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News Release: ANCHORAGE - United States Attorney S. Lane Tucker announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Kelly Cavanaugh will lead the efforts of her Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2022, general election. AUSA Cavanaugh...


Fredericksburg Man Pleads Guilty to Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Scheme

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Fredericksburg man pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring to obtain pandemic unemployment benefits. His family members were also indicted for their roles in the scheme, along with a separate mail theft and bank fraud scheme.


Main Line Accountant Sentenced to More than Three Years for Tax Evasion

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Michael Goldner, 52, of Paoli, PA, was sentenced to 40 months in prison and three years of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Mark A. Kearney for his scheme to use his cash and his employer’s business bank accounts to hide his actual income and assets and therefore avoid paying his legitimate tax obligations.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Nov. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Prison Killer Who Stomped on Victim’s Head and Threw Him Down the Stairs Sentenced to 28 Years

News Release: DETROIT - A federal prison inmate was sentenced to 28 years in prison today for murdering a fellow inmate at the Milan Correctional Facility, in Milan, Michigan, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced.


Portland Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Large Quantities of Methamphetamine and Counterfeit Fentanyl Pills

News Release: MEDFORD, Ore.-A Portland, Oregon man with a prior drug trafficking conviction was sentenced to federal prison today after he was found driving on Interstate 5 in Southern Oregon with more than ten pounds of methamphetamine, nearly three pounds of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl, and two firearms.


Lynnwood, Washington Man Pleads Guilty to Making Interstate Threats and Hate Crime

News Release: Seattle - A 37-year-old Lynnwood, Washington, man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to making interstate threats and a hate crime: interference with a Federally Protected Activity, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Joey David George has been in federal custody since his arrest...


North Carolina Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Punching Passenger on Commercial Flight to Portland

News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Charlotte, North Carolina man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to federal prison today for punching a fellow passenger in the face on a Portland-bound commercial flight from Denver.


News Release: BOSTON - A California man pleaded guilty today to making threatening communications to the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) in May 2021.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Dr. Robert M. Cao, 39, of Lafayette, Louisiana, and previously of Falls Church, Virginia, pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to five felony counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance outside the scope of his professional practice.


American Contractor Pleads Guilty in Death of U.S. Military Doctor

News Release: A former American military contractor pleaded guilty today to involuntary manslaughter for fatally striking an active duty U.S. Air Force medical doctor with a forklift as she was walking on Al Dhafra Airbase in the United Arab Emirates.


News Release: EVANSVILLE - Wesley Owen Bowles, Jr., 59, of Evansville, Indiana, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to receipt of child sexual abuse material.


Justice Department discusses Bulk Manufacturer of Controlled Substances Application: Chattem Chemicals, Inc.; Correction on Nov. 8

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Nov. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Nov. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Nov. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: INDIANAPOLIS- Jody Russell Trapp, 58, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 90 months in federal prison for wire fraud, money laundering and tax evasion.


Bloomington Man’s Guilty Plea Marks 16th Felony Conviction in Two Medicaid Fraud Conspiracies that Totaled Over $5.4 Million in Fraudulent Billing

News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Bloomington man has pleaded guilty to his role in a $1.4 million Medicaid fraud conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


Eight Individuals Indicted and Arrested for Bank and Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, and Aggravated Identity Theft

News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Oct. 28, 2022, a federal grand jury returned a 40-count superseding indictment charging eight individuals with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, wire fraud, access device fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering conspiracy. The United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are in charge of the investigation of the case.


Wilmington Man Sentenced to 37 Months in Federal Prison for Possessing Gun

News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that a Wilmington, Delaware man was sentenced to 37 months in prison last week for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Andrews pronounced the sentence.