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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A Russian and Moldovan national pled guilty to three counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(5)(A) Fraud and Related Activity in Connection with Computers. The …

NASHVILLE – A federal grand jury returned an indictment last month charging Darwing Dubon-Castro, 32, and Josselyn Zamora-Carranza, 28, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and Carlos Rodriguez, 22, of Antioch, Tennessee, with …

Oxford, MS – A 38-year-old Vaiden man has been sentenced to serve six years in federal prison for aggravated identity theft and possessing fraudulent identity documents. At a sentencing hearing …

          GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Trevell Walker, 23, of Kentwood, Michigan, was sentenced …

NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – November 13, 2023 SAN DIEGO – Kimberly Kay Brandt, a 51-year-old U.S. citizen living in Tijuana, was sentenced in federal court today to 12 months and …

NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – November 13, 2023 SAN DIEGO – The CEO of San Diego-based Ethos Asset Management, Inc., which offers financing to international businesses, was arrested in New Jersey …

NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – November 13, 2023 SAN DIEGO – Juan Castro of San Diego was sentenced today in federal court to 10 years in prison and 10 years of …

SAN DIEGO – Beginning today, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the San Diego Anti-Hate Coalition launch their second “United Against Hate Week,” joining cities throughout California for a series of …

BUFFALO, N.Y. — U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Angel Elliot Dalfin, 58, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of making a false document, was sentenced to serve …

            WASHINGTON – Ranjith Keerikkattil, 35, formerly of Catonsville, Md., was found guilty by a jury for committing two felony violations of the Bail Reform …

BOSTON – A Boston man pleaded guilty today in connection with conspiring to illegally traffic and straw purchase firearms. Gustavo Rodriguez, 20, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to …

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CHRISTOPHER COBURN (“COBURN”), age 51, of New Orleans,  pled guilty to a bill of information charging him with …

DENVER—The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Jeremy Lavon Tate, age 29, of Aurora, was sentenced to 33 months in prison and three years of …

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on June 9, 2023,  JONATHAN GONZALEZ, age 24, ANTHONY ROMAN, age 24, DARNELL MELTON, age 26, SAUL REED, …

Kennard Bouk III, age 56, of Apopka, Florida, was arraigned on Nov. 13 for bank fraud and passing counterfeit obligations or securities of the United States. Bouk pleaded not guilty. …

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for defrauding at least 177 victims of more than $26 million through an investment fraud scheme. …

BLUEFIELD, W.Va. –  Eric Shawn Phillips, 43, of Princeton, was sentenced today to 30 years in prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, and ordered to pay …

            WASHINGTON – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced today that there is insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal civil rights …

FARGO – United States Attorney Mac Schneider, District of North Dakota, announced that Cody James Belgarde, age 36, from St. Michael, ND, was found guilty of the charges of Second-Degree …

Ocala, Florida – Senior United States District Judge Gregory A. Presnell has sentenced Brian Keith Coleman (34, Tallahassee) to 12 years in federal prison for possession of 50 grams or …

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on November 8, 2023, JUSTIN MORGAN, age 26, a resident of Orleans Parish, was sentenced by U.S. District Court …

HAMMOND- Larry D. Carter III, 30 years old, of Gary, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon after pleading guilty to possessing an unregistered machinegun, …

ATLANTA – Brett Weiner and Valerie Desalvo have pled guilty to federal conspiracy charges for their role in buying and selling fake doctors’ orders used to obtain over $1.5 million …

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that the owners and operators of the Grand Gateway Hotel and the Cheers Sports Lounge and Casino, a hotel and sports bar located …

INDIANAPOLIS—Sean Eberhart, 57, a former member of the Indiana House of Representatives, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring with others to solicit and receive the promise of future, lucrative …