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High-Ranking Aryan Circle Gang Leader and Member Sentenced on Racketeering-Related Violations

News Release: Two members of the Aryan Circle were sentenced this week for crimes they committed as part of their roles in the white supremacy prison gang.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Honduran woman pleaded guilty today to participating in a large-scale conspiracy to traffic cocaine for importation into the United States.


Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty to a Felony For Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

News Release: Defendant Used a Bike Rack to Intentionally Trip Officer.


Federal Prosecutors Aggressively Pursuing Those Who Lie in Connection With Firearm Transactions

News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - The Western District of Oklahoma is aggressively seeking to keep firearms out of the wrong hands by pursuing those who lie in connection with gun purchases. Several recent cases charged in federal court highlight these efforts.


News Release: VICTORIA, Texas - A 47-year-old South Texan has been ordered to prison after admitting to trafficking cocaine from Hidalgo County to other states across the country, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.


News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TAJH WILEY, also known as “Yung," 27, of Norwalk, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 144 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for drug trafficking offenses.


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Doddridge County, West Virginia, man was indicted on federal firearm charges after engaging in a shootout with law enforcement last spring.


Maryland Drug Dealer Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison for the Murder of a Woman and Her Seven-Year-Old Child in Relation To Federal Drug Trafficking Crimes

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett today sentenced Andre Ricardo Briscoe, a/k/a “Poo", age 39, of Baltimore and Cambridge, Maryland, to life in federal prison for federal drug distribution charges, use of a firearm to commit murder in relation to drug trafficking crimes, killing...


News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced today that the operators of Sunset Mesa Funeral Home in Montrose, Colorado, were sentenced to federal prison for illegally selling body parts or entire bodies without the consent of the family of the deceased.


Monroe County Man Sentenced to 25 Years’ Imprisonment for Distributing Controlled Substances Resulting in Death

News Release: According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, Johnson and Nickas were engaged in a conspiracy to obtain and distribute controlled substances, heroin and fentanyl, for the time beginning January 2020 through March 2021, which resulted in a death. Both defendants were also found guilty of aiding and abetting each other in the Dec. 10, 2020 distribution of heroin and fentanyl, resulting in that death.


News Release: (DENVER) - U.S. Attorney Cole Finegan announced today that the District of Colorado collected $41,562,706.60 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2022. Of this amount, $4,245,736.91 was collected in criminal actions and $37,316,969.69 was collected in civil actions.


Richmond Man Sentenced for Using a Firearm while Trafficking Drugs

News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man was sentenced to five years in prison today for using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a serious felony drug trafficking crime.


NYSP Sergeant Charged With Tipping Off Targets Of Gambling Investigation

News Release: ROCHESTER, NY--U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Thomas J. Loewke, 51, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with obstruction of a state or local law enforcement investigation and obstruction of an official proceeding. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.


News Release: A New York man was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for conspiring to steal General Electric (GE) trade secrets, knowing or intending to benefit the People’s Republic of China (PRC).


Brooklyn, New York man convicted in cross country marijuana distribution conspiracy

News Release: Seattle - A 54-year-old Brooklyn, New York resident was convicted today in U.S. District Court in Seattle of conspiracy to distribute more than 1,000 kilos of processed marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Chee Choong Ng was arrested in October 2020, when eleven people were indicted for a coast-to-coast...


News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHRISTOPHER LISCIO, 40, of Wallingford, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to child sexual exploitation and drug trafficking offenses.


Six Alleged Baltimore BGF Gang Members and Associates Indicted for a Federal Racketeering Conspiracy Charge, Including Murder, Murder-For-Hire, Drug Trafficking, Armed Robbery, and Witness Tampering

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging six Baltimore men for conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as the Black Guerilla Family (BGF) gang. The indictment, which was returned on Dec. 15, 2022 and unsealed today, charges the following defendants...


Defendant Sentenced In Groundbreaking Cryptocurrency Insider Trading Case

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...


Massachusetts Man Convicted Of Trafficking Four Tons Of Cocaine Hidden Inside Furniture

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the conviction yesterday in Manhattan federal court of ABEL MONTILLA for his participation in a cocaine trafficking scheme between 2018 and 2021. The jury convicted MONTILLA following a one-week trial before U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel. Sentencing of MONTILLA is scheduled for March 22, 2023.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Three Pennsylvania men have pleaded guilty in federal court to violation of 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 Chung announced today.