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News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced that on Oct. 21, 2022, Chad Kraft, 41, of Galesburg, was sentenced to 188 months in prison for distributing child pornography. U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney also imposed a 20-year period of supervised release to follow Kraft’s incarceration. Judge Maloney stated, “it would be an understatement to describe Kraft’s conduct as grotesque.".


California Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding His Massachusetts Employer Over a 16-Year Period

News Release: BOSTON - A California man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to embezzling over $1.2 million from his employer over a 16-year period.


News Release: Memphis, TN - Kevin G. Ritz, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, is.


News Release: TOLEDO - John Charles Coy, 72, of Van Wert County, Ohio, was sentenced on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, to 10 years in prison by U.S. District Judge James R. Knepp II after Coy pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography.


Lakeland Convicted Felon Indicted For Possessing A Firearm And Ammunition

News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Eddie Winman Thomas (32, Lakeland) with possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. If convicted, Thomas faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Thomas that the United States intends to forfeit the firearm and ammunition traceable to the offense.


Long Island Man Sentenced to 28 Years' Imprisonment for Creating and Distributing Child Pornography

News Release: Defendant Operated a Chat Room for Adults Where He Instructed Them on How to Initiate and Carry Out Sexual Abuse.


News Release: WASHINGTON - A Memphis, Tennessee area man was sentenced today to 48 months in prison on felony and misdemeanor offenses 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.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - United States Attorney Erek L. Barron announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSAs) Leo J. Wise and Geonard Butler 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...


Portales Man Pleads Guilty to Production of Child Pornography

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Augustin Gallegos pleaded guilty on Oct. 17 to production of child pornography. Gallegos, 37, of Portales, New Mexico, will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has been scheduled for Jan. 17, 2023.


News Release: PROVIDENCE - A North Providence man currently on bail while awaiting trial in Rhode Island state court on drug trafficking charges, and who is also currently on probation in four separate state court cases, has been ordered detained in federal custody as the result of an unrelated FBI Safe Street Task...


News Release: A Waterloo man involved in a Mexico‑based drug trafficking organization was sentenced on Oct. 21, 2022, to more than 33 years in federal prison.


United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Wyoming Appoints District Election Officer

News Release: Acting United States Attorney Nicholas Vassallo announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Timothy W. Gist will lead the efforts for his office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2022, general election. AUSA Gist...


News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A former pharmaceutical sales representative admitted his role in two criminal conspiracies involving health care fraud and wrongful obtaining and disclosure of patients’ protected personal health information, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced today.


Delaware Man Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison for Actions Related to Capitol Breach

News Release: Defendant and His Father Illegally Entered Capitol.


Saint Paul Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Kidnapping

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Saint Paul man was sentenced to 14 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for kidnapping a victim at gunpoint and bringing her across state lines, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


Bulk Manufacturer of Controlled Substances Application: Bulk Manufacturer of Marihuana: Rocky Mountain Biotech, LLC discussed on Oct. 24 by Justice Department

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Oct. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: ROCKFORD - Two inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Thomson, Ill., have been sentenced to additional prison terms for assaulting other inmates.


News Release: Part of Department of Justice Efforts to Protect the Right to Vote and Prosecute Ballot Fraud.


News Release: The man who sold Malik Faisal Akram the gun he used to kidnap hostages in a Texas synagogue was sentenced today to nearly eight years in prison for a firearm crime, announced United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.


Former Raleigh Investment Advisor Found Guilty in Healthcare Fraud that Targeted the Elderly and Disabled

News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A federal jury convicted a Raleigh man on charges of Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud, Healthcare Fraud, Wire Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft on Oct. 19, 2022. According to court records and evidence presented at trial, Furman Alexander Ford, 52 years old, and his co-conspirator...