By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: DETROIT - A Gibraltar man was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for sexual exploitation of children, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Indiana man and an Arizona man yesterday admitted their roles in a health care fraud conspiracy in which they received payment for doctors’ orders for durable medical equipment (DME), namely orthotic braces, and genetic test referrals, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: One Defendant Provided the Other With the Chemical Spray Used on Officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: MIAMI - Anthony Wayne Santiago, 28, of Novi, Mich.; Jacob Dominic VanDyke, 25, of Muskegon, Mich.; Johnathan Scott Fleak, 32, of Pryor, Okla.; Aaron Ray Iuliano, 27, of Ravenna, Ohio; and Michael Paul Gianfrancesco, 39, of Livingston, Tenn., all have pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute child sexual abuse material and distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) of children under the age of 13 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: Yakima, Washington - On Jan. 24, 2023, United States District Judge Mary K. Dimke sentenced Alexis Sanchez-Gomez, 21, of Moxee, Washington, to 12 years in federal prison after his guilty plea to Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of a Drug-Trafficking crime. Sanchez-Gomez, a documented member of the Lower Valley Locos (“LVL") street gang, will also begin five years of court supervision after he is released from custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: AUSTIN, Texas - A Nigerian national residing in Canada and a Dallas woman operating a marketing leads business were sentenced in Austin on Thursday for their roles in a fraudulent “sweepstakes" scheme that sent more than $250 million in counterfeit checks with fraudulent lottery award letters to elderly U.S. victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah J. Boardman sentenced Sherrie Lynne Bryant, age 55, of Bowie, Maryland, yesterday to 18 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for wire fraud, relating to the submission of fraudulent Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES") Act loan applications, and for violating her probation from a previous federal conviction for obstruction of an audit.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: A Nevada-licensed dentist pleaded guilty yesterday to willfully failing to pay over employment taxes withheld from employees of his Las Vegas practice.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Jan. 25, 2023, John Hason Bright, 52, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the sexual exploitation of a child and receipt of child pornography. Previously, on December 4, 2022, co-defendant Tiffany Diane Hughes, 34, received a 20-year sentence for the sexual exploitation of a child. Bright and Hughes are both residents of Ozark, Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: POCATELLO - Adam Lee Vallely, 46, of Blackfoot, was sentenced to life in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, and possession with the intent to distribute heroin, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Katie Calimeri, 30, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $1,000,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: A New York woman was sentenced today to 45 months in prison for her role in the submission of fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $9.2 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: ANCHORAGE, ALASKA - Filthy Fuhrer, formerly Timothy Lobdell, 46; Roy Naughton, aka Thumper, 44; Glen Baldwin, aka Glen Dog, 41; Colter O’Dell, 30; and Craig King, aka Oakie, 57, were sentenced this week in Alaska to life in prison without the possibility of parole. All five defendants were convicted...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: The Justice Department announced today its months-long disruption campaign against the Hive ransomware group that has targeted more than 1,500 victims in over 80 countries around the world, including hospitals, school districts, financial firms, and critical infrastructure.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2023
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that David L. Brinson, 60, of Waterloo, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2023
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Charlie Goodwin, 34, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 132 months in prison for distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Goodwin pleaded guilty to this charge on Oct. 21, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2023
News Release: Remarks as Delivered: “Good morning. My name is Breon Peace and I am the United States Attorney here in the Eastern District of New York, which covers Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and all of Long Island and is home to more than 8 million people. Welcome!. It is my honor to speak to you all today...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2023
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Richard D. Hines, Jr. (“Hines"), was arrested today in Knoxville, Tennessee by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI") on federal criminal charges of bank robbery and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2023
News Release: An Ohio man was arraigned today on criminal charges related to his alleged false statements to U.S. immigration and law enforcement officials about his military service and involvement in a politically and ethnically-motivated attack on civilians in Croatia during the civil war in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2023
News Release: A federal jury today found a Depew man guilty of sexually abusing a child younger than 12 years old and sexually propositioning and inappropriately touching two teenagers.
