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Houston woman pleads guilty in multi-million dollar bank fraud scheme

A 71-year-old woman from Houston has pleaded guilty to participating in a bank fraud conspiracy involving millions of dollars, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.


Onalaska man receives over a decade sentence for drug trafficking and firearm possession

Timothy M. O’Shea, the United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, has announced that Efrain Estrada, a 31-year-old resident of Onalaska, Wisconsin, has been sentenced to 132 months in federal prison.


Buffalo man sentenced for cocaine distribution

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo has announced the sentencing of Nicholas Gaskin, a 37-year-old resident of Buffalo and Jamestown, New York.


West Virginia man sentenced to over nine years for drug charges

Darrel Keith McHoney, a 55-year-old resident of Fairmont, West Virginia, has been sentenced to 110 months in federal prison.


Labor groups settle over false claims act violations related to PPP loans

Four labor organizations have agreed to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by applying for and obtaining loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for which they were ineligible.


Mexican national indicted for illegal reentry into the United States

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has announced that a Mexican national, Jose Miguel Molina-Echavarria, age 40, residing in Hagerstown, Maryland, has been indicted on charges of illegal reentry into the...


Marrero man sentenced for illegal firearm possession

Rasheed Smith, a 34-year-old resident of Marrero, Louisiana, has been sentenced to seventy months in prison.


Romanian national indicted for SNAP fraud involving EBT card information

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has announced the indictment of Ionut Popovici, a 33-year-old Romanian national.


Law enforcement seizes domains selling hacking tools in global operation

In a significant international operation, law enforcement agencies have seized four domains and an associated server linked to a software crypting syndicate that provided services to cybercriminals.


Two sentenced for defrauding COVID-19 relief funds; third awaits sentencing

David Kurt Schneider from Kennewick, Washington, and Kelly Jo Driver from South Carolina have been sentenced for their roles in a COVID-19 relief fraud scheme.


Sex offender receives ten-year sentence for second child pornography conviction

A registered sex offender has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison for child pornography charges, marking his second federal conviction.


Former Alabama officer sentenced for civil rights violation and child exploitation

A former police officer from Killen, Alabama, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for civil rights violations and child sexual exploitation. U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona announced the sentencing of Jarrod Gailen Webster, 27, who was found...


Denver man sentenced for post office burglary and related crimes

Zachary Robert Rodrick Jones, a 36-year-old Denver resident, has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison.


Fourteen charged in fentanyl trafficking amid nationwide operation

Federal authorities have unsealed a criminal complaint against fourteen individuals, with thirteen of them already in custody.


Baltimore woman sentenced for trafficking fentanyl to West Virginia dealers

Daniela Marie Giancoli, a 35-year-old resident of Baltimore, Maryland, has been sentenced to 150 months in federal prison for her role in distributing fentanyl to dealers in West Virginia.


Salt River man receives life sentence for murder

Clifton Nez Hamalowa, a 47-year-old resident of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, received a life sentence plus an additional ten years in prison.


Jay R. Combs named acting U.S attorney for Eastern District of Texas

PLANO, Texas – Jay R. Combs has been appointed by President Donald J. Trump as the Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas (EDTX).


Illinois man pleads guilty to sexual assault at Gateway Arch National Park

A man from Fairview Heights, Illinois, Monte Derrell Boatman, has admitted to sexually assaulting a woman at Gateway Arch National Park in 2023.


Leader sentenced for role in DC-Maryland drug trafficking conspiracy

Cila Melgar Rodriguez, a 36-year-old resident of Hyattsville, Maryland, received a 10-year federal prison sentence for his involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy.


Two men sentenced over fatal fentanyl poisoning incidents in Kalamazoo

Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Andrew Byerly Birge, announced that two men from Kalamazoo County have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in distributing controlled substances that led to a series of...