By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - An Ohio man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: CLEVELAND - A Cleveland man was charged today in a 14-count indictment with the armed robbery or attempted armed robbery of 10 retail stores in Cleveland and Shaker Heights over the course of three weeks.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: Defendant prescribed ~4.5 million opioids with little to no medical justification causing addiction, suffering and deaths across Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: Defendant Submitted Fraudulent Documents to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and Social Security Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: STATESVILLE, N.C. - A federal grand jury sitting in Statesville has convicted Spenc’r Denard Rickerson, 35, of Claremont, N.C., of bank robbery, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell presided over the two-day trial which ended today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A San Antonio woman was sentenced on Wednesday to 33 months in prison and ordered to pay $124,780 in restitution for her part in a multi-year tax evasion scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - The leader of an international conspiracy to file false U.S. tax returns and obtain millions of dollars in refunds has been convicted in federal court in West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Khasigian will serve as the District Election Officer (DEO) for the Eastern District of California in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the November 8 general...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Rhode Island man has pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges, admitting he defrauded investors out of more than $4.2 million in connection with the “Magic Mike Live" stage show in Las Vegas, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: A Dallas attorney who allegedly created tax shelters to help high-net-worth clients conceal more than one billion dollars in income from the IRS has been federally charged, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - Eight people from Burlington have now been sentenced to federal prison for their role in conspiring to distribute drugs in the Burlington area. The conspiracy started by at least Dec. 1, 2019, and continued until Nov. 2, 2021. Those sentenced as part of this drug conspiracy include.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced today that six individuals from Benton Harbor, Michigan, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges relating to pandemic fraud schemes they used to obtain over $1 million in COVID-19 relief, including fraudulently obtained unemployment...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: MISSOULA - A Bozeman man who admitted to stealing more than $57,000 in government benefits from an elderly relative for whom he was the fiduciary was sentenced today to six months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $57,329 restitution, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: The Justice Department joins law enforcement agencies, victim service providers, survivors, victims, advocates and communities nationwide in recognizing the month of October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM). Domestic violence is serious and prevalent, and its impact does not stay ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Derrick Kamran Collins (31, Spring Hill) has been found guilty of manufacturing counterfeit Federal Reserve Notes (FRN), aiding and abetting the passing of counterfeit FRN, and possession of counterfeit FRN. Collins faces up to 20 years in federal prison on each count and forfeiture of funds that represents the illicit proceeds from the offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Thomas Zayas (46, Orlando) to 35 years in federal prison for enticing a minor child to produce sexually explicit videos and for possessing that material. Zayas was also ordered to serve a 15-year term of supervised release, register as a sex offender, and forfeit his smartphones. Zayas had pleaded guilty on July 26, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: MIAMI - United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Juan Antonio Gonzalez announced today that his Office will be working closely with Justice Department Headquarters in Washington and FBI Miami to investigate and prosecute violations of federal election laws in connection with the upcoming November 8th general election.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Canadian man will make his initial appearance today on charges that he traveled to New Jersey for the purpose of engaging in sexual conduct with a minor, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TIMOTHY P. DRAPER, 55, of Bethel, was sentenced today by U.S. Circuit Judge Sarah A. L. Merriam in Bridgeport to eight months of imprisonment for tax evasion. Judge Merriam also ordered Draper to pay a $75,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Sept. 21, 2022, a Tucson federal grand jury returned an indictment charging 49 firearms-related offenses against the following individuals.
