Former Worcester Housing Official Convicted of Fraud Charges

BOSTON – A former employee of the City of Worcester’s Housing Development Office and Executive Office of Economic Development was convicted by a federal jury yesterday in connection with a $2.3 million…

Coconut Grove Resident Charged in Multi-Million Dollar Venezuelan Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme

Miami, Florida — A South Florida resident made his initial federal court appearance in Miami today to face an indictment charging him with laundering money and bribing Venezuelan officials in exchange for…

Four MS-13 Members Indicted for 10 Murders, Kidnapping and Racketeering Charges

Four alleged members of La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) have been charged in a federal superseding indictment with a racketeering conspiracy involving multiple murders, kidnappings and burglaries, as well as drug trafficking. The…

Man Convicted of Lying to Federal Agents During International Wildlife Trafficking Investigation

Miami, Florida — A Texas man pled guilty today to knowingly and willfully making a materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statement and representation to Special Agents of the United States Fish &…

California man sentenced to more than six years in prison for meth trafficking in Billings area

BILLINGS — A California man who admitted to trafficking methamphetamine after law enforcement officers found eight kilograms, or 17.6 pounds, of the drug hidden in a vehicle he was driving was sentenced…

Do you recognize them? They are wanted for Newark carjacking

NEWARK, NJ – Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara requests the public’s help in identifying suspects in connection with a carjacking that occurred yesterday. At approximately 2 a.m., a man inside…

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Ten Chicago-Area Residents Charged in Bank Fraud Schemes Involving Counterfeit Postal Service Money Orders

CHICAGO — Ten Chicago-area residents have been indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly scheming to cash counterfeit U.S. Postal Service money orders. The defendants deposited the counterfeit USPS money orders into…

Darknet Drug Vendor Pleads Guilty to Distributing Illicit Prescription Drugs

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Georgia man pleaded guilty yesterday to distributing illicit prescription drugs over the Darknet and shipping them across the country via the U.S Postal Service. According to court documents,…

Former Regional Director Of Non-Profit Corporation Sentenced For Bribery Conspiracy Involving Federal Funds

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A former regional director of community development for the National Community Stabilization Trust — formed in 2008 in response to the national mortgage-housing foreclosure crisis — was sentenced Tuesday…

Man Sentenced for the Sexual Exploitation of Two Children

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Mexican national was sentenced today to 22 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for production of child [censored]ography. According to court documents, in March 2018,…

Texas Man Sentenced After Pleading Guilty to Making a False Statement to Law Enforcement

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – EDMOND ARZATE, age 29, a resident of Houston, Texas, was sentenced to one year of probation by U.S. District Judge Jay C. Zainey after pleading guilty to a…

9 Defendants Indicted In Interstate Gun Trafficking Scheme

Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco joined Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John B. DeVito, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field…

Hot Springs Village Businessman Pleads Guilty to Not Paying Employment Taxes and Failure to File A Tax Return

HOT SPRINGS, Ark.—A Hot Springs Village business owner pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of willfully failing to pay over employment taxes and one count of failing to file a tax return.…

Kill Devil Hills Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced to More Than 10 Years

RALEIGH, N.C. – A Kill Devil Hills man was sentenced today to 126 months in prison and five years of supervised release for trafficking cocaine. On May 21, 2020, Herndon Hunt Outlaw…

Smithfield Man Sentenced to Three Life Sentences for Human Trafficking

RALEIGH, N.C. – A Smithfield man was sentenced today to three consecutive life sentences in prison for conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion and of a minor; sex…

Do you recognize them? They’re wanted for carjacking in D.C.

WASHINGTON, DC – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Carjacking Task Force seek the public’s assistance in identifying and locating two suspects in reference to an Armed Carjacking (Gun) offense that occurred…

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Arrest made in D.C. armed carjacking

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Carjacking Task Force announced an arrest has been made in an Armed Carjacking (Gun) offense that occurred on Saturday, June 19, 2021 in the 2500 block…