By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former Department of State employee pleaded guilty today to two counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Three Rhode Island men were arraigned on Friday in federal court in Providence, charged by way of indictment for their alleged participation in a conspiracy to use stolen identities to defraud Land Rover dealerships in Rhode Island and New Hampshire, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Two men were arrested this morning on federal robbery and firearms offenses that allege they robbed an armored car on Monday and shot a guard several times in the leg.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: Two Arrested and 13 Charged in Three Separate Cases for Alleged Participation in Malign Schemes in the United States on Behalf of the Government of the People’s Republic of China.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Ahmad M. Mehdi and his medical practice, Ahmad M. Mehdi, M.D., P.C. (“Mehdi"), agreed to pay a total of $900,000 to resolve civil claims for up-coding billings for some medical services, billing for smoking cessation counseling services that were not adequately documented, and allegedly improper prescribing of opioids, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: In three separate cases in the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices for the Eastern District of New York and the District of New Jersey, the Justice Department has charged 13 individuals, including members of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) security and intelligence apparatus and their agents, for alleged efforts to unlawfully exert influence in the United States for the benefit of the government of the PRC.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Todd C. Smith, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris for the Central District of Illinois announced that Tyrell Harris, 29, of Springfield, Illinois, was sentenced on Oct.18, 2022, to concurrent sentences of 57 months’ imprisonment for distribution of heroin and 120 months’ imprisonment for possession of 100 grams or more of heroin with intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: Two Massachusetts men were sentenced today for an extensive scheme to take over victims’ social media accounts and steal their cryptocurrency using techniques such as “SIM swapping," computer hacking, and other methods.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Kentucky man pleaded guilty today to a felony charge for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. 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 2020 presidential election.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Leominster man was convicted by a federal jury yesterday in connection with his participation in a wide-ranging fentanyl, heroin, crack and cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: A former U.S. Department of State employee pleaded guilty today to engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States Attorney Sayler A. Fleming announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorneys (AUSAs) Hal Goldsmith and Jennifer Roy will lead the efforts of her office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 8, 2022, general election. AUSAs...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Lexington, Ky., man, Michael Allen Comberger, 57, was sentenced on Thursday to 60 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge Gregory VanTatenhove, for transporting an individual in interstate commerce with the intent to engage in prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Raequan M. Nelson (23, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. Nelson faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Dec. 1, 2022. Nelson had been indicted on May 25, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: NASHVILLE - United States Attorney Mark H. Wildasin announced today that Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) Robert Levine and Steve Jordan 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...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - Authorities have taken seven Houston area men into custody on allegations including conspiracy to commit interference with commerce by robbery, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and carrying a weapon in relation to a drug trafficking offense, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Samaje Evans was sentenced in federal court today to 72 months in prison for transporting a 17-year-old girl from Arizona to Nevada to San Diego for the purpose of involving her in commercial sex acts. According to his plea agreement, Evans took all the money earned by the minor - about $1,500 a day. Evans also posted commercial sex advertisements for the girl online.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: Man Suspected in Philadelphia Murder Arrested in Atlanta.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Mateo Gomez Gonzalez, 29, of Mexico, pleaded guilty today to unlawful transportation of noncitizens without status in the United States, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On October 6, 2022, Omar Natalio Martinez Fontes, 51, pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Bribery and Alien Smuggling. Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 20, 2022, before United States District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps.
