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Convicted Felon Admits to Being an Armed Drug Dealer

News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man convicted multiple times on Rhode Island state drug charges admitted to a federal court judge that he illegally possessed two loaded firearms and 16 grams of heroin seized during an FBI Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


News Release: LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas resident pleaded guilty to multiple child sexual exploitation crimes one day before the start of his federal jury trial.


Charity Operator Charged with Diverting Millions of Dollars of Charitable Funds and Evading Federal Income Tax

News Release: MIAMI - Douglas Sailors, 71, formerly of Parkland, Fla., and now living in Owensboro, Ky., was charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud as well as subscribing to a false tax return.


Florida Man Sentenced to 45 Months in Prison for Laundering Funds Related to $50 Million Wire and Securities Fraud Scheme

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Florida man was sentenced to 45 months in prison for laundering funds obtained from a $50 million internet-enabled fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.


Mobridge Man Indicted for Distribution and Possession of Child Pornography

News Release: PIERRE - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Mobridge, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Distribution of Child Pornography and Possession of Child Pornography.


News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Darion D. Jackson, 23, of Michigan, pleaded guilty today to distribution of fentanyl.


Utica Resource Operating Agrees to Pay $1 Million Penalty and Mitigate Past Excess Air Pollution at Oil and Gas Production Wells

News Release: United States today announced that Utica Resource Operating LLC (URO) has agreed to a settlement resolving alleged Clean Air Act violations at URO’s oil and gas production well facilities in Ohio. The settlement addresses URO’s failure to capture and control air emissions from storage vessels and to comply with associated inspection, recordkeeping and reporting requirements.


United States Attorney Josh Hurwit Announces November 2022 Election Complaints Program

News Release: BOISE - U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today that multiple Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) from around Idaho have been appointed to lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2022, general election.


News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Earlier this week, WILLIAM SHAWN KAYS, 39, of Mustang, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to one felony count of illegal receipt of a firearm by a person under indictment, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester. Federal law prohibits those under felony indictment from receiving firearms and ammunition.


News Release: BOSTON - A former intelligence analyst for eBay, Inc. was sentenced today for her role in a cyberstalking campaign targeting the editor and publisher of a newsletter that eBay executives viewed as critical of the company.


Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives publishes 133 press releases in October

There were 133 press releases published by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in October.


News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Douglas County man and his company are named in a 16-count federal indictment alleging a scheme to ship stolen cars to another country.


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Keechant L. Sewell, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging JALEEL SHAKOOR with racketeering conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering...


News Release: WASHINGTON - Melvin Wiseman, 19, of Washington, D.C., and Demarco Harris, 20, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to felony charges stemming from carjacking and robbery offenses that took place earlier this year, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Robert J. Contee III, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).


News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced today that three men-Paschal Osinachi Uchendu, 27, of Mason, Stephen Ikechuwku Uchendu, 21, of Mason, and Todd Lamonte Harris, Jr., 20, of Grand Rapids-pleaded guilty to their roles in staging the armed robbery of a courier van transporting over $1.2 million in cash.


News Release: DETROIT - What began as a delivery of drugs in a Sony PlayStation box led agents to a stash location in Novi where a drug organization stored more than 30 kilograms of fentanyl and over half a million dollars. Yesterday, the California-based leader of that organization pleaded guilty to a drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy.


News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in Miami charging two Florida men for their roles in a scheme to defraud investors of Helios & Matheson Analytics Inc. (HMNY), a publicly traded Florida- and New York-based company that was the parent of MoviePass Inc. (MoviePass).


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Ronald Longhini, 60, of Warsaw, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to possession of child pornography involving a prepubescent minor. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.


Plymouth Woman Pleads Guilty for her Role in $250 Million Scheme to Defraud the Federal Child Nutrition Program and Separate $4 Million Medicaid Fraud Scheme

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.


Poplar Woman Admits Involuntary Manslaughter Charge in Fatal Crash on Fort Peck Indian Reservation

News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Poplar woman today admitted to a charge stemming from the death of a passenger when the vehicle she was driving crashed on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.