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Former SunMark Community Bank Loan Officer Pleads Guilty in Asset Misapplication Scheme

News Release: MACON, Ga. - A former bank loan officer entered a guilty plea in federal court yesterday in an asset misapplication scheme involving $1.2 million dollars.


News Release: WAYCROSS, GA: A South Georgia man who participated in a widespread drug-trafficking conspiracy and two state prison guards who smuggled drugs behind bars are among the final defendants sentenced to federal prison as a major meth-distribution prosecution comes to a close.


USDOJ-OJP-BJS grant application closes on Jan. 24

FY 2023 National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) Training and Technical Assistance Program grant opened on Nov. 17.


U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich announces DOJ grant for Montana’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force

News Release: HELENA - U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich today announced a grant award of $346,984 from the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) to a Montana task force that investigates internet crimes against children and the exploitation of children.


Search Warrants Executed in Bibb County

News Release: MACON, Ga. - Federal search warrants were executed at six locations in Bibb County, Georgia, yesterday morning in a joint law enforcement operation involving FBI, Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, Middle Georgia Safe Streets Gang Task Force, GBI Gang Task Force, Bleckley County Sheriff’s Office, Butts County...


Yankton Man Sentenced for Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography

News Release: SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that a Yankton, South Dakota, man convicted of Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography was sentenced on Nov. 14, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


Justice Department Announces Director of the Office of Environmental Justice

News Release: The Justice Department today announced the appointment of Cynthia M. Ferguson as the Director of the Office of Environmental Justice, where she will lead efforts to engage all Justice Department bureaus, components and offices in the collective pursuit of environmental justice.


News Release: The first Chinese government intelligence officer ever to be extradited to the United States to stand trial was sentenced today in federal court in Cincinnati.


Newport News Man Sentenced for Possessing AR-15 and Other Firearms in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking

News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News man was sentenced today to six and a half years in prison for possessing multiple firearms in furtherance of a cocaine-distribution operation.


News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A Cuban citizen living in Madison, Wisconsin is charged with 3 counts of violating the Migratory Bird Trafficking Act in an indictment returned on Oct. 12, 2022, by a federal grand jury sitting in Madison. The indictment is announced by Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin.


News Release: A federal jury convicted a California man yesterday for his role in an approximately $723,000 health care fraud and prescription drug diversion scheme involving two Southern California pharmacies.


Boston Man Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison for Drug and Gun Offenses

News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced yesterday in federal court for gun and drug offenses.


Bristow Man Convicted of 2018 Murder in Jenks

News Release: A federal jury convicted a Bristow man Wednesday for murdering a former girlfriend’s new dating partner in 2018, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


McLaughlin Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of Children and Witness Tampering

News Release: PIERRE - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man convicted of two counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child and one count of Witness Tampering was sentenced on Nov. 14, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.



Iowa Construction Firm Owner Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion

News Release: The owner of a Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, construction firm pleaded guilty today to tax evasion for evading payment of his company’s employment taxes.


News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, an indictment and a complaint were unsealed charging Russian nationals Anton Napolsky and Valeriia Ermakova with criminal copyright infringement, wire fraud and money laundering for operating Z-Library, an online e-book piracy website. The pair was arrested...


News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Seventeen individuals were indicted federally, with most being arrested, following an intensive violent crime initiative on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. The charges filed in this investigation include arson, aggravated assault, firearms violations, domestic violence assaults, assault against an officer, child abuse, sexual assault, kidnapping, manslaughter, and murder.


Serial Abuser of Underage Girls Sentenced to 11 Years for Coercing and Enticing a Minor to Engage in Illegal Sexual Activity

News Release: DETROIT - A Royal Oak man who repeatedly abused underage girls was sentenced to eleven years in federal prison for coercing and enticing a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity and for receiving child pornography, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.


Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty and is Sentenced for Unlawfully Transporting Aliens

News Release: UTICA, NEW YORK - Juan Francisco Izalde-Bautista, age 34, of Hershey, Pennsylvania, pled guilty and was sentenced today to 6 months in prison for unlawfully transporting two Mexican citizens who were illegally present in the United States.