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Anderson Community School Corporation Bookkeeper Charged with Embezzling nearly $1 Million Over More than Five Years

News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Carla Burke, 62, of Anderson, Indiana, has been charged with wire fraud, and will make her initial appearance before a Magistrate Judge in federal court in Indianapolis in the coming weeks.


News Release: BOSTON - A partner in a Mumbai-based prescription drug company pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to charges arising from his operation of an overseas pharmacy that sold unapproved prescription drugs and controlled substances, including opioids, and shipped them from Asia into the United States.


Fort Pierce Federal Judge Orders Prison Time for South Florida Methamphetamine Dealers

News Release: MIAMI - Three men from the St. Lucie County and Polk County area, have been sentenced to federal prison terms for trafficking methamphetamine. The men were prosecuted as part of a long-term investigation that led to the seizure of approximately 10 kilograms of methamphetamine, 26 firearms (including several semi-automatic rifles), and a bulletproof vest.


New Orleans Man Sentenced to 300 Months in Prison for Role in Nationwide Sex Trafficking Enterprise That Involved Incapacitating and Stealing from Victims

News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RANDY JONAL SCHENCK (a/k/a RuRu, a/k/a “Shaq"), age 41, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana and Downey, California, was sentenced on October 6, 2022 by United States District Judge Barry W. Ashe after previously pleading guilty to Counts 1 and...


News Release: Christie M. Curtis Named Special Agent in Charge of the Intelligence and Surveillance Division of the New York Field Office.


News Release: Akil Davis Named Special Agent in Charge of the Phoenix Field Office.


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Carlos F. Matus, Director of the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service (“DSS"), announced today that BARRAK ABDULMOHSEN ALHUNAIF, a former diplomatic attaché assigned to the Permanent Mission of the...


Tonawanda Man Pleads Guilty For His Role In Debt Collection Scheme

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Greg MacKinnon, 56, of the City of Tonawanda, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, and a fine of $250,000.


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Charles Abieanga, 31, Viviana Cervantes, 23, and Simon Abieanga, 28, all of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to separate fraud charges, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALBERTO VAZQUEZ, 39, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven 120 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally trafficking firearms from South Carolina to Connecticut.


Port Angeles, Washington Man Sentenced for Damaging a Communications Tower During Three-Day Stand-Off in Olympic National Park

News Release: Tacoma - A 42-year-old Port Angeles, Washington, man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to three years of probation for interfering with a federal communications system during an armed stand-off in Olympic National Park, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Caleb Jesse Chapman’s actions...


News Release: More than 30 Service Providers to Offer Returning Citizens a Variety of Services, Including Related to Employment, Health, Education, Food, Housing and Legal Services.


Quincy Man Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Offense

News Release: BOSTON - A Quincy man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to receiving child pornography.


News Release: A Michigan man was sentenced to 38 months in prison today after engaging in a nearly decade-long effort to prevent the IRS from collecting unpaid taxes he and his businesses owed.


Former Angels Communications Director Eric Kay Sentenced to 22 Years in Tyler Skaggs Overdose Case

News Release: Ex- Los Angeles Angels employee Eric Kay was sentenced today to 22 years in federal prison in connection with the 2019 overdose death of Angles pitcher Tyler Skaggs, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad Meacham.


Department of Justice Announces More than $1 Million in Grants Awarded to Kalispel Tribe

News Release: Spokane, Washington - Vanessa R. Waldref, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, today announced two Department of Justice grant awards to the Kalsipel Tribe of Indians - $ 609,751 in funding to provide services to crime victims on the Kalispel reservation and a $450,000 award...


30-Year-Old Tucson Woman Sentenced to 18 Months for Smuggling Illegal Aliens

News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Sept. 29, 2022, Dominque Trinidad Valdez-Velasquez, 30, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Judge Rosemary Márquez to 18 months in prison, followed by 36 months of supervised release. Valdez-Velasquez previously pleaded guilty to Transporting Illegal Aliens, Placing in Jeopardy the Life of Any Person.


News Release: BOSTON - A Westfield woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with a hoax bomb threat made against Boston Children’s Hospital.


Puerto Rican Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute over 250 Kilograms of Cocaine

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Puerto Rican man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for conspiring to distribute over 250 kilograms of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sponsored by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, more than 325 educators, school nurses, counselors, mental health clinicians, public health professionals and others with an interest in student health have convened today at Sacramento State University for the Opioid Awareness Summit for Educators and Public Health Professionals.