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Bank Insider Pleads Guilty To Bank Bribery For Facilitating Multimillion Dollar Wire Fraud Scheme

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that earlier today LUIS RIVAS pled guilty to conspiring to commit bank bribery in connection with a business email compromise scheme that defrauded businesses of millions of dollars. RIVAS was the seventh person charged in this international scheme.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - Based on the actions of its agents, including its billionaire Chinese real estate developer owner, a downtown Los Angeles-based company was found guilty today of paying more than $1 million in bribes - including luxury trip expenses, casino gambling chips and a sham loan - to then-Los Angeles City Councilman José Huizar to obtain city approval to build a 77-story skyscraper.


Mexican National Residing in Bakersfield Pleads Guilty to Illegal Cockfighting in Violation of the Animal Welfare Act

News Release: RESNO, Calif. - Horacio Ortega-Martinez, 35, a Mexican national residing in Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to unlawful possession of animals for an animal fighting venture, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


North Carolina Man Indicted For Committing Child Sexual Exploitation Offenses

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging David Wayne Hogle, Jr. (29, Cherry Point, North Carolina) with one count of attempted online enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity, one count of online transportation of depictions...


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man was arrested today for transmitting via the internet a manifesto containing threats to attack a synagogue and Jewish people, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


Jamestown Woman Pleads Guilty For Her Role In Narcotics Conspiracy Which Resulted In Overdose Death

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Rachelle N. Allison, 36, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $1,000,000.


Mt. Olive Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine

News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - A Mt. Olive man was sentenced to 300 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Brad Byerley of the Drug Enforcement Administration.


Vladimir Natera Abreu Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison and Eight Years of Supervised Release

News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Vladimir Natera Abreu was sentenced to 15 years in prison for drug trafficking by United States District Court Judge Silvia Carreño Coll.


Ohio Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Gun Crime

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Scott Edward Snook, 47, of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, was sentenced today to five years and six months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.


Physician and Medical Office to Pay Over $2.6 Million to Settle False Claims Act and Kickback Allegations

News Release: United States Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery and Connecticut Attorney General William Tong today announced that FEEL WELL HEALTH CENTER OF SOUTHINGTON, P.C. (formerly doing business as “Feel Well Health Center") and KEVIN P. GREENE, M.D. (“Greene") have entered into a civil settlement agreement with...


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced today that Donavan Henry made an initial appearance in federal court on Nov. 8 facing a charge of involuntary manslaughter...


Jackson Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing a Firearm as a Convicted Felon after Selling AR-Style Rifle to FBI

News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Jackson man pled guilty today to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.


News Release: An indictment was unsealed today charging a Pennsylvania man for his alleged role in an insider trading scheme involving the securities of Mylan N.V. (Mylan), a publicly traded pharmaceutical company.


News Release: WASHINGTON - A District of Columbia man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison on a federal charge of distribution of child pornography.


News Release: A Waterloo man who purchased at least 38 guns for other people was sentenced November 8, 2022, to over six years in years in federal prison.


Korean National Sentenced to 7 Years and 9 Months in Prison for “Bust Out” Bank Fraud Scheme in Sacramento Area and Elsewhere

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Kyung Min Kong, 55, a citizen and national of South Korea, was sentenced today to seven years and nine months in prison for bank fraud, money laundering and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A federal jury convicted a New York woman today for possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute following a four-day jury trial in U.S. District Court in Portland. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Darcie N. McElwee.


DEA to Host Family Summit on the Overdose Epidemic in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The Drug Enforcement Administration, New Orleans Field Division, wants to hear from families in this region as they share stories about their loved ones, but also assist them with awareness information, education resources, introduce them to other prevention/treatment/counseling partners, who will be present at the event.


News Release: BOSTON - A Rockland man has been arrested on child pornography charges.


Georgia Woman Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Bank Fraud, Identity Theft, and CARES Act Fraud

News Release: Jackson, Miss. - An Austell, Georgia woman was sentenced to nine years in federal prison for bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and committing COVID-relief fraud while on pretrial release, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Rodregas Owens of the Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General - Atlanta Field Division.