News and reports from the Department of Justice.

Two men have been charged in separate indictments by a federal grand jury for their roles in online romance fraud schemes, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.

United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DAVID BROWN (“BROWN”), age 51, of Morgan City, Louisiana; GILDA HENDERSON (“HENDERSON”), age 70, of Morgan City, Louisiana; LATRELL JOHNSON (“JOHNSON”), age 30, of New Orleans, Louisiana; and STACIE WHEATEN (“WHEATEN”), age 51 of Fairburn, Georgia, were sentenced on February 8, 2023 for Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, arising out of staged automobile accidents with tractor-trailers occurring in New Orleans.

KENDALE ADAMS, age 41, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty on February 7, 2023 to one count of possession with intent to distribute a quantity of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of heroin and methamphetamine in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C) and one count of felon in possession of a firearm in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.

A man from the Philippines who previously resided in Lynn has been arrested in the Dominican Republic 10 years after being indicted for possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced the sentencing of three men this week for the illegal possession of drugs. United States District Judge Dee D. Drell sentenced Archie Louis Carter, Jr., 40, of Alexandria, Louisiana, and Isaiah Charles Jones, 34, of Houston, Texas.

Paid bribes to Amazon employees for inside info and improper benefits, directed false complaints about competitors, and cheated on taxes

Two Kansas City, Mo., men have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in a nearly $10 million conspiracy that distributed almost 1,000 kilograms of methamphetamine.

Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that a grand jury returned a Superseding Indictment charging Tyler Keith Andrews, age 37, of Bentonville, Arkansas, and Yuriy P. Anischenko, age 34, formerly of Spokane, with eleven counts of fraud in connection with a conspiracy to fraudulently obtain millions of dollars in COVID-19 relief funds intended for struggling businesses.

A federal grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, returned a ten-count indictment on February 7, 2023, charging four men with conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl.

Seven defendants are among those facing federal charges including illegal possession of firearms after separate indictments by a grand jury in the

U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on February 9, 2023 a federal jury has returned a verdict of guilty on all forty-six (46) counts against former First NBC Bank President and CEO Ashton J. Ryan, Jr. and not guilty on all seven (7) counts against former First NBC Bank senior vice president Fred V. Beebe.

Brian Jesus Hernandez, 24, of Tucson, Arizona, was arrested and charged Monday, with Dealing Firearms Without a License and Possessing Firearms Not Identified by a Serial Number.

This Valentine’s Day, the FBI’s Albany Field Office is sharing information to help educate the public about romance scams, so you can protect your heart—and your wallet—from scammers.

A federal indictment was unsealed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, charging a former private prisoner transport officer with sexually assaulting a female pretrial detainee during a prisoner transport and using a firearm in furtherance of his sexual assault.

United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the results of the February 2023 Federal Grand Jury A.