By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton has sentenced Christopher Michael Ratten (32, Stafford, VA) to seven years in federal prison for transportation of child sex abuse images. Ratten had pleaded guilty on Oct. 17, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - An East Providence man who submitted eight fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $375,000 in COVID-19 relief business loans guaranteed by the federal Small Business Administration has been sentenced to four years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: An indictment was partially unsealed this afternoon in federal court in Brooklyn charging Martial H. Amilcar, also known as “Drippy," and a co-defendant with the murder of 15-year-old Samuel Joseph. The indictment charges Amilcar, a senior member of the Hyena Crips gang, with killing Joseph in front...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Stephen Jerome Brinson, 47, of Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced to just under twenty years (239 months) in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to multiple counts of distribution of fentanyl, offenses committed while Brinson was under federal supervision after his release from federal prison for his 2005 federal narcotics conviction. The sentence was announced by Jason R. Coody, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: The U.S. Marshals and the FBI are alerting the public of several nationwide imposter scams involving individuals claiming to be U.S. marshals, court officers, or other law enforcement officials. They are urging people to report the calls their Local FBI office and file a consumer complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, which has the ability to detect patterns of fraud from the information collected and share that data with law enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Henrico man pleaded guilty today to defrauding the Small Business Administration by obtaining over $1.1 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans on behalf of two defunct companies he owned.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Justin Roberson (34, Clearwater) to 15 years in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. Roberson had pleaded guilty on Sept. 20, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Stockton, California has been sentenced in federal court to 100 months of imprisonment followed by four years of supervised release on his conviction for violating federal narcotics laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around the counties of Jefferson, Clearfield, and Allegheny, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The Justice Department announced today an agreement to resolve allegations that City National Bank engaged in a pattern or practice of lending discrimination by “redlining" in Los Angeles County. This resolution will include over $31 million in relief to impacted individuals and communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court on a charge of obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man was sentenced today to 140 months in prison for his role as a shift supervisor of a drug trafficking organization and conspiring to distribute heroin, cocaine, and crack in the city of Camden, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson announced today that the Northern District of Oklahoma collected $2,954,438.70 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2022. Of this amount, $1,958,593.62 was collected in criminal actions and $995,845.08 was collected in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida announced today that the Northern District of Florida collected $4,367,699.63 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2022. Of this amount, $3,831,162.71 was collected in criminal actions and $536,536.92 was collected in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: “Today, the Justice Department has taken several significant enforcement actions to disrupt large-scale illegal gun and drug trafficking operations," said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. “I am grateful to all of the Department’s agents, prosecutors, and staff involved in these actions, as well as...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Today, federal law enforcement partners from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon, FBI Portland Field Office, and Homeland Security Investigations Seattle Field Office join to commemorate National Human Trafficking Awareness Day and reaffirm their commitment to combating all forms of human trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The former mayor of the Municipality of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, José Luis Cruz-Cruz, was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for his involvement in a bribery scheme in which he received cash payments in exchange for directing municipal employees to execute municipal contracts for the benefit of an asphalt and paving company and a trash removal company.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: A federal district court in San Diego ordered today that over $17 million in restitution be distributed to approximately 800 victims from over 40 different countries due to their investment losses in BitConnect, a massive cryptocurrency investment scheme, which defrauded thousands of investors worldwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man was sentenced to 51 months in prison for conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute cocaine, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Jan. 10, 2023, United States District Judge Robert D. Mariani sentenced Juan Esdrada-Beret, age 41, a native and citizen of Mexico, to 8 months’ imprisonment, for illegally reentering the United States after being previously removed following a prior illegal reentry conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has entered pleas of guilty to three separate criminal charges arising out of his ownership and operation of a series of electronics reseller stores in the greater Pittsburgh area, United States Attorney Cindy Chung announced today. Milton I. Barr, age 36, entered pleas to separate counts charging him with Criminal Conspiracy, Mail Fraud and Money Laundering.
