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News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that FREDY RENAN NAJERA MONTOYA was sentenced to 30 years in prison for conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and possessing machine guns and destructive devices during the course of that conspiracy. NAJERA previously pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe, who sentenced Najera today.


Chicopee Company Controller Sentenced for Stealing $1.4 Million from Company Finances

News Release: BOSTON - A West Springfield man was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield for embezzling over $1.4 million from his employer.



Twenty-Three Ohioans Indicted as Part of Narcotics Distribution Ring Involving Bulk Amounts of Fentanyl, Crack Cocaine, Cocaine, Methamphetamine, and Other Narcotics

News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - The government added 12 defendants and 28 new charges to a federal narcotics conspiracy case that now charges 23 total individuals.


News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - An Albert Lea woman has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $200,000 in tenant rent payments, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


Florissant Woman Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison, Ordered to Repay $787,000 in Pandemic Fraud

News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White on Wednesday sentenced a Florissant woman who committed coronavirus pandemic fraud to two years in prison and ordered her to repay $787,000.


Justice Department publishes notice on Oct. 11

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Oct. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Taunton, MA, man has been ordered detained in federal custody on charges that he allegedly traveled to Rhode Island to engage in illicit sexual contact with a minor, and that he received and possessed child pornography, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Glenn Frank, 33, of Sells, Arizona, was sentenced on October 5, 2022, by United States District Judge Rosemary Márquez to 110 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Frank previously pleaded guilty to Robbery.


Nigerian National Found Guilty of Bank Fraud Scheme

News Release: Scheme Involved Selling Stolen Personal Identifiable Information.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jesus Baez, age 32, of Loudonville, New York, pled guilty today to a cocaine distribution conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Ketty Larco-Ward, Postal Inspector in Charge of the Boston Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS).


Justice Department discusses Bulk Manufacturer of Controlled Substances Application: Curia New York, Inc. on Oct. 11

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Oct. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: BOSTON - Two former employees of eBay, Inc. were sentenced today for their roles in a cyberstalking campaign targeting the editor and publisher of a newsletter that eBay executives viewed as critical of the company.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal child exploitation laws United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Justice Department Files Complaint to Stop California Firm from Making and Selling Adulterated and Misbranded Food Products

News Release: The United States filed a complaint to stop a food manufacturer in Antioch, California, from making and selling adulterated and misbranded noodle products, the Justice Department announced today.


Justice Department discusses Bulk Manufacturer of Controlled Substances Application: Cambrex High Point, Inc. on Oct. 11

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Oct. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK - Jose Angel Portillo-Lopez, age 72, of Norwalk, Connecticut, pled guilty today to conspiracy to commit alien smuggling and possession of child pornography.


News Release: Nearly nine kilograms of fentanyl seized, including approximately 48,000 fentanyl pills.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms law, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that John Molinaro, age 28, of Plains Township, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury for intentionally damaging a business’ private computer system.