News and reports from the Department of Justice.

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office has reached settlement with an Ocean County, New Jersey, nail salon to resolve allegations that the salon discriminates against individuals with mobility impairments in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

News Release: Defendant Illegally Obstructed the Electoral College Certification.

News Release: Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, Kambiz Attar Kashani, 44, a dual citizen of the United States and Iran, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for conspiring to illegally export U.S. goods and technology to end users in Iran, including the Central Bank of Iran, in violation of the ...

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A sophisticated drug trafficking network that served as one of the largest suppliers of illicit substances to West Virginia has been dismantled by a federal indictment returned this week against individuals from Ohio, California, and Mexico.

News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - A federal grand jury has returned a thirteen-count indictment charging Keshawn Jarmarlin Robinson, 21, of Tallahassee, Florida, with six counts of Hobbs Act Robbery, six counts of brandishing a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence, and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The indictment was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

News Release: DETROIT - A Madison Heights pharmacist was sentenced today to 84 months in federal prison based on his convictions for conspiring to distribute over 25,000 opioid pills and for money laundering, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.

News Release: DETROIT - A Detroit man was sentenced today to 8 years in federal prison on charges of conspiring to defraud multiple government agencies out of more than $2.2 million in Covid-19 pandemic assistance funds and also to defraud the United States Postal Service (USPS) of more than $200,000, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.

News Release: A federal grand jury in St. Paul returned an indictment today charging a Hennepin County attorney with employment tax violations and aiding the filing of false individual income tax returns.

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Will Thompson announced today that the Southern District of West Virginia collected $3,418,522.70 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2022. Of this amount, $1,771,403.30 was collected in criminal actions and $1,647,119.40 was collected in civil actions.

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Robert Colon, 32, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.

News Release: A Texas man who carried out the mass shooting at the Cielo Vista Walmart in El Paso, Texas, on Aug. 3, 2019, killing 23 people and injuring 22 more, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to a 90-count indictment, including 45 counts of violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act and 45 counts of using a firearm during and in relation to crimes of violence.

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that DILLON JORDAN, a/k/a “Daniel Jordan," a/k/a “Daniel Maurice Hatton," a/k/a “Daniel Bohler," was sentenced today to five years in prison in connection with operating a prostitution business with national...

News Release: A Massachusetts man was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for his role in a scheme in which he accepted bribes from an Afghan company in exchange for helping it deceive the U.S. military into awarding at least 10 contracts at inflated values.

News Release: A federal jury convicted a Texas man today for his role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain and launder millions of dollars in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.