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News Release: LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas business owner and operator who pleaded guilty to wire fraud was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey to 34 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for fraudulently soliciting more than $5 million in investments for his digital advertisement business.


News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Jaylan D. Quinn, 23 of St. Louis, Missouri, pled guilty in a U.S. District Court on Wednesday to fatally shooting a security guard while robbing First Bank in East St. Louis in August 2021.


News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging Nathalia Carolina Rosado with Interfering with Security Screening Personnel at the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina, Puerto Rico. The indictment was unsealed upon her arrest on January 4, 2023.


The US Justice Department published a four page notice on Jan. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that former Delaware State Trooper Jamal Merrell, 32, of Newark, was sentenced today to six months in prison for federal civil rights violations. Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Mary Pat Thynge pronounced the sentence.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Jan. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Justice Department discusses Sohail Mamdani, M.D.; Decision and Order on Jan. 6

The US Justice Department published a five page notice on Jan. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A former Overland Park, Kansas, man was sentenced in federal court today for embezzling $3.1 million from his employer and failing to pay nearly $1 million in taxes owed to the federal government and the state of Kansas.


News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. -Alberto Toddy, 35, of Chinle, Arizona, was sentenced on Dec. 19, 2022, by United States District Judge Dominic W. Lanza to 365 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Toddy pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder and Arson.


Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Role in Connecticut Drug Ring

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MYRON BROWN, also known as “Farid," 49, of Chester, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.


News Release: FBI Participating in Alaska HIDTA Initiative Campaign to Combat Drug Trafficking.


Privacy Act Regulations discussed on Jan. 6 by Justice Department

The US Justice Department published a one page proposed rule on Jan. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Murder Suspect Captured by U.S. Marshals in Ripley, Tennessee

News Release: Dayton, OH - U.S. Marshal Pete Tobin is pleased to announce that during the early hours of Dec. 19, 2019 the U.S. Marshal’s Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST), with the assistance of the Dayton Police Department SWAT, arrested Walter Baker. Baker was wanted by the Springfield Police Department for Murder and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office for Rape.


News Release: FBI New Orleans, Tulane University, and the Louisiana Chapter of the FBI National Academy Announce the 2023 Introduction to the Future Law Enforcement Youth Academy.


News Release: BOISE - U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit along with the College of Idaho, the Wassmuth Center for Human Rights, DOJ Community Relations Service, and the FBI are convening a United Against Hate meeting on January 16 at College of Idaho in Caldwell, Idaho. The event is free and is open to the public. The registration link can be found here: www.eventbrite.com/e/united-against-hate-tickets-492001348277.


Texas Man Convicted of Armed Bank Robbery During Violent Crime Spree That Left One Dead

News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 43-year-old Corpus Christi man is facing life in prison after robbing a bank during a 45-minute crime spree that left one person dead and another seriously injured, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.


Former New Jersey Official Admits Defrauding New Jersey Health Care Benefit Program of More Than $4.5 Million

News Release: New Jersey Woman Also Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud the New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury Fund of Millions of Dollars.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - Jeronte Robinson was sentenced to 24 months in prison for conspiring to distribute crack cocaine, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


News Release: Zyno Medical LLC (Zyno), a medical device manufacturer headquartered in Massachusetts, has agreed to pay $493,140 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by causing the submission of claims to Medicare in connection with the intravenous (IV) administration of medication using devices Zyno knew were materially defective.


News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Rocheport, Mo., woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for using her payroll services business in a $1.5 million fraud and embezzlement scheme.