By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Arley Ray Johnson, age 63, of Bowie, Maryland, yesterday to 78 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy, wire fraud, and securities fraud charges, in connection with a $28 million Ponzi scheme involving 1st Million, a purported wealth management and financial literacy company. Johnson was convicted on Sept. 29, 2022, after a 10-day trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Frank James, 63, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty today to 10 counts of committing a terrorist attack or other violence against a mass transportation vehicle - one count for each gunshot victim - and one count of discharging a firearm in furtherance of his attack. The charges relate to the defendant’s April 12, 2022, mass shooting on the New York City subway in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - A federal grand jury in Tucson, Arizona, returned a 19-count indictment on Nov. 10, 2022, against 10 current or former southern Arizona residents, including...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - In a civil complaint filed today, the Department of Justice alleges that AmerisourceBergen Corporation and two of its subsidiaries, AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation and Integrated Commercialization Solutions, LLC (together “AmerisourceBergen"), collectively one of the country’s largest...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - James Matthew Hargens, age 37, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced on Dec. 15, 2022, to 121 months in prison following his plea of guilty to Receipt of Child Pornography. Hargens will be required to register as a sex offender and serve five years of supervised release following his release from prison. Hargens was also ordered to pay restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: A Dallas man who allegedly dealt Glock switches via Instagram has been charged with firearm crimes, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Edwin Ramirez-Cordones a/k/a El Fuerte, 46, of Ontario Canada, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to bringing an alien to the United States at a place other than a designated port of entry, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - Christopher Stephen Taylor, 52, of St. Albans, pleaded guilty today to possession of prepubescent child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The owner of the Rockstar Burgers restaurant in Kansas City, Mo., has pleaded guilty in federal court to allowing his former restaurant building to be used in a drug trafficking conspiracy that is alleged to have distributed more than 150 kilograms of methamphetamine and more than 10 kilograms of heroin, valued at more than $1.7 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Mark Forrest Cohn, 68, of Chandler, Arizona, was sentenced on Dec. 21, 2022, by United States District Judge David G. Campbell to one year of probation and ordered to pay restitution, to include $8,028 in unpaid taxes and tariffs to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Cohn pleaded guilty to one felony count of Entry of Goods by Means of False Statements.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: A Utah professional tax preparer was sentenced yesterday to 37 months in prison for tax evasion, conspiring to defraud the United States and obstructing the IRS’s efforts to collect his tax debt, which exceeded $1.1 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Herndon man made his first court appearance today on charges of production and attempted production of child sexual abuse material.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Paris, Ky., man, Jalen Jones, 26, was sentenced on Thursday to 97 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge Gregory VanTatenhove, for distribution of fentanyl, carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALEXANDER PATTERSON, 34, of Bristol, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to 77 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for unlawfully possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Clearfield, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to a total of 120 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Jonathon Cassatt, 36, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of production of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 28 years in prison by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man who fired at a gas station clerk was charged in federal court today with illegally possessing a firearm and crack cocaine to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Seattle - The Department of Justice and attorneys for a Des Moines, Washington man have resolved a $450,000 tort claim against various government agencies because of the arrest and detention of a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. The settlement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Memphis, TN - Kevin G. Ritz, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, is pleased to announce the appointment of four new Assistant United States Attorneys for the district: Mary Morris, Jermal Blanchard, Courtney Lewis, and Bryce Phillips. All four of the new AUSAs will work out of the Memphis office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that FILIPPO BERNARDINI pled guilty to one count of wire fraud in connection with a multi-year scheme to impersonate individuals involved in the publishing industry in order to fraudulently obtain more...
