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East Providence Man Sentenced for Fraudulently Applying for COVID-Relief Business Loans

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.


News Release: BENTON, Ill. - A man from Benton, Kentucky was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison in a U.S. District Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to traveling to Illinois to engage in sexual activity with a minor in May 2020.


Connecticut Man Admits to Attempting to Travel to Fight for ISIS

News Release: Kevin Iman McCormick, 29, of Hamden, pleaded guilty today in federal court to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.


News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-A Douglas County, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for manufacturing and selling an illegal short-barreled rife and selling several ounces of methamphetamine.


News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A San Antonio man was sentenced last week to serve 20 years in prison and pay $100,000 in restitution for the sexual exploitation of children.


Baltimore fentanyl organizations shut down by federal indictments

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Two Baltimore-based drug trafficking organizations that supplied large amounts of fentanyl to West Virginia and caused at least two deaths have been dismantled by separate federal indictments that were unsealed today.


News Release: Defendants Arrested for Allegedly Peddling Cocaine, Heroin, Fentanyl, and PCP.


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that NIKHIL WAHI was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska to 10 months in prison for his participation in a scheme to commit insider trading in cryptocurrency assets by using confidential...


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Devon Clark a/k/a Booski, 33, of Kenmore, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, which carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a fine of $5,000,000.


Land O’Lakes Man Sentenced To 52 Years For Producing Child Sex Abuse Materials

News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Kathryn Mizelle has sentenced Michael Lumpkin (27, Land O’Lakes) to 52 years in federal prison for producing child sex abuse materials, followed by a lifetime of supervised release. Lumpkin had pleaded guilty on Oct. 3, 2022.


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Henrico Man Pleads Guilty in $1.1 Million COVID-19 Fraud Scheme

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.


Cocaine Dealer Sentenced To More Than Six Years In Federal Prison

News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced Leon Erick Williams (41, St. Petersburg) to 6 years and 9 months in federal prison for distributing cocaine. Williams had pleaded guilty on Oct. 11, 2022.


News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Kathryn Mizelle has sentenced Michael Lumpkin (27, Land O’Lakes) to 52 years in federal prison for producing child sex abuse materials, followed by a lifetime of supervised release. Lumpkin had pleaded guilty on Oct. 3, 2022.


News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Wendy W. Berger has sentenced Don V. Cisternino (47, Chuluota) to eight years and six months in federal prison for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and illegal monetary transaction. The court also ordered Cisternino to forfeit a total of $1,071,923.98 seized...


News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Kou Yang, 27, Wausau, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 5 years in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Yang pleaded guilty to this charge on October 5, 2022.


Independence Man Sentenced to 16 Years for Methamphetamine Trafficking, Illegal Firearms

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Independence, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and for illegally possessing several firearms.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A shipping company has agreed to pay $1.89 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by overbilling the United States for freight services that were never performed and improper markups, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.


News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 22-year-old man illegally residing in San Benito has been ordered to federal prison following multiple convictions, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.


California Man Convicted of Bismarck Bank Robbery

News Release: BISMARCK - United States Attorney Mac Schneider announced that on Jan. 11, 2023, following a 2-day trial, a jury returned a guilty verdict on a charge of Bank Robbery against Robert Andrew Wolter, age 38, from San Jose, California, who robbed the Expressway Avenue Branch of U.S. Bank in Bismarck, ND. U.S. District Judge Daniel M. Traynor presided over the trial.