Trump issues mass pardons for January 6 defendants in first executive order of new presidency
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In his first major act after being sworn in on January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order granting pardons and commuting the sentences of individuals…
Judge Refuses To Grant Jan. 6 Proud Boys Defendants A Mistrial
Judge Refuses To Grant Jan. 6 Proud Boys Defendants A Mistrial Trevor Schakohl on April 13, 2023 Five Proud Boys charged with committing seditious conspiracy on Jan. 6 were denied a mistrial…
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Two Defendants with the Death of a Marine Interdiction Agent in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico— A federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a 14-count superseding indictment charging three men and two women with trafficking cocaine in the District of…
Black-Market Medication Wholesaler, Pharmacy Owner, And Three Other Defendants Charged In $15 Million HIV Medication Fraud Scheme
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau…
Seven Defendants Sentenced For Defrauding Federal Program That Provided Technology Funding For Rockland County Schools
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the sentencing of all seven defendants who previously pled guilty to defrauding the federal “E-Rate” program, designed…
Seven Defendants Charged In Rochester Illegal Sports Gambling Business
CONTACT: Barbara BurnsPHONE: (716) 843-5817FAX #: (716) 551-3051 ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that seven individuals were charged by criminal complaint for their roles in an illegal…
Seven Defendants Charged With Million-Dollar Identity Theft And Fraud Scheme
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Daniel B. Brubaker, Inspector in Charge of the New York Division of the United States Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”),…
Two Defendants Convicted of Distributing Fentanyl and Heroin Causing Overdoses
A federal jury today convicted Keith Wyche, also known as “Marco,” of distributing fentanyl which resulted in the fatal overdose of a 43-year-old Staten-Island resident on April 18, 2017. Wyche and co-defendant…
Six Genovese Organized Crime Family Defendants Plead Guilty To Racketeering
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the guilty pleas of four members and two associates of the Genovese Organized Crime Family to racketeering…
Two Defendants Sentenced to 202 Years’ and 40 Years’ Imprisonment, Respectively, for their Participation in the Murder and Extortion of Queens Business Owner
Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Ppassim Elder, also known as “Bsam,” “Big Sam” and “Sam,” and Wilbert Bryant, also known as “Will” and “La,” were sentenced by United States District…
Defendants From New Jersey And West Virginia Sentenced For Assaulting Officers During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
One Defendant Provided the Other With the Chemical Spray Used on Officers WASHINGTON – A New Jersey man was sentenced today to 80 months in prison on two…
Five Defendants Arrested For Stealing Millions From Government-Funded Childcare Programs For Low Income Families
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation…
Three Defendants Sentenced for Scheme to Transport Stolen Catalytic Converters Across State Lines
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Three Rogersville, Mo., and Springfield, Mo., men have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in a scheme to transport tens of thousands of stolen catalytic converters across…
Jury Finds All Three Defendants Guilty in Murderous Feud
WASHINGTON –Following a nine-week long trial, a D.C. Superior Court jury returned verdicts finding Derek B. Turner, 31, Ronnika M. Jennings, 44, and Duan M. Hill,…
Four Defendants Charged with Conspiring to Provide Cryptocurrency to ISIS
A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Mohammad David Hashimi, Abdullah At Taqi, Khalilullah Yousuf, and Seema Rahman with conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic…
Four Defendants Sentenced for Counterfeiting
LAFAYETTE, La. – Four defendants involved in two separate counterfeiting cases were sentenced today, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. United States District Judge David C. Joseph sentenced the four defendants…
Two Defendants Sentenced to Federal Prison for Possessing Illegal Narcotics and Firearms
SHREVEPORT, La. – United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that two defendants who were found guilty of trafficking narcotics in the Shreveport/Bossier City area have been sentenced by United States District…
Four Defendants Arrested For Multimillion Dollar Fraud And Money Laundering Scheme
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation…
Two defendants appear on indictment connected to $7 million in drugs left on beach near Port Angeles, Washington in April 2021
Seattle – Two of three defendants charged in a failed attempt to smuggle more than 400 pounds of methamphetamine and two pounds of fentanyl powder into Canada appeared in U.S. District Court…
Three Men are First Capitol Breach Defendants Convicted at Trial of Assaulting Police Officers with Pepper Spray
Jury Found Defendants from Pennsylvania, California, and Virginia Assaulted Officers Four Times with Pepper Spray and a Chair WASHINGTON – Three defendants were convicted in the…
Two Defendants Plead Guilty To Conspiring To Bribe High-Level Officials Of The Republic Of The Marshall Islands
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that CARY YAN, a/k/a “Hong Hui Yan,” a/k/a “Chen Hong,” and GINA ZHOU, a/k/a “Chaoting Zhou,” a/k/a…
Four Defendants Arrested, Charged With Selling Drugs And Guns In The Medina, NY, Area
CONTACT: Barbara BurnsPHONE: (716) 843-5817FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that four defendants were arrested and charged in two separate criminal complaints with selling cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine…
Four Defendants Indicted for Securities Fraud, Conducting International Pump-and-Dump Scheme, and Money Laundering
Assistant U. S. Attorneys Owen Roth and Aaron P. Arnzen NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – November 22, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Canadian resident David Stephens and California residents Donald Danks, Jonathan Destler, and…
Twelve Defendants Charged in 5 Indictments with Trafficking Fentanyl and Methamphetamine in the Central Valley
FRESNO, Calif. — Due to the efforts of federal and local law enforcement agencies working together over the course of the past 18 months on an investigation targeting local criminal street gangs…
Two Defendants Sentenced for Participating in Nationwide Grandparent Scam
Assistant U. S. Attorney Oleksandra “Sasha” Johnson (619) 546-9769 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – November 17, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Two more defendants were sentenced in federal court today for participating in a…
Eastern District of California Completes Prosecution of 20 Defendants in DMV Corruption Cases
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced today the completion of prosecutions of 20 defendants in a series of DMV corruption cases charged in the Eastern District of California. Charges…
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