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News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Abdur-R-Ahin Shamsid-Deen, 43, of El Mirage, Arizona, was sentenced on Oct. 11, 2022, by United States District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 30 months in federal prison. Shamsid-Deen previously pleaded guilty to Dealing Firearms Without a License.


FBI Seeking Information and Additional Victims of Suspected Art Fraud

News Release: FBI Seeking Information and Additional Victims of Suspected Art Fraud.


News Release: COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - Daquan Tyreek Funchess-Johnson, 26, of Sumter, was sentenced to six years in federal prison after earlier pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.


FBI Honors Advocate and Community Volunteer Who Works to Help Those in Need

News Release: NEWARK, NJ-Special Agent in Charge James Dennehy, today, presented Edie Peters Liguori, of (Bergen County), NJ, with the 2022 Director’s Community Leadership Award at the Newark Field Office. After retiring from 30 years with the New Jersey Department of Labor’s Division of Disability Determination Services...


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man has been charged with three armed robberies of pharmacies for oxycodone and other prescription medication in Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.


Ten Defendants Charged in Drug Trafficking Probe Targeting Fentanyl-Laced Heroin Sales in Chicago

News Release: CHICAGO - A federal drug trafficking investigation has resulted in charges against ten individuals for allegedly conspiring to distribute at least 35 kilograms of fentanyl-laced heroin and crack cocaine on the West Side of Chicago.


Repeat sex offender sentenced to ten years in prison for possession of images of child rape and abuse

News Release: Despite prison, treatment, and probation monitoring, offender continued to collect images of children being raped and abused.


U.S. Attorney Announces New Procedures For Reporting Environmental Violations

News Release: Louisville, KY - Michael A. Bennett, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, announced today that his office, to advance environmental justice, has implemented a new procedure for members of the public to report environmental violations. Environmental justice is the fair treatment and meaningful...


Parsons Man & Woman Each Sentenced to the Statutory Maximum of 60 Years for Sex Crimes Against Children

News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Kansas man and a Kansas woman were both sentenced to 60 years in prison for committing sexual crimes against children after prosecutors requested the statutory maximum for each count, to run consecutive to each other.


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: A federal court in the Eastern District of New York has permanently barred Brooklyn-based defendants Maria Cuervo and Danays Enterprises & Travel, Inc. from operating a tax return preparation business, including from their store located at 2786 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. Defendants consented ...


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.


Vallejo Man Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison for Flying to the Philippines with the Intention of Engaging in Sexual Conduct with a Child

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Balbino Sablad, 81, of Vallejo, was sentenced today to five years and 10 months in prison and ordered to pay a fine of $3,500 for traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: ATLANTA - Nagaindra Srivastav has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and kickback charges for his role in selling fraudulent doctors’ orders to his co-conspirators, who used the orders to obtain at least $25 million in fraudulent payments from Medicare.


Independence Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Child Pornography

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Independence, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for distributing child pornography over the internet, including to an undercover federal agent, whom he believed to be a 13-year-old girl.


Stephen K. Bannon Sentenced to Four Months in Prison on Two Counts of Contempt of Congress

News Release: Jury Found He Failed to Comply With House Subpoena From Select Committee Investigating Jan. 6 Capitol Breach.


News Release: ST. LOUIS - A man from East St. Louis, Illinois was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday for a July 12 carjacking in St. Louis.


Justice Department Updates Guidelines for Victim and Witness Assistance

News Release: The Justice Department today released revised Attorney General Guidelines for Victim and Witness Assistance. The revised guidelines update, for the first time in a decade, when and how Department employees work with victims and witnesses of crime to ensure that their voices are heard and that they are ...


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that WILLIE WALKER, age 56, was sentenced on Oct. 14, 2022 by Chief United States District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown to a probationary term of five years for failure to report international travel as a sex offender under the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).


News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.