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…
Four Defendants Facing Federal Charges for Mail Theft and Possession of United States Postal Service Keys
Greenbelt, Maryland – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging four defendants with theft of mail matter and the unlawful possession of postal service keys. The indictment was returned…
Seven Defendants Plead Guilty To Fentanyl Trafficking-Based Charges In Oakland And San Leandro
OAKLAND – Six East Bay residents and one Oregon resident pleaded guilty today to drug trafficking charges that led to the largest seizure of fentanyl in the Bay Area at that time,…
Seven Defendants Plead Guilty To Fentanyl Trafficking-Based Charges In Oakland And San Leandro
OAKLAND – Six East Bay residents and one Oregon resident pleaded guilty today to drug trafficking charges that led to the largest seizure of fentanyl in the Bay Area at that time,…
Four Defendants Sentenced in North Alabama Virtual Education Scheme
Montgomery, Ala. – This week, four individuals were sentenced to federal prison for their part in a scheme to fraudulently enroll students in Alabama virtual schools, announced the United States…
Final Defendants in Moultrie Meth Trafficking Network Sentenced
ALBANY, Ga. – The remaining defendants guilty of participating in a methamphetamine trafficking network based out of Moultrie, Georgia, were sentenced to prison for their crimes. Robert Lee Smith, III, 46, of…
Final Defendants in Moultrie Meth Trafficking Network Sentenced
ALBANY, Ga. – The remaining defendants guilty of participating in a methamphetamine trafficking network based out of Moultrie, Georgia, were sentenced to prison for their crimes. Robert Lee Smith, III, 46, of…
Two defendants enter guilty pleas in Sweetie Pie’s murder-for-hire scheme
ST. LOUIS – United States District Court Judge John A. Ross accepted a plea of guilty from Terica Taneisha Ellis and Waiel Rebhi Yaghnam on today’s date. A grand jury in the…
Two defendants enter guilty pleas in Sweetie Pie’s murder-for-hire scheme
ST. LOUIS – United States District Court Judge John A. Ross accepted a plea of guilty from Terica Taneisha Ellis and Waiel Rebhi Yaghnam on today’s date. A grand jury in the…
Two Defendants Plead Guilty For Their Roles In A Narcotics Conspiracy Which Resulted In A Triple Homicide
CONTACT: Barbara BurnsPHONE: (716) 843-5817FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Jariel Cobb a/k/a Doobie a/k/a Black, 49, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District…
Defendants Indicted in Tractor Trailer Smuggling Incident That Resulted in 53 Deaths
SAN ANTONIO – A federal grand jury in San Antonio returned an indictment today against two men charged in the fatal tractor trailer incident that occurred on June 27, 2022, resulting in…
18 Defendants Indicted for Meth Conspiracy
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Eighteen defendants have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine in southwest Missouri after law enforcement officers…
21 Defendants Convicted During Three-Year Investigation Into Drug Trafficking and Criminal Activities Led by Inmates Inside State Prison Walls Using Contraband Cell Phones
OKLAHOMA CITY – A three-year investigation into an Oklahoma prison-based drug trafficking organization has resulted in 21 defendants being convicted across multiple federal cases. The wrap-up of this investigation and prosecution is…
Former Ottawa County Prosecutor Pleads Guilty After Seeking Sexual Favors from Defendants in Exchange for Favorable Treatment in Court Proceedings
A former Ottawa County Assistant District Attorney pleaded guilty in federal court after he provided drugs and performed favorable legal actions that benefitted defendants in exchange for sex, announced U.S. Attorney Clint…
Federal indictment names 14 defendants in drug-distribution conspiracy coordinated from inside a Georgia prison
BRUNSWICK, GA: A newly unsealed federal indictment charges 14 defendants in a south Georgia drug trafficking conspiracy alleged to have been directed from inside a Georgia state prison. The indictment in Operation…
Seven More Defendants Plead Guilty to Drug-Trafficking Conspiracy, Illegal Firearms
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Seven more defendants have pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a major drug-trafficking conspiracy and to illegally possessing firearms. Four defendants pleaded guilty in separate…
Additional Defendants Charged In Violent Rockland County Assault And Robbery; Two Sentenced
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the return of a superseding indictment charging WAYNE HICKS, a/k/a “Weez,” BRIAN THOMAS, a/k/a “BT,” and JORDAN WOODBINE,…
Eight Defendants Facing Federal Charges Relating to Over $1.6 Million Dollars in Cares Act Covid-19 Fraud, including Identity Theft and Unemployment Insurance Fraud
Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging nine defendants in relation to a Maryland and California CARES Act COVID-19 unemployment insurance scheme. The indictment charges the defendants…
Seven Defendants Indicted for Drug Trafficking in the South Lake Tahoe and Sacramento Areas
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned two indictments on Thursday charging a total of seven defendants with various drug-trafficking crimes, including conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, as well as…
Two Additional Defendants Plead Guilty in Nationwide Racketeering Conspiracy Targeting the Elderly
SAN DIEGO – Two more members of a nationwide “grandparent scam” network have pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act known as RICO. Lyda Harris of…
Three Defendants sentenced for Roles in a $1.2 Million Check Kiting Scheme
A trio of defendants who played various roles in defrauding First State Bank of Commerce, Oklahoma, have been sentenced in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. The check kiting scheme was…
Six Defendants Arrested on Federal Grand Jury Indictment Alleging They Fraudulently Obtained $2 Million in COVID-19 Jobless Benefits
LOS ANGELES – Law enforcement today arrested six defendants charged in a federal grand jury indictment alleging they fraudulently obtained more than $2 million in COVID-19-related unemployment insurance (UI) benefits by…
Four Defendants Plead Guilty in $11.5 Million Fraud Case
LITTLE ROCK—Four women, all sisters, have pleaded guilty to their involvement in defrauding the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of over $11.5 million that was intended to benefit farmers…
Three More Defendants Sentenced for Their Roles in Wide-Ranging Medicaid Fraud Conspiracy
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Two residents of Pittsburgh and a resident of Georgia were sentenced in federal court for conspiracy to defraud the Pennsylvania Medicaid program and related offenses, United States Attorney Cindy…
Three Defendants Indicted in Massive Software Piracy Scheme
OKLAHOMA CITY – Today, a court in the Western District of Oklahoma unsealed an indictment charging three individuals with violating federal wire fraud and money laundering statutes in connection with an operation…
Two Separate Cases Involving Sex Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation Crimes Result in Sentences of 60+ Years in Federal Prison for Three Defendants
LAFAYETTE, La. – United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced the resolution of two cases involving sex crimes. United States District Judge James D. Cain, Jr. sentenced the three defendants as follows:…
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