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News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Mark Allen Hillis, 58, of Southgate, Michigan, was sentenced to 25 years in prison to be followed by lifetime supervised release by United States District Court Judge Eduardo C. Robreno after being convicted of more than a dozen child exploitation offenses.


News Release: The U.S. Department of Justice announced charges today against 10 defendants in multiple states in connection with multiple business email compromise (BEC), money laundering, and wire fraud schemes that targeted Medicare, state Medicaid programs, private health insurers, and numerous other victims and resulted in more than $11.1 million in total losses.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Nov. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Ohio Man Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Actions Related to Capitol Breach

News Release: WASHINGTON - An Ohio man was sentenced today to 36 months in prison on felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, including the theft of a coat rack from the Capitol Building. His and others’ actions disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.


News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On Nov. 1, 2022, Anthony Manuel, 38, of Bapchule, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Judge Susan M. Brnovich to 71 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Manuel previously pleaded guilty to Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.


News Release: The U.S. Department of Justice announced charges today against 10 defendants in multiple states in connection with multiple business email compromise (BEC), money laundering, and wire fraud schemes that targeted Medicare, state Medicaid programs, private health insurers, and numerous other victims and resulted in more than $11.1 million in total losses.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Southern California couple who fled to Montenegro to avoid serving lengthy prison sentences in a large COVID-relief fraud scheme were returned to the United States last night after more than a year as fugitives.


News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on Nov. 17, 2022, a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment against Kenneth Jackson, 68, of Burlington, Vermont, which charged him with distribution of fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl...


News Release: Gulfport, Miss. -- A Biloxi man was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.


Sanford Foster Parent Sentenced to 170 Years in Prison for Child Exploitation Offenses

News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Wendy W. Berger today sentenced Justin Dwayne Johnson, Sr. (48, Sanford) to 170 years in federal prison for four counts of production of child sexual abuse material, one count of production and attempted production of child sexual abuse material, and one count of possession of child sex abuse material. Johnson had pleaded guilty on July 7, 2022.


News Release: BOSTON - An East Brookfield man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for unlawfully operating a helicopter, making false statements to federal investigators and attempting to tamper with a witness.


News Release: DETROIT - Six individuals, including two doctors and the operators of three pain clinics, were charged with conspiring to illegally distribute over 500,000 opioid pills worth over $2.6 million in an indictment unsealed today, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Two members and associates of the 18th Street gang operating within Washington, D.C. were sentenced today to over five years each in prison for their roles in an attack on rival gang members on the platform of the Georgia Avenue-Petworth Metro station on Sept. 17, 2019.


24-Year-Old Tucson Man Sentenced to 14 Months and Fined $10,000 for Alien Smuggling

News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On November 8, 2022, Michael Ernesto Abril, 24, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Judge John C. Hinderaker to 14 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Judge Hinderaker also ordered Abril to pay a $10,000 fine. Abril previously pleaded guilty to Transporting Illegal Aliens for Profit.


News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was sentenced yesterday for racketeering and drug trafficking conspiracies stemming from his involvement in the Boston-based street gang, NOB.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Nikko Drake, 34, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 13 years in prison for shooting a woman outside a Northwest Washington nightclub, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Robert J. Contee III, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).


Two Somerset County Attorneys Indicted for Visa Fraud

News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Two Somerset County, New Jersey, attorneys were indicted today for making false statements under penalty of perjury in visa applications, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Nov. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Nov. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Fort Lauderdale, Florida man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Portland today to committing bank fraud and conspiracy to commit bank fraud.