Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to Firearm Charges
CONCORD – Ariel Toribio, 22, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday to aiding and abetting the making of a false statement during…
Massachusetts Man Sentenced for Unlawfully Possessing Firearm
PORTLAND, Maine: A Massachusetts man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced. U.S. District Judge…
Second Metro East Man Pleads Guilty in Bank Fraud Scam
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Aijeigh McShan, 20, of Fairview Heights, Illinois, pled guilty today to conspiracy and bank fraud charges in federal court in East St. Louis, Illinois. McShan is the …
DC Solar Owner Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Billion Dollar Ponzi Scheme
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An owner of DC Solar, a Benicia-based company, was sentenced today for a billion-dollar Ponzi scheme— the biggest criminal fraud scheme in the history of the Eastern District of…
Miami Man Who Laundered Tax and Computer Scam Money Sentenced to Federal Prison
Miami, Florida – Fifty-one-year-old Kevin Dewayne Kirby was sentenced yesterday in federal district court in Ft. Lauderdale to 57 months in federal prison for laundering over $500,000 connected to two wire fraud…
York County Man Sentenced for Distributing Heroin to Women Who Died from Drug Overdoses
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A York County man was sentenced today to 17 years in prison for distributing heroin to two women who died from overdoses at his Seaford home and for…
Hertel & Brown Physical & Aquatic Therapy, Its Two Founders Aaron Hertel and Michael Brown, and 18 Employees Indicted on Fraud Charges
ERIE, Pa. – A physical therapy practice in Erie County, Pennsylvania, and 20 people – 18 of them from northwestern Pennsylvania – have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie…
Hilliard man lies to avoid taxes on $1 million in lottery winnings; pleads guilty to tax fraud
COLUMBUS, OHIO – Mustafa Shalash, of Hillard, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of filing a false tax return with the IRS. Shalash was charged by bill of…
Cincinnati woman sentenced to prison for misusing SSN, lying to court about military service & address before failing to appear
CINCINNATI – A Cincinnati woman who applied for and was denied bankruptcy seven times was sentenced in federal court to 17 months in prison for misusing another person’s Social Security number. After…
Georgia Man Pleads Guilty to CARES Act PPP Fraud
VALDOSTA, Ga. – A Georgia man pleaded guilty to money laundering after he filed for PPP loans amounting to more than $2.6 million under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES)…
Fort Hall Man Sentenced for Failing to Register as a Sex Offender
POCATELLO – A Fort Hall man was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for failure to register as a sex offender. According to court records, Montey Curtis Moon, 46, of Fort Hall,…
Former Medical Student Sentenced for Fatal Party Drug Overdose
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – An Ontario, Canada, man was sentenced today to one year in prison for distributing MDA—a psychedelic drug similar to MDMA, or “molly”—that resulted in the fatal overdose of a…
Ashland Man Sentenced to 152 Months for Armed Methamphetamine Trafficking
ASHLAND, Ky.— An Ashland man Steven Halley, 28, was sentenced to 152 months in federal prison on Monday, by U.S. District Judge David Bunning, after pleading guilty to possession with intent to…
Three men guilty for their roles in multimillion-dollar COVID-relief fraud conspiracy
HOUSTON – Three individuals have admitted to their participation in a scheme to fraudulently obtain and launder millions of dollars in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. The Small Business Administration (SBA)…
Three Sentenced in Overdose Causing Death Case
Charleston, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Darryl Blunt, 59, Ayla Courvoisie, 31, and Teresa Cooper, 60, all of Charleston, were sentenced for their respective…
North Carolina Family Sentenced in Multimillion Dollar South Carolina Medicaid Scheme
Columbia, South Carolina – Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Tony Lee Covington, 50, his wife Priscilla Covington, 51, and his sisters Vanessa McPhaul, 56, and Mary Moses…
Columbia Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison on Narcotics and Firearms Charges
Columbia, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Darryl Ryan Bostick, 39, of Columbia, was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to…
Acting U.S. Attorney Chase Announces the Indictment of Five People in a Methamphetamine Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Directed at the Spirit Lake and Turtle Mountain Reservations
Fargo – Acting United States Attorney Nick Chase announced that a federal grand jury has indicted five individuals for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Distribution of…
Marana Man Sentenced to Five Years for Sexual Abuse of a Minor and Abusive Sexual Contact
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Last week, Roy Dominic Robles, 35, of Marana, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan M. Brnovich to a total of 60 months in prison, followed by 15…
Federal Law Enforcement in Chicago Seizes Private Plane and 100 Kilograms of Cocaine; Three Defendants Arrested
CHICAGO — Three individuals have been arrested on federal charges as part of an investigation that disrupted a suspected Mexico-to-Chicago drug pipeline and resulted in government seizures of a private plane and…
