Killeen Couple Admit to Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Scheme Involving Mass Transportation Benefit Program at Fort Hood
WACO – Today, 42-year-old Kevin Romulus Pelayo and 37-year-old Cristine Furio Fredericks admitted to conducting a multi-million-dollar scheme to defraud the U.S. Army with respect to a mass transportation benefit program at…
Las Vegas Felon Sentenced To Prison For Selling Oxycodone Pills, Gun Possession
LAS VEGAS, NEV – A convicted felon was sentenced last Monday (March 8, 2021) to eight years and six months in federal prison for unlawfully selling over 1,000 pills of Oxycodone —…
Seven more charged in Western Slope heroin distribution operation
DENVER, NJ – Seven more suspects in a widespread drug dealing operation in Denver have been charged in a massive anti-drug operation along Colorado’s Western Slope. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the…
Miami Man Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Conspiracy in Connection with Nationwide Gas Station Skimming Scheme
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Yanio Montes De Oca, age 33, of Miami, Florida, pled guilty today to participating in a conspiracy to launder funds derived from a nationwide gas station skimming scheme that involved…
Man Who Brandished Assault Rifle at Black Lives Matter Protest Sentenced to 46 Months
DALLAS, TEXAS – A man who brandished an assault rifle at a Black Lives Matter protest in Lubbock has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for…
North Tonawanda Man Indicted For COVID-19 Relief Fraud And Credit Card Fraud
BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a five-count indictment charging Michael Kornaker, 50, of North Tonawanda, NY, with wire fraud…
Forrest County Man Sentenced to Over 17 Years in Federal Prison for dealing methamphetamine
HATTIESBURG, MISS – Oliver McNair, 30, of Petal, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Taylor B. McNeel to 210 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for…
Gang Activity in White County Results in Dozens of Federal Arrests in Arkansas
SEARCY, ARKANSAS—Seventeen individuals were arrested Thursday morning as part of a sweeping law enforcement operation that targeted associates of a drug organization responsible for the distribution of methamphetamine and cocaine in Searcy…
Federal Grand Jury in Chicago Indicts Five Alleged Associates of Sinaloa Cartel on Drug Trafficking Charges
CHICAGO, ILL — A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted five suspected associates of the Sinaloa Cartel on drug trafficking charges for allegedly conspiring to distribute cocaine in the Chicago area. …
12-Time Convicted Felon Charged with Firearm Offenses
AUSTIN, TEXAS – A 12-time convicted felon, who waived arraignment Tuesday and pleaded not guilty, remains in federal custody charged with multiple firearms offenses, announced U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff and Special…
Sea turtle egg poachers get prison time
MIAMI, FLORIDA – Bruce Wayne Bivins and Carl Lawrence Cobb, both of Riviera Beach, Florida, will serve federal prison terms after pleading guilty to poaching federally-protected sea turtle eggs. U.S. District Court…
Nashua Man Sentenced to 120 Months for Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
CONCORD , NEW HAMPSHIRE – Terray Morrison, 32, of Nashua, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, controlled substances, Acting United…
Marion County man admits to meth charge
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – James Charles Costello, of Fairmont, West Virginia, has admitted to distributing methamphetamine, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Costello, 52, pleaded guilty today to one count…
Georgia Man Sentenced to Three Years For Nationwide Bank Fraud and Identity Theft Scheme
PHILADELPHIA , PA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Sean Christopher Williams, 40, of Sandy Springs, GA, was sentenced to three years in prison, five years of supervised…
Missoula man trafficked 5 pounds of methampehtamine
MISSOULA, MONTANA — A Missoula man suspected of trafficking large amounts of methamphetamine in the Flathead Valley and of having five pounds of meth at his shop admitted drug crimes on March 9, Acting…
31 Texas Minors Recovered in “Operation Missing in the Metroplex”
DALLAS, TEXAS – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas announced today that 31 DFW-area children have been located, recovered, or rescued as a result of “Operation Missing…
Pittsburgh Felon Admits Violating Federal Drug and Gun Laws
PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics and gun laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today. Brandon…
New Orleans Attorney Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud Charge
LAFAYETTE, LA – Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Robert Hjortsberg, 38, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court in New Orleans, to one count…
Tampa Gang Member Pleads Guilty To Firearms Offenses
TAMPA, FLORIDA – Gabriel Antonio Thompkins, II (25, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to making a false statement to a federally licensed firearms dealer in connection with the attempted purchase of a firearm,…
Detroit Heroin Dealer Sentenced to More Than 24 Years in Federal Prison
CHARLESTON, W.VA – Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston announced today that Curtis Watson, 52, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced to a total of 295 months in prison and five years…
COO of Soccer Club with ties to Phil Murphy’s Sky Blue team pleads guilty to visa fraud conspiracy
BOSTON, MA – A man with ties to Sky Blue FC, a soccer team owned by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and his wife Tammy has pleaded guilty in federal court for…
Grand Jury Indicts Two in “Grandparent Scam”
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging two Providence men with allegedly running a so-called “grandparent scam” in two states, fraudulently obtaining or attempting to obtain…
Rockland County Man And Woman Charged With Violent Beating And Carjacking
NEW YORK, NY – Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Thomas E. Walsh II, Rockland County District Attorney, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of…
Former North Brunswick Cop Admits Role in Multimillion Dollar Prescription Fraud
NEWARK, N.J. – A former police officer with the North Brunswick police department today admitted his role in a multimillion-dollar scheme that defrauded state health benefits programs through the submission of medically…
Man gets 75 months in federal prison for hiding drugs in 5-year-old’s book bag during traffic stop
MONTGOMERY, AL– On Friday, February 23, 2021, Tawasaki Leonorda Williams, a 35-year-old from Montgomery, Alabama, was sentenced to 75 months in prison for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute…
Sioux City Man Pleads Guilty to Meth Trafficking
SIOUX CITY, IOWA – Wilkens was involved in distributing at least 3 pounds of meth in Sioux City. A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine pled guilty March 4, 2021, in federal…
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