News and reports from the Department of Justice.

News Release: A Florida man pleaded guilty today to orchestrating an investment fraud scheme that defrauded more than 10,000 victims of over $55 million.

News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Today, former legislator Nestor Alonso-Vega was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Raúl Arias Marxuach to serve 63 months in prison, announced United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow. On June 6, 2022, Alonso-Vega was found guilty of nine counts of Federal Funds Theft, Kickbacks, and Honest Services Wire Fraud.

News Release: WASHINGTON - James Bradley, 44, of Grand Blanc, Michigan, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for embezzling funds from a government employee union. The sentence was announced by United States Attorney Matthew M. Graves, FBI Special Agent in Charge Wayne A. Jacobs, of the Washington Field Office’s...

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that, on Feb. 15, 2023, U.S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance sentenced HERBERT ALLEN (“ALLEN"), age 38, and DION RIDLEY (“RIDLEY"), age 23, after they pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud in violation of Title 18...

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Florida resident has been sentenced in federal court to 100 days in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, plus restitution of $150,000 on her conviction of mail fraud, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.

News Release: CINCINNATI - A Cincinnati man was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 54 months in prison for illegally possessing a high-powered, high-capacity pistol with a high-capacity magazine while he was on bond after serving two years in state prison for gun crimes.

News Release: A Hopkinsville, Kentucky, man made an initial appearance in federal court Wednesday after being indicted for drug conspiracy and related charges, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson for the Northern District of Oklahoma.

News Release: CONCORD - Marc Pulsifer, 45, of Concord, was sentenced to 78 months in prison for the federal charge of transportation of child pornography, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.

News Release: A man was arrested today in the Northern District of Florida on criminal charges related to a murder on a U.S. Army base in Germany 21 years ago.

News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JONATHAN BUSH (“BUSH"), age 35, was sentenced on Feb. 16, 2023, for conspiring to transport and sell stolen vehicles in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371.

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for using six stolen identities to fraudulently file 71 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in four states.

News Release: PITTSBURGH - Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania has implemented the new United States Attorney’s Offices’ Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy released yesterday. The policy, which is effective immediately, details...

OVW Fiscal Year 2023 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program - Solicitation grant opened on Feb. 24.

BJA FY 23 Formula DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program grant opened on Feb. 24.

News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Wednesday, Luis Carlos Martinez-Chacon, 35, of Chihuahua, Mexico, was sentenced by United States District Judge John C. Hinderaker to 24 months in prison, followed by 12 months of supervised release. Martinez-Chacon pleaded guilty to one count of Smuggling Goods from the United States.