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News Release: DETROIT - Andrew Joseph Vinyard, 43, of Ypsilanti, was sentenced yesterday to 25 years in federal prison on charges of attempted production of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison. Vinyard was sentenced by United States District Judge Laurie Michelson following his guilty plea in June of this year.


Georgia Man Sentenced to 14 Months in Prison for Making Interstate Threats Against Executive Officer of New Jersey Company

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Georgia man was sentenced today to 14 months in prison for making interstate threats to an executive officer of a New Jersey based company, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


News Release: United States Attorney Michael A. Bennett announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Raymond D. McGee will 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. AUSA McGee has been...


News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A San Antonio man was sentenced last week to 25 years in prison for his role in distributing methamphetamine and heroin in the San Antonio area.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Billings, Mo., man who belonged to the Aryan Brotherhood was sentenced in federal court today for methamphetamine trafficking.


News Release: NORFOLK, Va. -A Williamsburg wellness center owner was sentenced today to 7 years in prison for defrauding Virginia Medicaid and other health care programs out of over $2 million.


Ohio Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Role in Cocaine Trafficking Ring

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -- A former Ohio resident has been sentenced in federal court to 10-years of imprisonment and five years of supervised release related to his membership in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Armed Robbery Crew Posing as DEA Agents Charged in Federal Court

News Release: MEDFORD, Ore.-An indictment was unsealed in federal court today charging six Texas men for conspiring with one another to travel from Texas to Southern Oregon to commit an armed robbery of marijuana while disguised as agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.


News Release: Central United Talmudic Academy (“CUTA" or “the School"), a yeshiva in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, admitted today in federal court that it was involved in several overlapping frauds, including a multi-million dollar scheme to wrongfully obtain funds designated to feed needy schoolchildren. The proceeding was held before United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis.


British National Sentenced to 8 Months for Failure to Surrender for Service of Sentence

News Release: CONCORD - Paul Ubsdell (a/k/a Paul Upstall and Paul James Kanes), 49, of the United Kingdom, was sentenced today to 8 months in federal prison and a fine of $10,000 for failure to surrender for service of sentence, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A construction contracting company and the company’s president have agreed to collectively pay $400,000 to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by circumventing small business set aside requirements in a federally funded contract U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to violating federal fraud laws of embezzling funds, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


News Release: Memphis, TN - United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced today that Assistant United States.


News Release: BOSTON - A Dorchester man has been charged in connection with unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition as a previously convicted felon.


Final defendant pleads guilty to wrap up prosecution of Middle Georgia methamphetamine-trafficking conspiracy

News Release: DUBLIN, GA: With a final guilty plea to federal charges entered in U.S. District Court, all charges have been resolved against 30 defendants involved in a Laurens County methamphetamine-trafficking ring indicted just over a year ago.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Derick Louangamath, 33, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: WASHINGTON - A Delaware man was sentenced today to 24 months in prison on felony and misdemeanor charges for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.


New Jersey Man Sentenced to 78 Months for Laundering Millions from Fraud Schemes Perpetrated by Ghana-Based Criminal Enterprise

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that FREEMAN CELVIN, a/k/a “Celvin Freeman," was sentenced today to 78 months for his participation in a fraud and money laundering conspiracy based in the Republic of Ghana (“Ghana") involving the theft of millions...


Queens, NY Man Found Guilty in Kidnapping, Torture Plot Which Resulted in Death of Two Brothers in Schuylkill River in 2014

News Release: A third victim survived and managed to escape to tell his story; six defendants were federally indicted in March 2020 for their involvement in the crime.


Political Consultant Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Candidate in 2017 New Haven Probate Judge Race

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that VICTOR CUEVAS, 58, of Waterbury, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to conspiring to defraud a New Haven Probate Judge candidate in 2017.