PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that DeWitt Drayton, 46, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, and five years of supervised release by…
BOSTON – A Boston man was sentenced on July 21, 2022 for possessing hundreds of pressed fentanyl pills disguised as oxycodone intended for distribution. Diamondez Pierre, 24, was sentenced by…
LOUISVILLE, Ky–On Monday and Tuesday, July 11 and 12, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Indianapolis and Louisville seized 178 counterfeit championship rings and 171 counterfeit professional sports…
NORFOLK, Va. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Area Port of Norfolk-Newport News, Va., certainly do not suffer from cold feet when it comes to enforcing intellectual…
NEWARK, N.J. – A federal grand jury has indicted a Florida man for allegedly orchestrating a scheme over many years to traffic in counterfeit Cisco networking equipment with an estimated…
BOSTON – A Boston man was arrested yesterday for his alleged participation in a conspiracy to distribute thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl. Alexis Radhames Diaz Tejeda, 44, was…
EVANSVILLE – A federal grand jury in Evansville returned an indictment charging two men with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, illegal distribution of a tableting machine, and illegal possession of a…
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced today that…
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Woodbridge man pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. According to court documents,…
NEWARK, N.J. – A pharmacist and pharmacy owner pleaded guilty today to violating the Controlled Substances Act by filling fraudulent and counterfeit prescriptions in exchange for cash, U.S. Attorney Philip…
Fort Myers, FL – U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber today sentenced Savannah Symone Duncan (24, Los Angeles, CA) to two years in federal prison for passing or uttering counterfeit…
CORTLANDVILLE, NY – We get it. The rise in gas prices is too much to bear for most Americans but passing counterfeit bills to pay for $5 per gallon gas…
Assistant U. S. Attorney Owen Roth (619) 546-7710 and Assistant U.S. Attorney Shauna R. Prewitt (619) 546-7937 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – June 14, 2022 SAN DIEGO – A two-year investigation…
Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy F. Salel (619) 546-8055 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – June 3, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Three brothers from San Diego pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday, admitting…
Seattle – A 42-year-old Ferndale, Washington woman was indicted this week by a federal grand jury for multiple counts of trafficking in counterfeit goods, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Kara…
Assistant U. S. Attorney Sean Van Demark (619) 546-7657 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY—June 1, 2022 SAN DIEGO — Drug dealer Saul Caro pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting that he…
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on May 25, 2022, Dale Richard Estep II, age 35, of Colonial Beach, Virginia, was…
LOUISVILLE, Ky— In 24 hours, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Louisville have seized a myriad of items: counterfeit driver’s licenses, counterfeit Apple Air pods and Watches, and…
BOSTON – A Lowell man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving methamphetamine disguised as counterfeit Adderall pills. Vimoon Sortsoy,…
NORFOLK, VA— U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Port of Norfolk seized designer dresses and shawls estimated to be worth more than $2 million dollars, due to trademark…
Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Leroy Holmes, age 61, of Baltimore, Maryland, for the federal charges of bank fraud, identity theft, and access…
INDIANAPOLIS–-On April 27 and 29 , U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Indianapolis seized two shipments of Rolex watches deemed to be counterfeit by CBP’s Centers of Excellence…
BOSTON – A Worcester man pleaded guilty on Monday, April 25, 2022, to attempting to purchase a $56,000 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon with a counterfeit check. David Hogan, 58, pleaded guilty…
CHAMPLAIN, N.Y. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Champlain Port of Entry Cargo facility seized National Hockey League (NHL) Stanley Cup Championship Rings, due to trademark violations.…
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson has filed a lawsuit against drug distributors and a pharmacy seeking to stop the sale of counterfeit versions of its HIV drugs,…