Michigan Man Pleads Guilty to Investment Fraud Scheme Involving Fake NASA Contracts
RICHMOND, Va. – A Marne, Michigan, man pleaded guilty today to a wire fraud charge arising from his participation in an investment fraud scheme. According …
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Mexican National Sentenced for Entering the United States After Prior Removal
BANGOR, Maine: A Mexican national was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for entering the United States after a prior removal. U.S. District Judge …
Box Elder man sentenced to 22 months in prison for assaulting partner on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation
GREAT FALLS — A Box Elder man who admitted to assaulting a woman on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation was sentenced today to 22 months …
California Attorney Sentenced for Selling Unregistered Securities
BOSTON – A California attorney was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with the illegal sale of over $1.3 million worth of …
Nurse practitioner arrested, charged with selling oxymorphone
BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Michael Ostolski, 55, of North Tonawanda, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint …
Ghanaian National and a Florida Resident Indicted for Money Laundering
PITTSBURGH, PA – A Ghanaian National and a resident of Florida have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for money laundering, United …
IRS Contractor Pleads Guilty to Disclosing Tax Return Information to News Organizations
An IRS contractor, Charles Littlejohn, 38, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today to disclosing tax return information without authorization. “By using his role as a …
United States Attorney’s Office hosts second anti-hate crime forum
WINSTON-SALEM – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of North Carolina (USAO-MDNC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) hosted their second …
Southfield, MI Resident Sentenced to 90 Months in Prison for Possessing with the Intent to Distribute Fentanyl, Heroin and Cocaine
PITTSBURGH, PA– Deyon Robinson was sentenced to 90 months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of a mixture containing …
Rochester man going to prison for COVID fraud
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Kenyatta Phipps, 47, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of wire fraud, was sentenced …
Two Former Tennessee Department of Corrections Officers Plead Guilty for Their Roles in the Assault of an Inmate
Memphis, TN – Two former tactical officers for the Tennessee Department of Corrections Strike Force pleaded guilty for their roles in the assault of an …
Ohio Resident Pleads Guilty to Violating Federal Narcotics Laws
PITTSBURGH, PA – An Ohio resident pleaded guilty in federal court to violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. Luis …
Former Olympic Equestrian Sentenced to Federal Prison for Sexually Abusing Minor Student
PORTLAND, Ore.—A former Olympic equestrian who in retirement became a world-class equestrian coach was sentenced to federal prison today for sexually abusing a minor student. …
Pharmaceutical production manager sentenced in counterfeit drug trafficking conspiracy
BEAUMONT, Texas – A Houston man who served as a production manager in a counterfeit drug trafficking scheme has been sentenced to federal prison for …
Former Indiana Police Officers Sentenced For Civil Rights Violations In Assault Of Handcuffed Detainee
WASHINGTON-A former police officer with the Elkhart Police Department, Joshua Titus, 34, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in federal prison followed …
Former Indiana Police Officers Sentenced for Civil Rights Violations in Assault of Handcuffed Detainee
A former police officer with the Elkhart Police Department, Joshua Titus, 34, was sentenced today to one year and one day in federal prison followed …
Eleven Charged with Trafficking Narcotics in New Haven
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Robert Fuller, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the …
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Greenville Man for Firearms Trafficking Offenses
Owensboro, KY – A federal grand jury in Bowling Green returned an indictment on October 11, 2023, charging a Greenville, Kentucky man with firearms trafficking …
CEO Pleads Guilty to Transnational Scheme Involving Foreign Exchange and Cryptocurrency Futures Contracts
A former chief executive officer of an investment firm pleaded guilty yesterday to a “cherry-picking” scheme, in which he fraudulently misappropriated profitable trades to himself, …
Justice Department Secures Agreement in Tennessee School Desegregation Case
Note: View the agreement here. Memphis, TN – The Justice Department announced yesterday that it has secured an agreement to improve and expand educational opportunities for …
Massachusetts Awarded Over $118 Million in Federal Grants to Support Community Safety
BOSTON – Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy has announced that $118,366,566 in federal grants has been allocated to the District of Massachusetts to …
Albanian National Pleads Guilty To Illegal Reentry
Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Alban Lukaj (52, Albania) has pleaded guilty to illegal reentry after removal subsequent to …
Michael Gonzalez Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison for Possessing and Selling Stolen Teslas
Burlington, Vermont – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on October 11, 2023, Michael Gonzalez, 34, of Shelburne, Vermont, …
Dows Man Sentenced to More Than Seven Years in Federal Prison for Meth and Heroin Convictions
A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine and heroin was sentenced on September 27, 2023, in federal court in Sioux City. Nathan Miller, 49, from …
Texas U.S. Attorneys unite against domestic violence
HOUSTON – All four U.S. Attorneys from Texas converged in the Southern District for a historic event to commemorate Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM), honor …
