,…
Iowa Man with Prior Federal Drug Conviction Pleads Guilty to Heroin and Firearm Charges
Steven Springer, 54, from Hampton, Iowa, pled guilty on October 21, 2021, in federal court in Sioux City, to conspiracy to distribute heroin while possessing a firearm in furtherance of that crime.…