District of Nevada

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – On Wednesday, a federal jury convicted a Las Vegas man for committing three armed robberies of businesses in Las Vegas and Henderson. According to court documents and evidence…

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A Woodlands, Texas, man pleaded guilty today for his role in an unemployment insurance benefits scheme to defraud the California Employment Development Department (EDD). According to court documents…

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A Las Vegas tax preparer was sentenced today to two years in prison for filing fraudulent tax returns for her clients over approximately five years, causing a total…

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – On Friday, a federal jury convicted James Bates (50, of Las Vegas) — who previously had been convicted of multiple felonies in Clark County, Nevada and Broward County,…

RENO, Nev. – A federal jury convicted a Fort McDermitt Shoshone Paiute Tribe member today for murdering two women who were also members of the Tribe. According to court documents and evidence…

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – In a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday, a Stockton, California, man has been charged for allegedly using multiple California Employment Development Department (EDD) unemployment insurance benefits debit cards in…

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A Santa Clarita woman pleaded guilty today to her role in a conspiracy to use other peoples’ personal information — without their consent — to unlawfully apply for…

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A former regional director of community development for the National Community Stabilization Trust — formed in 2008 in response to the national mortgage-housing foreclosure crisis — was sentenced Tuesday…

LAS VEGAS, Nev. –  A federal grand jury in Las Vegas, Nevada, returned an indictment today charging a Las Vegas husband and wife with conspiring to defraud the IRS, tax evasion, filing…

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – An accountant for the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe made her initial appearance in federal court today for allegedly embezzling more than $140,000 from the Tribe. As alleged in…

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — A Las Vegas resident was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison for robbing two U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail carriers while they were delivering the mail. According…

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A Henderson man was sentenced on Thursday to six years in prison for distributing methamphetamine. According to court documents, between March 6 and April 3, 2018, Kenneth Hall,…

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force assigned to Nellis Air Force Base was sentenced today to 32 months in prison for selling a large quantity of…

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A Belize citizen, who was unlawfully in the United States, was sentenced today to three years and one month in prison for using a fraudulent United States Permanent…

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A North Las Vegas woman pleaded guilty today to unlawfully collecting over $200,000 of her deceased mother’s Social Security retirement benefits. She also admitted to wrongfully taking over…

RENO, Nev. — A Reno resident was sentenced on Friday to 14 years and one month in federal prison for robbing a liquor store and a convenience store at gunpoint in July…

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A Las Vegas, Nevada, businesswoman pleaded guilty today to filing a false tax return. According to court documents and admissions made in court, Graciela Rueda Alvarez, aka “Graciela…

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A federal court permanently enjoined a Henderson, Nevada, company from preparing, processing, and distributing adulterated and misbranded bottled water. In a complaint filed on May 19, at the…