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News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ROBERT BERNARDI, the founder and former Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia-based email security company GigaMedia Access Corporation, d/b/a GigaTrust (“GigaTrust"), was sentenced to five years...


Long Island Contractor Indicted for Multi-Million Dollar Fraud in Connection with Hurricane Sandy

News Release: Alexander Almaraz, the owner of Design Concepts Group LLC (DCG) in Freeport, New York, has been charged in a 20-count indictment with wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, and attempted wire fraud in connection with a scheme to induce individuals to hire the defendant and pay DCG to lift their Hurricane Sandy-damaged homes. Almaraz is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow afternoon in federal court in Central Islip before United States Magistrate Judge Lee G. Dunst.


USDOJ-OJP-BJA offers new grant application process starting Jan. 26

BJA FY 23 Second Chance Act Smart Supervision Program grant opened on Jan. 26.


Florida Woman Arrested For Defrauding Holocaust Survivor Of $2.8 Million In Connection With Romance Scam

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the unsealing of an Indictment today charging PEACHES STERGO with engaging...


St. Joseph Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Illegal Firearm

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A St. Joseph, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm.


Fourth Hells Angels Motorcycle Club Member Indicted After Investigation Into Brutal Beating at the Vallejo Clubhouse

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Kenneth Caspers Jr., 55, of Vacaville, charging him with being a felon in possession of ammunition, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-R Consortium, Inc. discussed on Jan. 25 by Justice Department

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - KEVIN HART, age 31, of Marrero, Louisiana, was sentenced to a $100.00 fine and a $10.00 mandatory special assessment fee by United States District Court Judge Wendy B. Vitter.


Fort Wayne Man Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison

News Release: FORT WAYNE- Cornelius Jackson, age 34, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady on his plea of guilty to aiding in the making of false statements while purchasing a firearm and being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.


News Release: A man and woman who were involved in two carjackings at apartment complexes in Tulsa were sentenced in federal court this week, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. A third codefendant is scheduled to be sentenced in February.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Attorneys and Associate of Immigration Law Firm Plead Guilty to Participating in Asylum Fraud Scheme

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ILONA DZHAMGAROVA, ARTHUR ARCADIAN, and IGOR REZNIK have each pled guilty to conspiracy to commit immigration fraud. DZHAMGAROVA and ARCADIAN pled guilty today, and REZNIK pled guilty on Aug. 24, 2022, each before U.S. District Court Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Sussex County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to 34 months in prison for concealing her attempts to provide material support to Syrian foreign terrorist organizations, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger, Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Security Division, FBI-Newark Special Agent in Charge James E. Dennehy, and FBI Assistant Director for Counterterrorism Timothy Langan announced.


News Release: A federal court convicted a Washington state man yesterday for engaging in a child exploitation enterprise.


News Release: The Bureau of Justice Statistics, a division of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, today released Victim Service Providers in U.S. Counties, 2017.


News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Gretchen Buselli (a/k/a “Gretchen Yarbrough"), 48, of Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced to fifteen years in prison for use of an interstate commerce facility in the commission of murder-for-hire and making a false statement to a federal officer. The sentence was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.


Chinese National Sentenced to Eight Years for Acting within the United States as an Unregistered Agent of the People’s Republic of China

News Release: A Chinese national was sentenced today to eight years in prison for acting illegally within the United States as an agent of the People’s Republic of China.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that PENELOPE PASSERO (“PASSERO"), age 48, of Westwego, Louisiana, was indicted on Jan. 12, 2023 for Theft of Government Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641.


News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - Two men have been sentenced to prison for the armed carjacking of a woman in a mall parking lot, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


Rochester Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl and Methamphetamine

News Release: CONCORD - Jennelle Brown, 38, of Rochester, pleaded guilty in federal court today to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.