Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office Continues to Fight Fraud Related to the Covid-19 Pandemic

Baltimore, Maryland – Today Maryland United States Attorney Erek L. Barron announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland has entered into a memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with Special…

Dominican Republic National Operator of The Underground Nightclub in St. Thomas Sentenced to Six and a Half Years and Ordered to Pay Over $900,000 in Restitution

St. Thomas, USVI – United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that Yohanna Gonzalez-McFarlane, 40, of the Dominican Republic, appeared before Chief District Court Judge Robert A. Molloy and was sentenced…

Two Miami Residents Plead Guilty for Their Role in $9 Million Scheme to Defraud Prescription Drug Coupon Programs

Miami, Florida – Today, William Clero, 45 and Cesar Armando Perez Amador, 52, residents of Miami, Florida, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Miami for their participation in a $9 million…

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…

Dominican Drug Lord Extradited to the United States from St. Maarten to Face Drug Trafficking Charges

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Dominican drug lord Justo Germán Rosario (CPOT No. 64), also known as “Papín,” was indicted, arrested, and extradited to the United States to face drug trafficking charges…

President of Manpower Agency in the Northern Mariana Islands Sentenced for Visa Fraud Scheme

Saipan, MP – SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant ALEJANDRO TUMANDAO NARIO, age 65, a citizen of the Republic…

Federal Authorities Arrest Philadelphia Man who Allegedly Imported Counterfeit Airbags

NICB, NHTSA offer consumers advice to protect themselves from airbag fraud PHILADELPHIA – Federal authorities arrested a suspect today following a years-long investigation of counterfeit vehicle airbag inflators that included seizures by…

Public safety measures a top priority for Homeland Security Investigations at Super Bowl LVI

LOS ANGELES — Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is working with local, state, and federal law enforcement partners to provide essential public safety measures in and around the Los Angeles area. Measures include,…

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…

Naval Seaman Pleads Guilty to Cyberstalking

SAN DIEGO – Naval seaman Sergio Reinaldo Williams pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting that he sent graphic sexual messages via social media to a civilian woman and members of her…

Dallas Man Pleads Guilty to Assault of a Federal Officer

PECOS – A Dallas man pleaded guilty yesterday to transporting undocumented noncitizens and assaulting a federal officer. According to court documents, Jose Alejandro Crecencio, 21, was parked in a Chevy Tahoe at…

Former Georgia Pastor Pleads Guilty to Sexually Assaulting a Ugandan Minor on Missionary Trip

MACON, Ga. – A former pastor from Georgia who was conducting missionary work in Uganda when he sexually assaulted a girl under the care of his church has pleaded guilty to his crime…

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…

Middletown Man Pleads Guilty to Illegally Shipping Guns Abroad

WILMINGTON, Del. – David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that a Middletown man pleaded guilty yesterday to shipping firearms in interstate or foreign commerce without notifying…

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…

Two Bronx Men Charged With 2014 Harlem Murder

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

ICE removes 2 noncitizen Salvadoran fugitives wanted for aggravated homicide

HOUSTON — Officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston Field Office, ERO El Salvador and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement (SAFE) taskforce removed two…

Laredo CBP Officers Seize Marijuana Worth Over $692K at World Trade Bridge

LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers seized narcotics in one enforcement action this weekend, that totaled over $692,000 in street value. “Officers at the World…

CBP Officers Seize $261K in Unreported Currency at Laredo Port of Entry

LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers working outbound operations at the Juarez Lincoln Bridge, seized over $261,000 in two separate, unrelated incidents. “This…

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