Center City Doctor Pleads Guilty to Illegally Distributing Controlled Substances and Filing False Tax Returns and Agrees to Pay $4 Million to Resolve Civil and Related Allegations
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Stephen Padnes, M.D., 79, of Glenside, Pennsylvania, a physician formerly licensed in Pennsylvania, entered a guilty plea before United States…
Nine Members of Kensington “TRUHITTAZ” Drug Trafficking Group Sentenced to a Total of 73 Years in Prison
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Hassan Griffin, 25, a/k/a “Glizzy,” “Frizzy,” “ODOG,” and “GlizzytheHitta,” of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to 12 years in prison, 10 years…
Recidivist Delaware County Drug Trafficker Sentenced For Attempting to Purchase 20 Kilos of Cocaine During Undercover Sting Operation
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Romel Bolger, 41, of Drexel Hill, PA, was sentenced to ten years and four months in prison, and five years of…
Bangladeshi Husband and Wife Sentenced For Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIS
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Shahidul Gaffar, 40, and Nabila Khan, 35, both residents of Pennsylvania, were sentenced to 18 months and two years in prison,…
Bucks County Man Sentenced to Over Three Years for Faking Military Hero Status and Stealing from the Government
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Richard Meleski, 58, of Chalfont, PA, was sentenced to three years and four months in prison, three years of supervised release,…
Philadelphia Man Pleads Guilty to Kidnapping and Robbing United States Postal Workers
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that James Chandler, 55, of Philadelphia, PA entered a plea of guilty before United States District Court Judge R. Barclay Surrick to…
New York Man Sentenced to 4 Years For Exporting Night-Vision and Thermal-Imaging Devices Worth $100k+ to Russia
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Anton Perevoznikov, 34, of Brooklyn, NY, was sentenced to 4 years in prison, and 3 years of supervised release. by United…
Philadelphia Woman Charged With Straw-Purchasing Nearly 20 Handguns in Bucks County
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Sharon Jones, 44, of Philadelphia, PA, was arrested and charged by Indictment with one count of dealing in firearms without a…
Philadelphia Man, Previously Convicted of a Felony, Sentenced to 15 Years for Illegally Possessing a Firearm
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Jesse Golden, 30, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to fifteen years in prison and three years of supervised release by United…
Phoenix Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years for Operating International Drug Smuggling Ring Using Women as Mules Through Philadelphia and the Caribbean
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Delgardo Frazer, 52, of Phoenix, AZ, was sentenced to eleven years and three months prison, and four years of supervised release…
Philadelphia Man Charged With Seven Armed Robberies of Philadelphia and Montgomery County Banks and Pharmacies
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Daniel King, 25, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged by Superseding Indictment with three counts of bank robbery; four counts of armed…
Philadelphia Sex Offender Convicted of Failing to Register After Absconding from Federal Supervision
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Edward C. Kipp, 74, of Philadelphia, PA, was convicted today at trial of failing to register as a sex offender, as…
Promoter of Bogus Green Energy Firm Based in Montgomery County Sentenced to 18 Years for $54 Million Ponzi Scheme
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Wayde McKelvy, 59, of Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced to 18 years in prison, five years of supervised release, and ordered to…
Philadelphia Man Charged With Forcible Sex Trafficking of Multiple Victims Including a Minor
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Kevin Smith, 27, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged by Indictment with sex trafficking by force and sex trafficking a minor. The…
Two MSC Gayane Crew Members Sentenced for Conspiracy to Smuggle $1 Billion Worth of Cocaine into the United States
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced today that Ivan Durasevic, 31, and Nenad Ilic, 41, both of Montenegro, were sentenced by United States District Court Judge Harvey Bartle…
Delaware County Man Sentenced to Over 22 Years For Abusing Three-Year-Old Child and Recording the Abuse
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that David Carbonaro, 28, of Upper Darby, PA, was sentenced to twenty-two years and one month in prison, lifetime supervised release, and…
California Man Sentenced to Over Six Years in Prison For Credit Card-Skimming Fraud Scheme
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Verzh Movsisyan, 43, of Glendale, CA, was sentenced to six years and three months in prison, five years of supervised release,…
Philadelphia Man Indicted For Illegally Possessing A Firearm Following Violent Assault and Armed Robbery
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Kelvin Canales, 21, of Philadelphia, PA, was arrested and charged by Indictment with possession of a firearm by a felon stemming…
Philadelphia Man Arrested on Murder-For-Hire Charges; Attempted Homicide in Southwest Philadelphia Thwarted
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Darnell Jackson, a/k/a “Major Change,” 47, of Philadelphia, PA, was arrested and charged by Criminal Complaint on federal charges of murder-for-hire…
Former Unlicensed Investment Adviser Behind Ponzi Scheme Sentenced to Nine Years for Defrauding Clients out of More than $2 Million
PHILADELPHIA – – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Alexander S. Rowland, 30, formerly of Penns Grove, NJ, was sentenced to nine years in prison, three years of supervised…
Currency Exchange Manager Sentenced to One Year for Filing False Transaction Reports in Connection with Scheme to Defraud Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Thomas Del Borrello, 42, of Sewell, NJ, was sentenced to one year in prison, two years of supervised release, and was…
Philadelphia Real Estate Investor Charged With Witness Tampering Related to Prior Conviction for Bribing Sheriff’s Office Employee
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Behzad Sabagh, a/k/a “Ben Sabagh,” 39, of Philadelphia, PA, was arrested and charged by Indictment with multiple counts of retaliating against…
Philadelphia Man Charged with Federal Firearms Offense After Incident During 2020 Civil Unrest
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Mashaq White, 23, of Philadelphia, PA, was arrested and charged by Indictment on the charge of being a previously convicted felon…
Albany Man Sentenced for Scamming Charities with Elaborate Drug Diversion Scheme
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Defendant Lorenzo Hodges, 62, of Albany, NY, was sentenced today to one and a half years in prison, three years of…
Reading, PA Woman and New York Man Plead Guilty for Their Role in Nationwide “Grandparents Scheme” Worth $300k+
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Daniel Duran, 33, of Jamaica, NY, and Jacqueline Velazquez, 37, of Reading, PA, entered guilty pleas before United States District Court…
Philadelphia Man Who Raped Child for Eight Years Indicted for Concealing His Crimes to Obtain U.S. Citizenship
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Sumo Dukulah, 47, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged by Indictment on the charge of procurement of citizenship by false statement. According…
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