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Former Tampa Postal Employee Sentenced To Over Four Years In Federal Prison For Stealing Nearly $400,000 In Federal Tax Refund Checks From The Mail

News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Kevin Mark Streeter, Jr. (38, Tampa) to four years and six months in federal prison for conspiracy, receipt of stolen government property, and aggravated identity theft. Streeter had pleaded guilty on June 14, 2022.


News Release: BOISE - U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announces the formation of the District of Idaho’s COVID‑19 Fraud Task Force and highlights the District of Idaho’s ongoing efforts to combat pandemic‑related fraud. Those efforts have included complementary actions by the Criminal, Civil, and Asset Recovery Divisions, along with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.


News Release: The Barrio Azteca gunmen directly responsible for the March 2010 murders in Juarez, Mexico of a U.S. Consulate employee, her husband, and the husband of another U.S. Consulate employee were sentenced to life in prison today.


U.S. Attorney Gary Restaino Announces Election Officer for the District of Arizona

News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - United States Attorney Gary Restaino announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Sean Lokey will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the upcoming November 8, 2022, general election. AUSA Lokey has been appointed to serve as the District Election Officer...


News Release: Louisville, KY - Two former Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) officers charged with conspiring to violate the civil rights of Louisville pedestrians through the arbitrary use of force were sentenced today. One of them was also sentenced for engaging in a cyberstalking conspiracy to hack computer applications for compromising photographs and videos of female victims and then using those photographs to extort additional compromising material from the victims.


News Release: EL PASO - An El Paso man was sentenced last week to 262 months in prison for his role in methamphetamine importation and distribution.


Dover Man Sentenced for Killing Bald Eagle

News Release: YOUNGSTOWN -A Dover, Ohio, man was sentenced today by U.S. Magistrate Judge Carmen E. Henderson to one year of probation and was ordered to pay a $4,000 fine and $1,500 in restitution to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service after he pleaded guilty to shooting and killing a bald eagle.


New Haven Man Sentenced to 30 Months in Federal Prison for Distributing Crack

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on Oct. 21, 2022, ALEXIS VIERA, 34, of New Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.


News Release: Durango - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced that Kenneth and Suzanne Fusco of Durango, Colorado pleaded guilty to federal income tax evasion on Oct. 13, 2022.


News Release: SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana announced that Frances Bianco, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty on her plea of guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.


Former St. Louis County Employee Admits Pandemic Relief Fraud Scheme

News Release: ST. LOUIS - A former St. Louis County, Missouri employee on Friday admitted hatching a scheme to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 relief funds in exchange for kickbacks.


Former Hollywood Executive Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Federal Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining $1.7 Million in COVID-Relief Loans

News Release: LOS ANGELES - The former chairman and CEO of Beverly Hills-based Aviron Pictures was sentenced today to 41 months in federal prison for applying for and receiving $1.7 million in loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for Aviron entities when the entire operation was being shuttered because of his embezzlement.


Suburban Chicago Man Sentenced to Over 10 Years for Trafficking Fentanyl and Heroin

News Release: ROCKFORD, Ill. - Robert J. Bell, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division, and U.S. Attorney John R. Lausch, Jr., for the Northern District of Illinois announced that Rayloe Jackson, 46, of Maywood, Illinois, has been sentenced to over 10 years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl and heroin.


South Bay Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Scam Involving Fake Open Houses at Not-for-Sale Homes

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A South Bay man, who along with his sister and other co-conspirators participated in a $6 million real estate scam that listed homes for sale without owners’ consent and collected money from multiple would-be buyers, was sentenced today to 108 months in federal prison.


Sarasota Man Sentenced to 23 Years in Federal Prison for Running $80 Million 'Oasis' FOREX Ponzi Scheme

News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced Michael J. DaCorta (57, Sarasota) to 23 years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud, money laundering, and filing a false income tax return. As part of his sentence, the court also entered an order of forfeiture in the amount of $2,817,876.16, a portion of the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct. A federal jury had found DaCorta guilty on May 4, 2020.


News Release: Numerous collection sites located across Montana.


Chinese Intelligence Officers Charged with Using Academic Cover to Target Individuals in United States

News Release: Four Chinese Nationals Charged with Conspiring to Act in the United States as Agents of the Chinese Government.


News Release: The FBI’s Underwater Search and Evidence Response Team (USERT) out of New York is in Billerica, Massachusetts this week assisting with an FBI Boston investigation. USERT is searching the Concord River for specific evidence in an ongoing investigation. For the safety of the search team and the public...


Nashville Social Club Owner Pleads Guilty to Crime Involving Campaign Finance Scheme

News Release: NASHVILLE - A Nashville, Tennessee man pleaded guilty today to violating campaign finance laws to benefit Tennessee State Senator Brian Kelsey’s 2016 campaign for U.S. Congress.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - A South Bay man was sentenced today to life without parole in federal prison after he admitted to producing thousands of sexually explicit images and videos of nearly three dozen children, one of whom was exploited over the course of at least two years and performed sex acts online in exchange for money.