By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2023
News Release: A Romanian national was sentenced today to 89 months in prison for his role in a transnational, multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud American victims. He is the 24th member of the organized criminal group to be sentenced, of the 28 who were charged.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2023
News Release: Behrouz Mokhtari, 72, of McLean, Virginia, and Tehran, Iran, a naturalized U.S. citizen, pleaded guilty today to two separate conspiracies to violate sanctions imposed by the United States on Iran regarding the exportation, re-exportation, sale, or supply, directly or indirectly, of any goods, technology, or services to Iran.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2023
News Release: A Florida doctor was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for engaging in a massive multi-year scheme to bill health care benefit programs for fraudulent tests and treatments for vulnerable patients seeking treatment for drug and/or alcohol addiction. This case was brought as part of the Department of Justice’s Sober Homes Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2023
News Release: COLUMBIA, SC-Applications are now available online for the upcoming FBI Citizens Academy class in Greenville this spring. Classes will be held on Thursdays, beginning April 20 - May 25.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2023
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A former Orange County-based bank manager pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for stealing $1.2 million in savings from elderly customers by using one the victims’ identities to fraudulently open a bank account, then impersonating the victim to transfer the stolen money to different bank accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2023
OVW Fiscal Year 2023 Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations - Solicitation grant opened on Jan. 9.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2023
News Release: Austin, TX - The U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force arrested a man wanted for capital murder Thursday in the 8600 block of Key North Way in Converse, Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2023
News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Nathaniel David Corser, age 23, of Colorado Springs, was sentenced to 20 years in prison today for distribution of fentanyl resulting in death.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2023
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Nacoe Ray Brown (54, Baltimore, MD) has pleaded guilty to bank robbery and to violating the terms of his supervised release. Brown faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for the bank robbery offense and up to 3 years’ imprisonment for violating the terms of his supervised release. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2023
There was one notice published by the Justice Department in week ending Dec. 31, according to the Federal Register.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2023
News Release: ATLANTA - Scott Spilberg has been sentenced to prison for embezzling over $300,000 from his employer by using his company charge card for personal visits to adult entertainment clubs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2023
News Release: A former local district court judge in Arkansas was arrested today in Little Rock on criminal charges related to his alleged solicitation of sex in exchange for agreeing to take action on a criminal case pending before his court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2023
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A former resident of Johnstown, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to a total of 30 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2023
News Release: TAMPA - A Tampa man was sentenced Thursday in a U.S. District Court to 72 months in prison and a $25,000 fine for his involvement in a bank fraud conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2023
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man who admitted to participating in check cashing fraud schemes, and who continued to do so while on federal pre-trial release after his arrest on related charges, was sentenced today to three years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2023
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Morris Barnard, a gastroenterologist practicing in Great Neck, New York, was sentenced by United States District Judge Gary R. Brown to 30 months in prison for health care fraud. Barnard pleaded guilty to the charge in March 2022. The Court also ordered over $1.4 million in restitution to Medicare.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2023
News Release: A superseding indictment was unsealed today charging two Texas men and a Louisiana man for conspiracy to defraud the United States and to pay and receive health care kickbacks, resulting the submission of over $107 million in false and fraudulent genetic testing claims to Medicare.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2023
News Release: Two Dubai entities and several individuals were charged in an indictment unsealed in the District of Maryland recently for their roles in a multimillion-dollar scheme to export non-organic grain into the United States to be sold as certified organic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2023
News Release: Former West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation Parole Officer Anthony Demetro, 44, pleaded guilty today in federal court in the Southern District of West Virginia to violating the civil rights of a female parolee by sexually assaulting her.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2023
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-A Mariposa, California man was sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison today after he abducted and repeatedly sexually abused an Oregon minor he met online.
