By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2022
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced the unsealing of criminal charges against seven leaders of five Haitian gangs, including gang leaders involved in the armed kidnappings of 16 U.S. citizens in the fall of 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that James Stevens, 69, of Somerdale, NJ, and Robert Welsh, 59, now living in Arizona, were charged by Indictment with conspiracy, bribery, extortion, and fraud charges related to a scheme to pay off Stevens in exchange for Stevens...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2022
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Pineville, Mo., couple has been charged in federal court for their roles in the kidnapping and murder of a pregnant Arkansas woman.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2022
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2022
News Release: Axion Specialty Contracting LLC (Axion) was sentenced to pay a $1,001,989 criminal fine and $313,121 in restitution on Nov. 4 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, for its participation in a bid-rigging scheme targeting public and private entities in Connecticut. This is the third sentencing arising out of a long-running investigation into the insulation contracting industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2022
News Release: A Sioux City, Iowa man with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced November 4, 2022, to more than 7 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2022
News Release: Former U.S. Army helicopter pilot-turned-civilian-contractor Shapour Moinian, 67, of San Diego, was sentenced in federal court today to 20 months in prison for acting as an agent of the government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and accepting thousands of dollars from representatives of the Chinese government to provide aviation-related information from his defense-contractor employers.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to his role in a tax fraud conspiracy arising from a “ten-percenting" scheme in which he cashed winning Massachusetts state lottery tickets on behalf of the ticket holders and claimed fake gambling losses to avoid taxes on the winnings.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Kulvir Singh Cheema, 61, of Ripon, was sentenced today to 14 months in prison, a $4,000 fine, and was ordered to pay $259,031 in restitution for filing a false bankruptcy declaration, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2022
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Gustavo Guzman, 59, previously of Fullerton, Calif., made his initial appearance in federal court in Charlotte today following his extradition from Australia, to face wire fraud, securities fraud and transactional money laundering charges related to an alleged $2 million investment fraud scheme, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - A federal jury has found Thomas Addaquay guilty of 29 counts of fraud-related offenses in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, money laundering conspiracy, and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2022
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Plymouth woman has pleaded guilty to her role in two separate fraud cases, including the $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally-funded child nutrition program and a Medicaid fraud scheme, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Eric Gibson will lead the efforts of the Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2022, general election. AUSA...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2022
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Jonathan Corey Daniel, 33, of Monroe, Georgia, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell to 210 months in prison and five years of supervised release for trafficking methamphetamine, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In July 2021, Daniel pleaded guilty to methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and aiding and abetting.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2022
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOEL MARTINEZ, JR., 24, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for narcotics distribution and firearm possession offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2022
News Release: A Sand Springs man was sentenced Friday in federal court for robbing and assaulting a gas station owner, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2022
News Release: Jackson, TN - Bridget Nicole Bickings, 31, of Hardin County, Tennessee, has been sentenced to over 12 years in federal prison for conspiring with others to possess with the intent to distribute over 50 grams of actual methamphetamine. United States Attorney Kevin Ritz announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2022
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...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2022
News Release: Seattle - Two men who served as drug runners for a Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) cartel connected drug trafficking organization were sentenced to prison today following an extensive wiretap investigation, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. In sentencing 28-year-old Armando Fierro-Ponce to eight...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2022
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Andras Daniel Lee, 33, of Visalia, pleaded guilty today to failure to register as a sex offender, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
