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News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Reuben Jahmell Dauntez Donald, of Akron, Ohio, was sentenced today to 151 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


Pottsville Man Sentenced to 60 Months’ Imprisonment for Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses

News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Dec. 2, 2022, Casian Amir Jackson-Flowers, age 22, of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for drug trafficking and firearm offenses.


Eleventh Defendant Pleads Guilty in $15 Million Scheme to Defraud Spanish-Speaking United States Immigrants

News Release: A California man pleaded guilty today to conspiring with Peruvian-based call-centers that defrauded Spanish-speaking United States residents by falsely threatening them with arrest, deportation and other legal consequences.


Springfield, Massachusetts Man Sentenced for Drug Trafficking Offense

News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on December 6, 2022, David Reyes, 32, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced in United States District Court in Burlington, Vermont, to serve 43 months in prison after his guilty plea to one count of distribution of cocaine base. U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss also ordered Reyes to serve a three-year term of supervised release and to pay a $100 special assessment.


Former Sarasota Pain Doctor Sentenced in Health Care Fraud Kickback Conspiracy

News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge William H. Jung has sentenced Dr. Steven Chun (59, Sarasota) for conspiring to pay and receive kickbacks and bribes. Chun was sentenced to three years and six months in federal prison and ordered to forfeit $278,900, the proceeds of his offenses. On May 24, 2022...


News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Trevor Alec Hruby, 24, of Gainesville, Florida, was sentenced to 120 years in prison after pleading guilty to four counts of production of child pornography. The sentence was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.


Man Sentenced to Over 17 Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Material

News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A Garden Ridge man was sentenced Tuesday to 210 months in prison, 10 years supervised release and ordered to pay $30,000 restitution to six victims for distributing child sexual abuse material.


Florida State Representative Indicted For Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, And Making False Statements

News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - A federal grand jury has returned a six-count indictment against Joseph Harding, 35, of Williston, Florida. The indictment was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.


Parkersburg Woman Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Crime

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Mary Elizabeth Curran, 37, of Parkersburg, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute 40 or more grams of fentanyl.


Former Gainesville Preschool Teacher Sentenced To 120 Years In Federal Prison For Production Of Child Pornography

News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Trevor Alec Hruby, 24, of Gainesville, Florida, was sentenced to 120 years in prison after pleading guilty to four counts of production of child pornography. The sentence was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.


News Release: Davenport, IA - Susan Jean Stroughmatt, age 33, of Muscatine, was sentenced on December 5, 2022, to 96 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Following her imprisonment, Stroughmatt was ordered to serve five years of supervised release.


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.


Drug Co-Conspirators Sentenced for Violations of The Federal Controlled Substances and The Federal Gun Control Acts

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 that RAYDELL SCOTT, age 46, a resident of Mount Airy, Louisiana, and MORGAN BURL, III, age 43, a resident of Houma, Louisiana, were sentenced in the United States District Court in connection with their pleas...


News Release: A former officer of the Monroe Police Department, Jared Desadier, 44, was sentenced today to 78 months in federal prison and two years of supervised release for his role in the assault of an arrestee in Ouachita Parish and his efforts to cover up that abuse.


Maryland man sentenced for cocaine charge

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Otis Tillman, of Hagerstown, Maryland, was sentenced today to 20 months of incarceration for a cocaine charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


News Release: A seven-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Andrii Derkach, 55, of Ukraine, with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Acts (IEEPA), bank fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, and four counts of money laundering in connection...


Nine Florida Residents Arrested for Orchestrating $37 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

News Release: MIAMI - Nine Florida residents were arrested this morning by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after being charged by a federal grand jury in Miami with health care fraud and conspiracy to commit health care fraud. The fraud scheme allegedly involved tens of millions of dollars in fraudulent health care billing by 30 South Florida physical therapy clinics.


Pittsburgh Man Charged with Attempted Possession of Cocaine

News Release: PITTSBURGH - Today, the Court unsealed the indictment of a resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, charging him with attempting to possess with intent to distribute at least 500 grams of cocaine, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced.


Arizona Man Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking

News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-An Arizona man was sentenced to federal prison today after he and an accomplice were stopped traveling in a vehicle with 12,000 fentanyl pills on Highway 26 near Government Camp, Oregon.


Fourteen Gang Members and Associates from the Double Nine Grim Reapers Charged with Racketeering, Narcotics, and Firearms Offenses

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 Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the unsealing of a 15-Count Indictment charging 14 members of the Double Nine Grim...