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Former Chair of Massachusetts Health Care Company Board of Directors and Attorney Agree to Plead Guilty to Selling Unregistered Securities

News Release: BOSTON - A Canadian citizen and resident of Long Beach, Calif., has been charged and has agreed to plead guilty to three felony securities offenses, two of which concern his undisclosed sale of over $1.3 million worth of shares in a company for which he was the board chairman. His attorney in Yuba City, Calif., who facilitated the undisclosed stock sales, has also been charged and has agreed to plead guilty to a felony securities offense.


News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-The former president and minority owner of Willamette Country Music Concerts, LLC, who planned, managed, and promoted the annual Willamette Country Music Festival in Linn County, Oregon, pleaded guilty today after she falsified bank statements and financial summaries to influence the sale of her stake in the company.


Martinsburg woman guilty of fentanyl charge

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Tammy Tarmon, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a fentanyl charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


Baker Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Wire Fraud and Making False Statements in Connection with CARES Act COVID-19 Pandemic Assistance

News Release: United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that U.S. Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick sentenced Chanda Hall, age 44, of Baker, Louisiana, to 26 months in federal prison following her convictions for wire fraud and making false statements. Upon release from imprisonment, Hall will serve two years...


News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The Justice Department announced today the results of its efforts over the past year to protect older adults from fraud and exploitation. During the past year, the Department and its law enforcement partners tackled matters that ranged from mass-marketing scams that impacted thousands...



News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Amir Harvey, 20, of Philadelphia, PA was arrested and charged by Criminal Complaint with carjacking and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, in connection with a carjacking incident which occurred in Northeast Philadelphia earlier this month.


News Release: Defendant Allegedly Embezzled Funds from Government Program.


News Release: The Fox Chase-area Pharmacy and Pharmacist also agreed to resolve a Civil Fraud and Controlled Substance Liability Lawsuit for Over $4 Million in August.


News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Washington man admitted to a drug trafficking crime today after law enforcement seized more than five pounds of methamphetamine along with other drugs from his vehicle near Great Falls last year, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.


News Release: A federal jury found Patrick Campbell, of Sierra Leone, not guilty of the charges that were announced in the press release that appears below, dated Aug. 22, 2013.


Lexington Woman Sentenced for Wire Fraud and Money Laundering

News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington woman, Jyoti Agrawal, 51, was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison on Friday, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering.


News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Peter S. Horn (619) 546-6795 and Aaron P. Arnzen (619) 546-8384.


News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania promotes the Department of Justice’s Elder Justice Initiative throughout the Middle District, announced U.S. Attorney Gerard M. Karam. On Sept. 27, 2022, the Middle District partnered with the Federal Bureau...


U.S. Attorney’s Office For The Middle District Of Pennsylvania Takes Part In Department’s Wide-Ranging Efforts To Protect Older Adults

News Release: HARRISBURG - The Justice Department announced today the results of its efforts over the past year to protect older adults from fraud and exploitation. During the past year, the Department and its law enforcement partners tackled matters that ranged from mass-marketing scams that impacted thousands of...


Texas Woman Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison

News Release: Memphis, TN - Bereniz Cavazos, 31, formerly of Texas, has been sentenced to 5 years in federal.


News Release: Consistent with longstanding Justice Department practices and procedures, the Civil Rights Division is providing information about its efforts to ensure that all qualified voters have the opportunity to cast their ballots and have their votes counted free of discrimination, intimidation and suppression in the upcoming Nov. 8, 2022, general election.


U.S. Attorney’s Office Announces Its Role in Expanded Transnational Elder Fraud Strike Force to Protect Older Americans

News Release: LOS ANGELES - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced today that it is welcoming 14 additional federal prosecutors’ offices as they join the Justice Department’s Transnational Elder Fraud Strike Force as part of its continuing efforts to protect older adults and to bring perpetrators of fraud schemes to justice.


St. Paul Man Sentenced to 17 Years for Violent Armed Robberies of Twin Cities Businesses

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A St. Paul man was sentenced to 204 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for his role in two armed robberies of Twin Cities businesses, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Santos Rene Soto and Santos Moises Soto III appeared in federal court today to face a federal indictment charging them with conspiracy, wire fraud, bank fraud, and false statements in a loan application, announced U.S. Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and FBI San Francisco Special Agent in Charge Robert K. Tripp.