Mandeville Man Sentenced for Defrauding FEMA After a Disaster
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that BRUCE D. COX, age 62, of Mandeville, was sentenced on September 23, 2021 to one year of probation and over $35,000 in…
Federal Court Permanently Enjoins Tax Return Preparers in Louisiana
A federal court in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has permanently enjoined two New Orleans-area tax return preparers from preparing returns for others and from owning, operating, or…
California Resident Charged in Superseding Indictment for Role in Sim Swap Scam Targeting at Least 40 People, Including New Orleans Resident
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RICHARD YUAN LI, age 21, a resident of Hercules, California, was charged on August 26, 2021 by a federal grand jury seated…
Seven More Charged for Involvement in Staged Automobile Accident Scheme
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today the August 26, 2021 Indictment of ASHLEY McGOWAN (“McGOWAN”), age 35; LERTRICE JOHNSON (“L. JOHNSON”), age 45; DAVIENQUE JOHNSON (“D.…
New York Man Pleads Guilty to Passing Altered Postal Money Orders and Theft
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ANTOINE MERCHANT, age 32, of New York, New York, pleaded guilty on August 26, 2021 to conspiracy to pass altered U.S. Postal…
Bank Teller Charged with Federal Fraud Charges
NEW ORLEANS, LA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that on August 27, 2021 a Bill of Information charging DEMETRIA MYERS SILVIO, age 32, of New Orleans, Louisiana, with Wire…
New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing More Than 1 Kilogram of Heroin
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New Orleans Man Sentenced To 46 Months in Prison for Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm
NEW ORLEANS, LA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TORREL KNOX (“KNOX”), age 28, of New Orleans, Louisiana was sentenced to imprisonment on August 19, 2021 by U.S. District Court…
Laplace Woman Pleads Guilty To Federal Wire Fraud Charge
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ARLENE TRANCHINA, age 55, of Laplace, pleaded guilty to one-count of wire fraud today before United States District Court Judge Wendy B.…
Marrero Man Pleads Guilty to Straw Purchase of Firearm
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that BORIS GORDON, age 24 of Marrero, pled guilty on August 19, 2021 to making a false statement during the purchase of a…
Second Superseding Indictment Charges Members and Associates of The Byrd Gang with Committing Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketeering, Conspiracy to Commit Rico And Drug Trafficking, and Other Serious Federal Crimes
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – TIM JACKSON, a/k/a “T-Maf,” JAMES ALEXANDER, a/k/a “Poo,” a/k/a “Black,” a/k/a “Freak,” CHANCE SKIPPER, a/k/a “Duna,” ERNEST THOMAS, a/k/a “E-Maf,” SAMUEL MORTON, a/k/a “Sosa,” TERRAN WILLIAMS, a/k/a “Funky,”…
New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Heroin and Cocaine Conspiracy
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JOHNNY TRIPLETT, age 33 of New Orleans, pled guilty on August 19, 2021 to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent…
Lafourche Parish Man Sentenced to Ten Years Imprisonment For Federal Drug Distribution Violations
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – MONTRELL CLEVELAND, age 34, a resident of Raceland, Louisiana, was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment, 5 years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $400.00 in special…
Firearm Discovered During Jefferson Parish Traffic Stop Results in 37 Month Sentence for Convicted Felon
NEW ORLEANS – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana announced today that TERRELL RICHARDSON (“RICHARDSON”), age 37, of Westwego, Louisiana, was sentenced to thirty-seven (37) months imprisonment…
Cleveland, Ohio Man Charged with Producing Files Depicting the Sexual Victimization of Children and Extorting 11-Year-Old Female to Send Sexually Explicit Depictions
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JAVAN BAILEY, age 19, a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, was charged on August 13, 2021 by a federal grand jury sitting in…
Six Men Indicted for Violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – ERIC RODRIGUEZ, QUAN LEWIS, CHRIS HABISREITINGER, GREG TRAHAN, TRAVIS GIBSON and RYAN MOREAU were charged on August 13, 2021 in a 7-count superseding indictment by a Federal Grand…
New Orleans Resident Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Distribute Cocaine and Crack in the ‘Goose’ Area of New Orleans East
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Bill of Information Filed Against Postal Worker for Misappropriating Funds
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced SHANNEL SMITH, age 41, of Orleans Parish, Louisiana, was charged on August 10, 2021 in a one-count bill of information for…
Hospice Facility Owner Indicted for Health Care Fraud
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that SHIVA AKULA (“AKULA”), age 65, of New Orleans, Louisiana was charged by a grand jury on August 5, 2021, in a 23-count…
New Orleans Man Admits to Defrauding Customers Through Bitcoin Sales
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MICHAEL YUSKO, III, age 46, a resident of New Orleans, pleaded guilty today to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business before U.S.…
Former Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office Employee Sentenced for Role in Bribery Scheme
EVANS pleaded guilty in March 2021. According to court records, at the time of the offense, EVANS was employed by the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office as a Criminal Records Division Supervisor. From…
Houma Man Sentenced for Conspiring to Distribute Heroin, Cocaine, and Methamphetamine
NEW ORLEANS, LA – United States District Judge Sarah S. Vance sentenced DARREKA BOYKINS, age 44, of Houma, Louisiana, today to 73 months in the Bureau of Prisons for violating the Federal…
New Orleans Men Sentenced for Conspiring to Distribute Heroin
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – The Honorable Sarah S. Vance sentenced ALLEN ROBERTSON, age 32, and TARON BROWN, age 24, both of New Orleans, Louisiana, for violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act, announced…
Texas Man Sentenced After Pleading Guilty to Making a False Statement to Law Enforcement
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – EDMOND ARZATE, age 29, a resident of Houston, Texas, was sentenced to one year of probation by U.S. District Judge Jay C. Zainey after pleading guilty to a…
Slidell Man Pleads Guilty to Social Security Fraud of More Than $75,000
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MICHAEL R. MATHERNE (“MATHERNE”), age 61, of Slidell, Louisiana pled guilty as charged on July 22, 2021 to an indictment returned by…
New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act and the Federal Gun Control Act
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – RONALD JACOBS, age 38, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today before the Honorable Jay C. Zainey to an indictment charging him with violating the Federal Controlled Substances…
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