Man Sentenced for COVID-19 Relief Fraud

Miami, Florida — A Florida man has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for fraudulently seeking over $7,263,564 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA)…

Two MSC Gayane Crew Members Sentenced for Conspiracy to Smuggle $1 Billion Worth of Cocaine into the United States

PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced today that Ivan Durasevic, 31, and Nenad Ilic, 41, both of Montenegro, were sentenced by United States District Court Judge Harvey Bartle…

Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Methamphetamine in Cecil County, Maryland

Baltimore, Maryland – Nakir Ali Kiett, age 25, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute approximately 211 grams of methamphetamine in Cecil County, Maryland. The guilty…

Jury Convicts Two of Drug Conspiracy

Gulfport, Miss. – On Tuesday, July 27, 2021, a jury in federal court convicted two men of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and attempt to possess with intent to…

Delaware County Man Sentenced to Over 22 Years For Abusing Three-Year-Old Child and Recording the Abuse

PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that David Carbonaro, 28, of Upper Darby, PA, was sentenced to twenty-two years and one month in prison, lifetime supervised release, and…

10 Additional Defendants Federally Indicted for Roles in Heroin and Fentanyl Distribution Scheme

WILMINGTON, Del. –David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that a Superseding Indictment was recently unsealed charging 14 individuals with conspiring to distribute heroin and fentanyl and…

Pennsylvania lottery Jackpot with $200,000 has 9 winning tickets

Middletown, PA – Nine winning Treasure Hunt tickets from the Tuesday, July 27 drawing will split a jackpot prize of $201,370.50. The winning tickets were sold in Allegheny, Cumberland, Franklin, Luzerne, Philadelphia, and…

Watch: Coast Guard rescues scuba diver 46 miles off coast of Cape May

CAPE MAY, N.J. – The Coast Guard medevaced a diver 46 miles east of Cape May on Wednesday. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay command center received a report via…

California Man Sentenced to Over Six Years in Prison For Credit Card-Skimming Fraud Scheme

PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Verzh Movsisyan, 43, of Glendale, CA, was sentenced to six years and three months in prison, five years of supervised release,…

Southwest Virginia Man Sentenced to 108 Months for Role in Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Scheme

ABINGDON, Va. – A Pound, Virginia man, who conspired with others to fraudulently file more than $499,000 in pandemic unemployment benefits, was sentenced today to 108 months in federal prison. Gregory Marcus…

Bristol, Tennessee Woman Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison for Role in Pandemic Unemployment Scheme

ABINGDON, Va. – A Bristol, Tenn. woman, who conspired with others to fraudulently file more than $499,000 in in pandemic unemployment benefits, was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison. Melissa…

Two SCI Inmates, Two Allegheny County Residents Charged in Schemes to Smuggle Synthetic Cannabinoids into State Prisons and to Obtain Pandemic Unemployment Benefits

PITTSBURGH, PA – Two residents of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and two individuals incarcerated at Pennsylvania State Correctional Institutions (SCIs), have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of…

Four charged with attempted luring by pedophile trackers

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – Four men were charged for luring children after citizens posing as children online provide Atlantic City police officers screenshots of conversations they had with children. In a growing…

Do you know him? Philly police seeking man wanted for vandalizing Veterans home

PHILADELPHIA, PA – On July 10, 2021, at approximately 4:44 am, an unknown white male gained entry to Impact Veterans and Housing Center located at1940 E. Allegheny Avenue by breaking window to security…

Do you recognize him? Police searching for Philly man wanted for shooting

PHILADELPHIA, PA – On July 18, 2021, at 11:53 PM, on the victim, a 41-year-old female, was sleeping inside her residence on W. Annsburry St. when she was awakened by multiple gunshots coming from…

Kensington hit and run suspect turns himself in to police

Philadelphia, PA – On July 22 2021, a defendant, Samuel Starks, surrendered to AID, was arrested and charged in a previous Fatal Hit-and-Run. On June 6, 2021 at approx. 4:00 AM in…

Philly’s Kensington is a zombie apocalypse ignored by Biden on city visit

Last week, U.S. President Joe Biden visited Philadelphia to rally the troops in the city behind his agenda and to criticize Republicans, calling the GOP the biggest threat to Democracy. While in…

Former Police Detective And FBI Task Force Officer Convicted Of Bribery And Other Offenses

HARRISBURG – Acting United States Attorney Bruce D. Brandler for the Middle District of Pennsylvania; Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicholas L. McQuaid of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; Special Agent in Charge…

Former Police Detective and FBI Task Force Officer Convicted of Bribery and Other Offenses

A federal jury convicted a veteran detective for the Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Police Department, who was also a task force officer with the FBI and a member of the Cumberland County Drug Task…

Former Unlicensed Investment Adviser Behind Ponzi Scheme Sentenced to Nine Years for Defrauding Clients out of More than $2 Million

PHILADELPHIA – – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Alexander S. Rowland, 30, formerly of Penns Grove, NJ, was sentenced to nine years in prison, three years of supervised…

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