Twelve Plead Guilty to Tax and Immigration Charges after Undercover Operation Marking Largest Criminal Tax Case in Pee Dee History

Florence, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that 12 individuals across seven construction-related companies have pleaded guilty to charges related to employment tax fraud and hiring…

Atlantic Man Sentenced for Methamphetamine Offense

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – Christopher M. Jespersen, age 38, of Atlantic, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 120 months in prison for Possession with Intent…

Former Tribal Police Chief Admits to Stealing More than $300,000 from Local Tribe by Selling Fake Badges

Assistant U. S. Attorney Andrew J. Galvin (619) 546-9721 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – October 25, 2021 SAN DIEGO – Anthony Reyes Vazquez pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting that he stole…

Former Philadelphia Man Sentenced to Prison for Making. Passing Counterfeit $100 Bills

PITTSBURGH, PA – A former resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months in prison, three years supervised release and restitution of $4,600.00 on his conviction of…

Boston Police Seek Assistance in Locating Human Trafficker

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – The Boston Police Department is seeing the Publics help in locating Reyes Familia wanted on charges of Trafficking a Person for Sexual Servitude, Deriving Support from Prostitution, Kidnapping, and…

ADL warns parents to be mindful of stereotypical, hurtful, insensitive Halloween costumes

The Anti-Defamation League has published an advisory for parents as Halloween nears. The ADL is warning about gender-specific costumes and costumes that stereotype poor people or ethnic groups. Off the list of…

Gulf Cartel Member and Criminal Migrants Arrested at the Border

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents arrest a Gulf Cartel (CDG) member, a Mara-Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang member, a migrant with a previous conviction for sexual assault of…

Charlotte Tax Preparer Is Sentenced To More than Five Years For $3 Million Tax Fraud

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr. sentenced Andrivia Wells, 54, of Charlotte, today to 70 months in prison for tax fraud, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney…

Former Air War College Professor Pleads Guilty To Making False Statements About Relationship With Government Official In China

Montgomery, Alabama – A civilian professor at the Air War College on Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, pleaded guilty to making false statements to a federal agent, Announced Acting…

Manhattan Man Pleads Guilty To $6.9 Million Scheme To Defraud Loan Program Intended To Help Small Businesses During COVID-19 Pandemic

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MARCUS FRAZIER pled guilty to carrying out a fraudulent scheme to obtain $6.9 million in government-guaranteed…

Tennessee State Senator and Nashville Social Club Owner Indicted for Alleged Campaign Finance Scheme

IndictmentMEMPHIS – A federal grand jury in Nashville, Tennessee, returned an indictment Friday charging Tennessee State Senator Brian Kelsey and a Nashville social club owner with violating campaign finance laws as part…

Atlanta pharmacy to pay $4.6 million to settle False Claims Act allegations regarding compound medications

ATLANTA – Curant, Inc., which owns pharmacies in Smyrna, Georgia and St. Petersburg, Florida, along with its owners and related entities, agreed to pay $4.6 million to resolve allegations that they violated…

Tennessee State Senator Brian Kelsey And Nashville Social Club Owner Indicted In Campaign Finance Conspiracy

NASHVILLE – A federal grand jury in Nashville Friday, returned a five-count indictment charging Tennessee State Senator Brian Kelsey, 43, of Germantown, Tennessee, and Nashville social club owner Joshua Smith, 44, with…

South Florida Resident Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Material Support to Terrorists

Miami, Florida – A 29-year-old man has pled guilty in federal district court in Miami to attempting to materially support terrorism, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2339A. According…

U.S. Attorney’s Office to Join Federal Law Enforcement Officers for a Press Conference Tomorrow in Myrtle Beach at 10 a.m.

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney Rhett DeHart announced today that a press conference will be held tomorrow, October 26, 2021, at 10 a.m., at the Myrtle Beach Police…

Mexican National Convicted at Cocaine-Trafficking Trial

MOBILE, AL – A federal jury convicted a Mexican national last week for possessing with intent to distribute multiple kilograms of cocaine. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Gilberto…

South Carolina Man Indicted for Assault on Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

WASHINGTON — A South Carolina man was indicted today for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that…

Agents Arrest 17 People in Large-Scale Multi-State Drug Trafficking Ring Involving Fentanyl, Heroin, Crystal Methamphetamine and Firearms

ST. LOUIS – This week the Drug Enforcement Administration, United States Marshals Service, and United States Postal Inspection Service arrested 17 people in Missouri, Arizona, California, and Mexico linked to an organized…

Man Residing in Bakersfield Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for Attempting to Sell Large Amount of Fentanyl, Cocaine and Methamphetamine

FRESNO, Calif. — Jose Mario Quintero Beltran, 31, a citizen of Mexico unlawfully residing in Bakersfield, was sentenced today to nine years in prison for possessing with the intent to distribute fentanyl,…

Outdoor Apparel Company Owner Guilty of Violating National Forest Service Regulations as part of Marketing Campaign

GRAND JUNCTION – David Lesh was found guilty of violating National Forest Service regulations for snowmobiling at Keystone Resort, which was closed in April 2020. United States Magistrate Judge Gordon P. Gallagher…

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