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…
Five Defendants Charged In Multi-Million Dollar Prescription Drug Smuggling & Money Laundering Scheme
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced that five defendants have been charged with conspiring to smuggle prescription drugs into the United States illegally. Brendon…
Two Defendants Plead Guilty in a Nationwide Racketeering Conspiracy Targeting the Elderly
Assistant U. S. Attorney Oleksandra “Sasha” Johnson (619) 546-9769 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – March 9, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Two defendants charged in a nationwide “grandparent scam” have pleaded guilty to conspiracy…
Six Augusta-area defendants indicted on separate firearms, drug charges
AUGUSTA, GA: Three Augusta men face felony gun charges while three others also faces drug trafficking charges as Richmond County law enforcement officials pursue individuals associated with an increase in gang-related violent…
11 Defendants Charged in 19-Count Indictment Alleging Middle Georgia Meth Trafficking Ring
MACON, Ga. – Arrest warrants were executed today and 11 individuals are facing federal charges resulting from an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation centered in Warner Robins, Georgia. An indictment…
Final Four Defendants, Including Former Correctional Officer, Plead Guilty to Federal Racketeering Conspiracy Charge in Connection With a Prison Corruption Scheme at Jessup Correctional Institution
Greenbelt, Maryland – A former Correctional Officer, two inmates, and an outside “facilitator” have pleaded guilty to a federal racketeering conspiracy at the Jessup Correctional Institution (JCI), involving inmates and outside facilitators…
Three Defendants Sentenced For Illegal Bitcoin Business
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Christopher Allan Boden, a/k/a “Captain,” 46, of Grand Rapids, Daniel Reynold DeJager, a/k/a “Daniel Miester,” and…
Defendants Plead Guilty to Manslaughter for Fatal Shooting in City’s Broadway-Fillmore Neighborhood
Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 23-year-old Michael Santiago, also known as “Bebo,” and 30-year-old Hector Sanchez, also known as “Coli,” both of Buffalo, pleaded guilty on Thursday afternoon…
DOJ Adds Employee Defendants in Illegal Opioid Distribution and Health Care Fraud Lawsuit Against Northeast Philadelphia Pharmacy
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that the United States filed an amended civil complaint against pharmacist Todd Goodman and pharmacy employees Eric Pestrack and Lee Kamp for their…
Five defendants charged in drug conspiracy operating in Pawley’s Island
GEORGETOWN, SOUTH CAROLINA — A joint team of federal and local law enforcement officers recently arrested three individuals who have been charged in federal court in connection with a drug trafficking organization that…
Twelve defendants charged related to drug distribution conspiracy after joint federal, state, and local operation in North Charleston
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA — A joint team of federal, state, and local law enforcement officers arrested 12 individuals today who have all been charged in federal court for their roles in a drug…
Defendants Sentenced for Scheme to Defraud Local Housing Programs of Over $100,000
HONOLULU, Hawaii – Raelene Rodrigues, 62, of Honolulu, Hawaii was sentenced today. Rodrigues was the last of four defendants convicted and sentenced in connection with charges involving a scheme to defraud federally…
Two Defendants Sentenced in U.S. District Court
ALEXANDRIA, La. – United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that two defendants were sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Dee D. Drell in two separate cases. Gregory Leonard Jones, Jr.,…
Five Defendants Indicted for Pump-and-Dump Stock Fraud Scheme
Assistant U. S. Attorneys Aaron P. Arnzen (619) 546-8384 and Andrew J. Galvin (619) 546-9721 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – February 17, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Five men from California, Nevada and Florida…
Two More Defendants Added to Federal Indictment Alleging Fraud Scheme at Chicago Elementary School
CHICAGO — An ongoing federal investigation into an alleged fraud scheme at a Chicago elementary school has resulted in charges against two new defendants. An eleven-count superseding indictment unsealed today in U.S.…
Eight Defendants Charged In Manhattan Federal Court For Distributing Fentanyl Linked To Multiple Overdose Deaths In The Bronx
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Timothy Foley, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division (“DEA”), and Keechant…
Superseding Indictment Adds Defendants to $25 Million, Prison-Based Unemployment Insurance Fraud Scheme
FRESNO, Calif. — A total of eight defendants have been charged in a superseding indictment for submitting over $25 million in fraudulent unemployment insurance claims in the identities of inmates, minor children,…
17-Count Indictment Unsealed, 22 Defendants in Custody Resulting from Middle GA to Metro Atlanta Meth Investigation
MACON, Ga. – Arrest warrants were executed today and 22 individuals are facing federal charges resulting from an ongoing methamphetamine trafficking investigation in Milledgeville, Georgia, with ties to metro Atlanta. An indictment is…
Five Defendants Charged In $8.4 Million “Boiler Room” Fraud And Money Laundering Scheme
Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Thomas Fattorusso, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI”),…
Four Defendants Plead Guilty to Meth Conspiracy Near Elementary School
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Four defendants have pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a conspiracy that converted large amounts of liquid methamphetamine into crystal methamphetamine at a rented house…
Ten Defendants Charged In Upper Peninsula-Based Conspiracy To Distribute And Possess With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine
MARQUETTE – A federal grand jury in Grand Rapids returned an indictment charging eight individuals from the Upper Peninsula and two individuals from the Detroit area with…
Four Defendants Arrested In Connection With The Overdose Death Of Michael K. Williams
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Keechant Sewell, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), announced that IRVIN CARTAGENA, a/k/a “Green…
Three Defendants Arrested For Operating Narcotics Delivery Service Responsible For Three Overdose Deaths From Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Tim Foley, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), and Keechant…
“Long Time Coming” Update: Three Defendants Plead Guilty in Connection with Their Roles in Methamphetamine Conspiracy
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Ambera Roberts, 34, Matthew Edward Depew, 31, and Era Dawn Corder, 46, all of Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements…
Additional defendants charged with trafficking young girls for sex
HOUSTON – Three more people have been indicted and additional charges filed in human trafficking conspiracy involving young runaway girls on what it known as the “Blade,” announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer…
Operation Shutdown Corner Update: Last of 17 Defendants Sentenced to More than 16 Years in Prison for Federal Drug Crime
BECKLEY, W.Va. – The last of 17 defendants was sentenced for his participation in an extensive drug trafficking organization (DTO) operating between California and the Southern District of West Virginia. Oyontikeyta V.…
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