By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Desmond Devon Magee, also known as “Rich," 27, of Detroit, Michigan, pleaded guilty today to distribution of a quantity of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer stationed in El Paso was sentenced Monday to eight months in jail plus three years of supervised release for receiving a bribe by a public official.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: A federal court in New York unsealed an indictment today charging a citizen of the Russian Federation and legal permanent resident of the United States with participating in a scheme to make over $4 million in U.S. dollar payments to maintain four real properties in the United States that were owned by Viktor Vekselberg, a sanctioned oligarch, as well as to attempt to sell two of those properties.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Kenneth Lawrence Baca, age 44, of Pueblo, was sentenced to 190 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: A federal jury convicted two men today for engaging in a scheme to defraud Medicare Advantage and Medicaid managed care plans of over $3.8 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: Today, a federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Ruslan Maratovich Asainov, a U.S. citizen and former resident of Bay Ridge, New York, of all five counts of an indictment charging him with conspiracy to provide material support to ISIS; providing material support to ISIS in the form of personnel, training...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: Gonzalo Ortiz was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Brooklyn by United States District Judge William F. Kuntz II, to 30 months in prison for defrauding an investor of nearly $600,000 by making false representations about Ortiz’s trading expertise and the profitability of various investments. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) today announced the completion of a Roadmap for Implementation for the Columbus Division of Police (CDP), the result of targeted technical assistance that was provided to CDP at the request of the city of Columbus, Ohio. The report is a summary of that technical assistance and is designed to be a roadmap to build a foundation for reform.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: A man who attempted to fraudulently acquire more than $92,000 worth of commercial products from a California-based company pleaded guilty in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Russell Bryant Lester, age 41, of Boulder, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for taking money from pandemic relief funds by filing false applications. Lester was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $584,851.75.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Victor Pennington, 27, Tomah, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 12 years in federal prison for distributing 500 grams or more of methamphetamine as part of a conspiracy. This prison term will be followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: DETROIT - A Garden City, Michigan man was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in federal prison for attempted sexual exploitation of children based on his request to an undercover federal agent to create child pornography, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -- A resident of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 10 years’ imprisonment and six years of supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics and firearm laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: ALPINE, Texas - A Seminole, Texas man pleaded guilty Thursday to transporting undocumented noncitizens causing serious bodily injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On February 6, 2023, Leslie D. Bethea, 30, currently of Surgoinsville, TN, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: Settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act exceeded $2.2 billion in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2022, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Boynton, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division, announced today. The government and whistleblowers were party to 351 settlements ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer stationed in El Paso was sentenced Monday to eight months in jail plus three years of supervised release for receiving a bribe by a public official.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: CINCINNATI- A home healthcare company providing services in several states, including Ohio, to U.S. Department of Energy employees and contractors, among others, who were injured or became ill on the job has paid $9 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: Defendant Had Been Convicted in Previous Sexual Assaults in D.C. and Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: St. Croix, VI - United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced today that Luis Davis, 34, of St. Croix, was sentenced to 186 months of incarceration by District Court Judge Wilma A. Lewis, after being convicted of carjacking, using a firearm during a violent crime and felon in possession of a firearm. Judge Lewis also sentenced Davis to 5 years of supervised release, a fine of $1,000.00, a special assessment of $300.00 and $1,600.00 in restitution.
