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News Release: Following his appointment by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland today, Special Counsel Jack Smith made the following statement


Calhoun City Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Creating Images of Molestation of Minor

News Release: Oxford - A Calhoun City man was sentenced on Thursday to serve more than 18 years in prison for creating child pornography. U.S. District Judge Michael P. Mills sentenced Jason Rusch, 49, to 220 months’ incarceration followed by 10 years of supervised release for creating images of his molestation of a 9-year old minor. He was also ordered to pay $17,500 in restitution to five minor victims whose images of Child Sexual Exploitation he possessed.


News Release: Owensboro, KY - Christopher Bertolett was sentenced yesterday to 30 years in prison for violating federal child exploitation laws.


Slidell Woman Sentenced for FEMA Fraud

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - SCHSHINETIA ANDERSON, age 44, a resident of Slidell, Louisiana, was sentenced on Nov. 17, 2022 for FEMA fraud announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. The defendant was sentenced by the Honorable Mary Ann Vial Lemmon to 5 years of probation and ordered to pay $22,104 in restitution to FEMA.


10 charged in business email compromise and money laundering schemes targeting Medicare, Medicaid, and other victims

News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Department of Justice announced charges 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: FRESNO, Calif. - Miguel Leyva, 35, and Karina Gutierrez, 32, both of Wasco, were arrested today after a federal grand jury indicted them for conspiracy, bank fraud, access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft in connection with a long-running credit card fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: MIAMI - A federal magistrate judge has unsealed an indictment charging Miami resident Julio Arsenio Rodriguez, 61, with running a money laundering operation involving millions of Medicare and Medicaid health care fraud proceeds.


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.


Federal Jury Convicts Louisville Man of Firearms Offenses

News Release: Louisville, KY - Yesterday, a federal jury convicted a local man of two counts of being a convicted felon in possession of firearms and one count of receiving a firearm while under felony indictment.


News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Willilam Bailey, 39, of Smyrna was sentenced on Nov. 16, 2022 to 10 years in federal prision for his role in an attempted Dover home invasion. Chief U.S. District Judge Colm F. Connolly pronounced the sentence.


Previously Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced To Over Ten Years In Prison For Possessing Over 600 Images Of Child Pornography While On Probation

News Release: DETROIT - A previously convicted sex offender was sentenced to over ten years in federal prison for possessing over 600 images of child pornography while on probation, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.


News Release: Jacksonville, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Paul Steven Hulbert (26, Middleburg) with unlawful possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, unlawful possession of a firearm...


News Release: MIAMI - A 26-year-old Broward County man was sentenced today in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., by U.S. District Court Judge William P. Dimitrouleas to 30 years in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiring to traffic minor girls for commercial sex.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MARIO MATEO TOMAS JOSE, a native of Mexico, pleaded guilty today to illegally using a social security number to qualify for employment, in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B).


Carrol, Iowa Man Pleads Guilty to Possession Child Pornography Charges

News Release: Wyant Unruh, 37, from Carrol, Iowa, plead guilty November 7, 2022, in federal court to Possession of Child Pornography.


Yuba County Men Indicted on Drug Trafficking Charges

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 12-count indictment today against Darrell Anderson, 50, and Ricky Phienemanh, 35, both of Olivehurst, charging them with conspiracy to distribute heroin and methamphetamine, distribution of methamphetamine, distribution of heroin, and possession with intent to distribute heroin, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: GREENSBORO - A Mount Airy, North Carolina, resident was sentenced today in federal court in Greensboro for drug and firearms offenses, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Hairston of the Middle District of North Carolina.


News Release: BOSTON - A woman was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for her role in a wide-ranging fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine trafficking conspiracy.


Federal Jury Convicts Louisville Man of Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl and Heroin, Distributing Fentanyl, Firearms Offenses, and Assaulting a Federal Officer

News Release: Louisville, KY - Yesterday, following a four-day trial, a federal jury convicted a local man, Terrell Trammell, age 28, of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and heroin, distribution of fentanyl, possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and assaulting, impeding, or interfering with a federal officer.


Springfield Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Robbery While Wearing Ankle Monitor

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man who was wearing a court-ordered ankle monitor at the time of the offense pleaded guilty in federal court today to robbing a Bank of America branch in Springfield last summer.