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News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Nathaniel Opondo Hubbert, 41, of Grass Valley, pleaded guilty today to a conspiracy to possess and distribute fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and possession with intent to distribute heroin and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bob P. Beris announced.


News Release: Wisconsin’s United States Attorneys, Gregory J. Haanstad of the Eastern District and Timothy M. O’Shea of the Western District, announced today that four Assistant U.S. Attorneys (AUSAs) will lead their offices’ efforts in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the...


Virginia Beach Man Pleads Guilty to Production of Child Pornography

News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach man pleaded guilty yesterday to production of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).


News Release: A former U.S. Congressional candidate was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for his scheme to use COVID-19 relief funds for personal expenditures and filing a false report with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) by concealing thousands of dollars of in-kind contributions by employees.


Texas Man Indicted in Federal Court for Distribution of Child Pornography

News Release: A federal grand jury recently returned a three-count indictment charging James Martin, age 50, of Beckville, Texas, with distribution of child pornography. Martin appeared for his arraignment and pled not guilty to the pending charges.


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Will Thompson announced today that sober living residences in the Southern District of West Virginia are a focus of the United States Attorney’s Health Care Fraud Task Force.


Nine Multi-National Cocaine Traffickers Indicted

News Release: A ten-count indictment was unsealed today in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging defendants Carlos Ernesto Angucho Guerrero, Eduard Mauricio Rendon Agudelo, Clemente Riascos Coral, Luis Fernando Sánchez Isaza, Alejandro Alberto Estupiñan Alzate, Belcy Gomez...


News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Daniel Kion Garrison, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 27 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Burglaries in Northwest Washington

News Release: Sentenced for Burglarizing Hotel and Occupying Residence on Veterans Day.


Macon Businessman Convicted of Stealing Disability Benefits

News Release: MACON, Ga. - A Macon resident who collected monthly disability benefits while running a successful cleaning company - which he never disclosed to the government - was convicted by a jury this morning on federal charges for theft and making false claims.


Justice Department Files Lawsuit Challenging Policy Barring Native Americans From Accessing South Dakota Hotel and Sports Lounge

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against the owners and operators of the Grand Gateway Hotel, and the Cheers Sports Lounge and Casino, a sports bar that operates within the hotel, located in Rapid City, South Dakota. The lawsuit alleges that the defendants discriminated against...


News Release: BILLINGS - A Billings man who was arrested in an undercover investigation when he went to a location expecting to meet a boy for sex admitted to a coercion crime today, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.


News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Edward Charles Linkswiler, II, of Keyser, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


News Release: Ocala, FL - Roy Lashley, 55, pleaded guilty today to a federal hate crime for attacking a Black man because of his actual and perceived race.


News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A Chicago, Illinois man is charged with drug offenses involving heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine, in an indictment returned today by a grand jury sitting in Madison, Wisconsin. The indictment is announced by Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin.


Five Bridgeport Men Convicted of Narcotics Trafficking Offenses

News Release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that, on Oct. 14, a federal jury in Bridgeport found the following five men guilty of narcotics trafficking offenses...


Dr. Charles J. Southall, III Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering and Admits to Obtaining Over $889,000 Through Fraud

News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DR. CHARLES J. SOUTHALL, III, age 64, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Jay Zainey after previously being charged in a one-count bill of information with laundering proceeds unlawfully obtained from a wire fraud scheme, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1957 and 2.


Five Russian Nationals and Two Oil Traders Charged in Global Sanctions Evasion and Money Laundering Scheme

News Release: The Defendants Obtained Military Technology from U.S. Companies, Smuggled Millions of Barrels of Oil and Laundered Tens of Millions of Dollars for Russian Oligarchs, Sanctioned Entities and the World’s Largest Energy Conglomerate.


News Release: The co-owner of multiple bars and a restaurant in Georgia pleaded guilty today to tax evasion.


Reading Man Sentenced to 100 Months’ Imprisonment for Methamphetamine Trafficking

News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Oct. 17, 2022, William F. Showers, age 37, of Reading, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to 100 months of imprisonment and a 5-year term of supervised release, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute over 50 grams of methamphetamine.