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Insider At Major Financial Services Organization And Retired Financial Professional Charged With Multimillion Dollar Front-Running Scheme

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that LAWRENCE BILLIMEK, a trader at a major financial services organization...


News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Christopher J. Schragl, of Follansbee, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 months of incarceration for failing to update his sex offender registry, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


Grand jury indicts former deportation officer with federal crimes related to sexually assaulting immigrant victims

News Release: CINCINNATI - Federal agents arrested a former ICE deportation officer Wednesday evening on federal charges claiming he abused his position to coerce sex from victims under his supervision in the Alternatives to Detention (ATD) program.


Texas Man Indicted for Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - FERMIN RODRIGUEZ-ORTEGA, age 24, a resident of Dallas, Texas, was charged December 8, 2022, in a two-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, in violation of Title 21, United States...


News Release: HOUSTON - Three locals associated with Jesus Survives Ministries have admitted to conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, PA pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Man Indicted for Assault on a Federal Officer

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - DEANDRE CROSS, age 22, a resident of Slidell, was indicted on Aug. 18, 2022, in a previously sealed indictment, for assaulting a federal officer in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 111(a)(1) and (b), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. The indictment was unsealed on December 7, 2022.


News Release: Memphis, TN - Tony Jackson, 35, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, being a prohibited person in possession of ammunition and a firearm, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the sentencing today.


News Release: Fawaz Ould Ahmed Ould Ahemeid, a Mauritanian national also known as “Ibrahim Idress" and “Ibrahim Dix," was arraigned today in federal court in Brooklyn on a six-count indictment charging him with multiple terrorism offenses, including his roles in the March 7, 2015 attack on the La Terrasse restaurant...


News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Jason Ryan Hardy (40, Tarpon Springs) to 10 years and 10 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Hardy pleaded guilty on Jan. 11, 2022.


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Tara Morgan, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 36 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


Four People Indicted in $3.5 Million COVID-19 Testing Kickback Conspiracy

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Four people have been charged for their roles in a kickback conspiracy involving COVID-19 testing that defrauded federal health insurance programs, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.


Lab Owner Convicted in $463 Million Genetic Testing Scheme to Defraud Medicare

News Release: A federal jury in the Southern District of Florida convicted a Georgia man today for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare by submitting over $463 million in genetic and other laboratory tests that patients did not need and that were procured through the payment of kickbacks.


News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Carnell Roberts, age 37, of Wilmington, DE, pled guilty yesterday to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and two counts of possession of a firearm by a felon. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika accepted the plea.


Woman Pleads Guilty to $2.6 Million Commodity Futures Trading Scheme

News Release: A Southern California woman pleaded guilty yesterday to her involvement in an investment fraud scheme that caused more than $2.6 million in losses to investors.


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that defendant JASON SERVIS pled guilty today for his role in the distribution of adulterated and misbranded drugs intended for administration on racehorses he trained, in connection with the charges filed in United States v. Navarro et al., 20 Cr. 160 (MKV). SERVIS pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil. SERVIS will be sentenced by Judge Vyskocil on May 18, 2023.


News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Hampton man pleaded guilty today to laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars in disaster-related loan benefits made available in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic.


FTX Founder Indicted for Fraud, Money Laundering, and Campaign Finance Offenses

News Release: A federal grand jury in Manhattan returned an indictment today charging Samuel Bankman-Fried, aka SBF, 30, of Stanford, California, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit commodities fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and conspiracy to defraud the Federal Election Commission and commit campaign finance violations.


News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 35-year-old San Benito man has been ordered to federal prison for conspiring to transport illegal aliens within the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.