Grand Prairie Man Convicted of Trafficking Teenage Girl

A Grand Prairie man was convicted yesterday of trafficking a 16-year-old girl, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah. After a two-day trial, a federal jury in…

Gang member with over a dozen felonies convicted again of firearms offense

HOUSTON – A 40-year-old Houston resident has admitted to being a felon in possession of a firearm while on supervised release from a previous conviction of the same crime, announced Acting U.S.…

Foreign national found guilty of smuggling over $1M in meth

LAREDO, Texas – A Laredo federal jury has convicted a 32-year-old Mexican citizen for conspiracy to import and importation of meth, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. The jury deliberated for…

Frankfort Man Convicted of Murder

LONDON, Ky. – A Frankfort, Kentucky man, Patrick Baker, 43, was convicted on Wednesday, by a federal jury sitting in London, of first-degree murder committed during a drug trafficking crime. …

Cryptocurrency CEO Sentenced to Five Years in $4 Million Crypto Scheme

The inventor of cryptocurrency AriseCoin was sentenced today to five years in federal prison for duping investors out of more than $4 million, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of…

Billings methamphetamine trafficker sentenced to 12 years in prison

BILLINGS — A Billings man who admitted to trafficking methamphetamine after law enforcement officers seized about eight pounds of the drug and three loaded handguns from his vehicle during a stop near…

Sedalia Man Sentenced for Tax Evasion

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Sedalia, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for tax evasion. Duane Dixon, 59, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner to three years…

Georgia psychotherapy services provider to pay $2 million to resolve false claims allegations

ATLANTA – Carenow Services, LLC, a Roswell-based psychotherapy services provider, as well as its CEO Leena Karun (collectively “Carenow”), have agreed to pay $2 million to settle allegations that they violated the…

Second of 3 Brothers Sentenced for Attempting to Steal Guns from Federal Firearms Licensees

PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment on a charge of conspiracy, United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today. United States District Judge…

New York man illegally sold over 100 guns, pleads guilty

ATLANTA – Randolph Anthony Scott, Jr., a prolific gun dealer, has pleaded guilty to charges of unlawfully dealing firearms, making a false statement to a federally licensed firearms dealer, and interstate travel…

Navajo man in court accused of murder in Indian Country

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Josiah Smith, 27, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, made an initial appearance in federal court today facing a charge of murder in Indian Country. Smith will…

Cincinnati pleads guilty of using identity of deceased friend to obtain Social Security benefits

CINCINNATI – Frank Morris, 73, of Cincinnati, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to using the identity of a deceased childhood friend to obtain more than $120,000 in Social Security and SNAP…

Attorneys And Doctors In New York Charged With Defrauding More Than $31 Million Through Trip-And-Fall Fraud Scheme

Audrey Strauss, 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 (“FBI”),…

St. Louis County man pleads guilty armed carjackings

ST. LOUIS – United States District Court Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. accepted a plea of guilty from David Curtis President, on August 24, 2021, for the crimes of carjacking and possessing…

Pennsylvania Businessman Pleads Guilty to Receiving Fraudulent Wire Transfer of Over $17 Million

SHREVEPORT, La. – David D. DeBerardinis, 59, of Shreveport, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today before Chief United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. to a charge of wire fraud, announced Acting United…

Former Syracuse Postal Worker Sentenced for Stealing Mail in Liverpool

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Quayshaun Mitchell, age 28, of Syracuse, was sentenced today to serve 6 months of home detention, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for helping another…

Dallas Drug Trafficker Sentenced in East Texas Methamphetamine and Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

SHERMAN, Texas – A Dallas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today. Zachariah Logan…

Trans militia leader’s mosque bombing provoked by gender dysphoria, lawyer says

An attorney for the militia leader who orchestrated the bombing of a Minnesota mosque says the bomber now identifies as a woman and the mosque attack was fueled by gender dysphoria and…

Memphis Medical Sales Rep Admits Misleading FBI

LITTLE ROCK—A Florida man pleaded guilty to misleading federal agents investigating his promotion of expensive compounded prescription drugs. Steve Hill, 57, of Port Orange, Florida (formerly of Memphis), entered…

Louisville Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison For Illegally Possessing A Firearm While On State Parole

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