Middlesex County Man Convicted of Persuading, Inducing and Enticing Victims for Prostitution
NEWARK, N.J. – A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man was convicted today of four counts of persuading, inducing, and enticing women to travel in interstate …
Law Enforcement Agencies in Western Washington receive more than $3.6 million in U.S. Department of Justice Grant Funding
Seattle – More than a dozen law enforcement agencies in western Washington received U.S. DOJ Byrne grant funding to support local needs ranging from body-worn …
Baton Rouge Man Sentenced for Assaulting and Threatening Federal Officers
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – KESHAWN KELLY, age 20, a resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was sentenced on October 3, 2023 by U.S. District Judge Greg …
Two Nez Perce County Men Sentenced for Federal Gun Crimes
COEUR D’ALENE – Shane Bohn, 35, and Matthew Durham, 24, both of Lewiston, were sentenced in separate cases to federal prison for unlawful possession of …
New Orleans Man Indicted for Trafficking Fentanyl and Heroin
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – RODNEY OFFRAY, age 49, a resident of New Orleans, was charged on September 22, 2023 in a recently unsealed three-count indictment …
Nicaraguan Woman Pleads Guilty to Illegally Using Social Security Number
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that JUNIETH BETANCO-HERNANDEZ, age 19, plead guilty on October 10, 2023 to illegally using …
Idaho man sentenced to 10 years in prison for trafficking meth in Great Falls, Helena
GREAT FALLS — An Idaho man who admitted to trafficking methamphetamine in Great Falls and Helena was sentenced today to 10 years in prison, to …
Ithaca Man Convicted at Bench Trial of Wire Fraud and Engaging in Transactions in Criminally Derived Property
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Ejembi Onah, age 60, of Ithaca, New York, was convicted yesterday at the conclusion of a non-jury trial of two counts …
Nineteen-Year-Old Man Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison for Trafficking 3D-Printed “Glock Switches” and “Auto-Sears”
PEORIA, Ill. – A Washington, Illinois, man, Zavien James Ross, 19, was sentenced today to 27 months in prison, to be followed by three years …
Baltimore Felon Sentenced to 33 Months in Federal Prison for Illegal Possession of Two Stolen Firearms
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III today sentenced Tavion Thomas, age 23, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 33 months in federal prison, …
Utica Man Sentenced for Possession of Fentanyl for Distribution
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Harry Rodriguez, Jr., age 43, of Utica, New York, was sentenced today to serve 84 months in federal prison for his …
Jeanette Resident Sentenced for Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition by a Convicted Felon
PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Jeannette, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court today on a charge of possession of a firearm and ammunition …
Nine Arrested in Operation Targeting Ulster County Drug Trafficking Organization
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Nine defendants have been indicted and arrested for their roles in a drug trafficking organization that distributed large quantities of cocaine …
Monroeville Resident Sentenced for Violating a Federal Firearms Law
PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Monroeville, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to imprisonment for 8 months on his conviction of violating a …
MS-13 Gang Members Indicted for Two Murders on Long Island
An 11-count indictment was unsealed on October 4, 2023 in federal court in Central Islip charging Carlos Humberto Aquino-Hernandez, also known as “Caprichoso” and “Flaco” …
Montana Man Pleads Guilty to Buying Firearms in Montana, Illegally Exporting Them to Mexico
A Montana man pleaded guilty today to buying firearms in Montana and selling them to individuals in Mexico. Cristyan Jose Gonzalez-Carrillo, 37, of Bozeman, pleaded …
New Salem, PA Resident Sentenced for Violating Federal Narcotics Laws
PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of New Salem, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to a 24-month term of imprisonment to be followed by …
Hartford Gang Member Sentenced to 63 Months in Federal Prison for Drug and Gun Offenses, Violating Supervised Release
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOEL DeLEON, JR., also known as “Psycho,” 42, of Hartford, was sentenced …
Oregon Man Sentenced to 192 Months in Prison
FORT WAYNE–Julian Muriera, 30 years old, of Hillsboro, Oregon, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after being found guilty by …
Burlington County Man Admits Drug and Gun Charges
TRENTON, N.J. – A Burlington County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a scheme to possess and distribute methamphetamine and illegally possess firearms, …
Bozeman Man Admits Buying Firearms in Montana, Illegally Exporting Them to Mexico
MISSOULA — A Bozeman man accused of buying firearms in Montana and selling them to individuals in Mexico admitted today to illegally exporting guns, said …
Former Senior Fiscal Officer for Non-Profit Organization Charged With Multi-Million Dollar Embezzlement Scheme
A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Marcia Joseph with wire fraud in connection with her embezzlement of approximately $2.3 …
Compounding pharmacy owner sentenced to 18 months and over $6 million in restitution
TULSA, Okla. – A former Jenks resident has been sentenced to 18 months for conspiracy to offer and pay health care kickbacks, announced U.S. Attorney …
Arizona Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Attempted Murder of a Federal Task Force Officer
ALBUQUERQUE – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque …
Ohkay Owingeh Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Second Degree Murder
ALBUQUERQUE – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque …