FBI probe ends in prison term for hacker forum mastermind
Founder of major hacker forum BreachForums resentenced to three years in prison Alexandria, VA – A New York man who created and operated one of the world’s largest online marketplaces for stolen…
Union County Man Sentenced To 85 Months In Prison For Carjacking Uber Driver In Newark
NEWARK, N.J. – A Union County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 85 months in prison for his role in a Newark carjacking in which a firearm was brandished, Acting U.S.…
Man from Albuquerque sentenced to 24 years in federal prison for multiple armed robberies
ALBUQERQUE, N.M. – Lalonzo Simmons, 46, of Albuquerque, was sentenced in federal court on Nov. 4 to 24 years in prison for interference with interstate commerce by robbery and violence, possessing and…
South Bay Man Sentenced to Over 8 Years in Prison for Movie Investment Scam and for Fraudulently Selling House Bought with Illicit Proceeds
LOS ANGELES – A South Bay man was sentenced today to 97 months in federal prison for defrauding Asian investment firms out of $14 million by falsely claiming the money would…
Prosecutors Push 4-Year Prison Sentence For ‘QAnon Shaman’
Prosecutors recommended late Tuesday that Jacob Chansley, the so-called “QAnon Shaman” who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 shirtless and wearing horns, go to prison for 51 months, a sentence that would…
Florence Man Sentenced to More than Four Years in Federal Prison on Gun Charge
Florence, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Brandon Paul Wallace, 33, of Florence, was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison after pleading…
Myrtle Beach Man Sentenced to 8 Years in Federal Prison on Fentanyl Charge
Florence, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Shamar Jabarns McCollum, 24, of Myrtle Beach, was sentenced to 8 years in federal prison after pleading guilty…
Newark Man Sentenced To 41 Months In Prison For Firearms Violations Including Illegal Possession Of Machinegun
NEWARK, N.J. – A Newark man was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for illegal possession of a machinegun, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of an…
Dothan Man Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Prison for Federal Gun and Drug Crimes
Montgomery, Alabama – On November 9, 2021, Jimmy Lamar Berry, 36, from Dothan, Alabama, was sentenced to 188 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release,…
Inmates prosecuted for separate assaults on prison correctional officers
BRUNSWICK, GA: Three inmates are under prosecution in separate cases in the Southern District for assaults on federal correctional officers, while a correctional officer has been sentenced for bringing contraband into a…
Muskegon Man Sentenced To 210 Months In Prison For Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced that Zachary John Kennedy, a/k/a “Zeus” of Muskegon, Michigan, was sentenced to 210 months’ imprisonment, followed by five…
Fort Wayne Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison
FORT WAYNE – Fredrick Morgan, II, 42 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine,…
Jackson Woman Sentenced to 12 Months and One Day in Prison for Concealing Information about an Armed Robbery
Jackson, Miss. – A Jackson woman was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for concealing information about an armed robbery, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special…
Upper Skagit tribal member sentenced to 15 years in prison for assault
Seattle – A 44–year-old member of the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 15 years in prison for three federal felonies in connection with…
Dallas Real Estate Developer Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Bribery
A Dallas real estate developer was sentenced today to eight years in federal prison for bribing two former Dallas City Council members, Carolyn Davis and Dwaine Caraway, Acting U.S. Attorney for the…
Florida Businessman Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Bribery Scheme
A Florida man was sentenced today to three years in prison and ordered to pay a fine of $1,250,000 for engaging in a scheme to bribe former Tallahassee City Commissioner Scott Maddox…
Philadelphia Man Convicted for ’98 Palestra Murder Charged with Fraudulently Obtaining Pandemic Relief Funds Shortly After Prison Release
PHILADELPHIA –Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Kyle McLemore, 44, of Philadelphia, PA, was arrested and charged by Indictment with one count of mail fraud and two counts of…
DC Solar Owner Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Billion Dollar Ponzi Scheme
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An owner of DC Solar, a Benicia-based company, was sentenced today for a billion-dollar Ponzi scheme— the biggest criminal fraud scheme in the history of the Eastern District of…
Miami Man Who Laundered Tax and Computer Scam Money Sentenced to Federal Prison
Miami, Florida – Fifty-one-year-old Kevin Dewayne Kirby was sentenced yesterday in federal district court in Ft. Lauderdale to 57 months in federal prison for laundering over $500,000 connected to two wire fraud…
Leader of tree poaching ring that started massive Olympic Peninsula forest fire sentenced to 20 months in prison
Tacoma — The lead defendant in a scheme to unlawfully harvest maple trees from the Olympic National Forest that resulted in a massive 2018 forest fire was sentenced late yesterday to 20…
Prince George’s County Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison for a Heroin Distribution Conspiracy Conducted Over the Dark Web
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Russell Ramseur, age 44, of Largo, Maryland, to seven years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy…