News and reports from the Department of Justice.

Acting United States Attorney Adam F. Sleeper has announced the sentencing of Joice Iara Costa De Souza, a 28-year-old Brazilian national, to seven months in prison.

Jay Clayton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Harry T. Chavis, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations (IRS-CI), announced that Dennis...

Trysten Anthony Cullon, 26, from South Carolina, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit cyberstalking.

A California resident, Nipun Desai, has been sentenced to 12 months and one day for making false statements related to the CARES Act.

United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Joseph Cole Barleta, aged 41, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 66 months in prison.

An Essex County man was sentenced to 73 months in prison for drug trafficking and firearm possession, including two assault rifles, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Alina Habba on June 10, 2025.

A federal jury in Miami has convicted three men from South Florida for their roles in a murder-for-hire scheme that took place in August 2019.

A Tuscaloosa man has been sentenced for his involvement in a scheme to steal over $800,000 worth of high-end motor vehicles. U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona announced the sentencing of Jamarus D. Hoskins, 30, from Greensboro, Alabama. U.S. District...

Devonne Keith Brown, a 56-year-old resident of the District of Columbia, has been arraigned on a federal child pornography charge.

Miguel Angel Aleman-Piceno, a 22-year-old from Chicago, Illinois, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit the felony crime of attempting to introduce contraband into a federal prison.

Jay Clayton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, has announced the appointment of Sean Buckley as Deputy U.S. Attorney.

A Canadian man has been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor for unlawfully entering the United States and importing a controlled substance.

Kenneth Dawson, a 47-year-old resident of Oxon Hill, Maryland, has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison.

David X. Sullivan, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that Travis Tilley, a 41-year-old resident of Naugatuck, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley delivered the...

On May 29, 2025, Dr. Reginald Eburuche of Southfield was convicted by a federal jury of bank fraud.