News and reports from the Department of Justice.

News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - An Iowa City man was sentenced on Feb. 21, 2023, to 14 years in prison following his plea to two counts of receiving child pornography.

News Release: An indictment was unsealed this morning in federal court in Brooklyn charging OZY Media Inc. (Ozy), a media and entertainment company headquartered in Mountain View, California, and its founder and Chief Executive Officer, Carlos Watson, with conspiracy to commit securities fraud and conspiracy to commit...

News Release: FBI Director Meets with Moroccan and Portuguese Partners.

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Erek L. Barron, United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, announced today that Kandel & Associates, P.A., a Baltimore-based law firm, and Nelson R. Kandel, Esq., have entered into a settlement agreement with the United States to resolve allegations that they failed to reimburse the United States for certain Medicare payments the Government had previously made to medical providers on behalf of firm clients.

News Release: St. Croix, VI - United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced that Joel G. Rivera, 37, of St. Croix, was sentenced by District Court Judge Wilma A. Lewis to 150 months incarceration for his conviction on Carjacking and Using a Firearm During a Violent Crime, followed by three years of supervised release, a fine of $1,000.00, a special assessment of $200.00, and $1,600.00 restitution.

News Release: Two members of La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) were sentenced to life in prison for Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act conspiracy and murder in aid of racketeering.

News Release: FAYETTEVILLE - A Fayetteville man was sentenced today to 168 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.

News Release: BOISE - U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Idaho has implemented the new United States Attorney’s Offices’ Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy released this week. The policy, which is effective immediately, details the circumstances under which a company...

News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Kishaun Andre Jones, 23, of Beckley, pleaded guilty today to distribution of methamphetamine.

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis has sentenced Luis Flores-Reyes, a/k/a “Maloso," “Lobo,"’ and “Viejo Lovvon," age 42, of Arlington, Virginia and Jairo Jacome, a/k/a “Abuelo," age 40, of Langley Park, Maryland, to life in federal prison, for charges related to a racketeering enterprise...

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - Three individuals from northern Minnesota have been charged in a drug trafficking conspiracy that brought fentanyl and methamphetamine to the Red Lake Reservation and surrounding area, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.

News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Marcus C. Beatty, 55, of Columbus, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison and repay $486,408.55 in unclaimed funds he stole from the State of Ohio, who was holding the funds in trust for the rightful owners.

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Kenneth Desaun Hayway, 38, and Hannah Elizabeth Barbee, 30, both of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute 40 grams or more of a mixture containing a detectable amount of fentanyl.

News Release: Defendant Engaged in Multiple Physical Confrontations with Police.

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.