Maple Grove Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for $9.6 Million Scheme to Defraud the COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program
MINNEAPOLIS – A Maple Grove man has been sentenced to 60 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for fraudulently applying for $9,619,046.46 from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s…
BioNJ Announces Company Presenters for BioPartnering Conference
TRENTON, N.J., March 8, 2022 — BioNJ’s Twelfth Annual BioPartnering Conference, developed in concert with J.P. Morgan and Johnson & Johnson Innovation, will take place May 9-13, 2022. The week-long Conference will…
Dual U.S. / Russian National Charged With Acting Illegally As A Russian Agent In The United States
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Matthew G. Olsen, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the…
Owner of Rust Rare Coin Sentenced to 19 Years in Prison for Running Fraudulent Silver Trading Program
SALT LAKE CITY – Gaylen Dean Rust, 62, of Layton, was sentenced to 19 years in federal prison by a U.S. District Court Judge on Tuesday, after being convicted of conspiracy to…
Three Rome-area men sentenced for firearms and drug trafficking offenses
ROME, Ga. – Michael Lee Spears, Dustin Wayne Womack, and Jarrett Louallen have been sentenced for firearms and drug trafficking crimes that occurred in Rome, Georgia. “Our community is safer with these…
South Florida Sex Trafficker Sentenced to 25 Years’ Imprisonment
Miami, Florida – A Miami man who forced a woman and a 16-year-old girl into selling themselves for sex was sentenced today in Miami, Florida to 25 years’ imprisonment. According to court…
METHAMPHETAMINE RING SENTENCED FOR DRUG CONSPIRACY ACROSS THE STATE OF WYOMING
United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming has sentenced four defendants charged in a drug distribution case. ROLAND BRAUBURGER, 42, of…
Owners and Operators of Online Cryptocurrency Companies Indicted for Defrauding Investors
An 11-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Dwayne Golden, Gregory Aggesen, and Marquis Demacking Egerton, the owners and operators of the web-based virtual currency companies EmpowerCoin, ECoinPlus…
Federal Prison Sentences for Two SoCal Men Who Targeted Turkish Victims in Hate Crime Attack on Family-Owned Restaurant
LOS ANGELES – Two Los Angeles County men today were sentenced to federal prison on conspiracy and hate crime charges for attacking five victims inside a family-owned Turkish restaurant in 2020…
Long Island Medical Doctor Pleads Guilty to Medicare Billing Fraud Scheme
Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Morris Barnard, a medical doctor practicing in Great Neck, New York, pleaded guilty to health care fraud in connection with billing Medicare for millions…
Aurora Drug Dealer Sentenced to 23 Years in Federal Prison
DENVER – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Candelaria Vallejo-Gallo, age 43, of Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute…
Romanian Extradited to the United States, Charged With Selling Stolen Credit Card Information Obtained via Malware
A Romanian hacker has been charged with selling millions of stolen credit card numbers obtained through the use of malware, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.…
Florida Woman Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Over $270,000 from Non-Profit Organization
WASHINGTON – Kristina Ann Ballard, 52, of Largo, Florida, pleaded guilty today to embezzling more than $270,000 from her former employer, a nonprofit organization. The announcement…
TV Producer For Russian Oligarch Charged With Violating Crimea-Related Sanctions
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced…
Whitefish man sentenced to six years in prison for defrauding Montana investor of $2.3 million in scheme to fund fake CIA rescue missions
MISSOULA — A Whitefish man who admitted to defrauding a Montana investor of $2.3 million by falsely claiming to be a former Force Recon Marine and CIA operative who needed funds to…
Savannah man sentenced to decades in prison for sexual abuse of a child
SAVANNAH, GA: A Savannah man has been sentenced to more than two decades in federal prison after admitting he sexually abused a child at an overseas military base during an eight-year period.…
Associate of Gambino Organized Crime Family Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Arson in Queens
Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Peter Tuccio, an associate of the Gambino organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra, was sentenced by United States District Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall to…