News and reports from the Department of Justice.

News Release: CINCINNATI - A 76-year-old Cincinnati woman has been ordered to repay $461,780 that she illegally took from the Veterans Administration over 48 years by impersonating her mother, who died in 1973.

News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, a federal jury convicted a Markham, Illinois man of conspiracy to distribute 1,000 grams or more of heroin for his role in a large-scale heroin and fentanyl conspiracy.

News Release: Defendants Accused of Assaulting Officers in Lower West Terrace Tunnel.

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Gregory Pum, 47, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with receipt and possession of child pornography after having previously been convicted of a sexual offense. The charges carry a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $250,000 fine.

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man with connections to at least three fentanyl overdose deaths in Belton, Mo., has been charged in federal court with possessing fentanyl to distribute and illegally possessing firearms after law enforcement officers found 17 firearms along with a large amount of cash and illegal drugs in his apartment.

News Release: A former Special Agent in Charge of the FBI New York Counterintelligence Division and a former Soviet and Russian diplomat were arrested Saturday on criminal charges related to their alleged violating and conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and conspiring to commit money laundering and money laundering.

News Release: Defendant Illegally Entered Office of the Speaker of the House.

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Gregory Pum, 47, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with receipt and possession of child pornography after having previously been convicted of a sexual offense. The charges carry a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $250,000 fine.

News Release: The founder and majority owner of a cryptocurrency exchange, Bitzlato Ltd. (Bitzlato), was arrested last night in Miami for his alleged operation of a money transmitting business that transported and transmitted illicit funds and that failed to meet U.S. regulatory safeguards, including anti-money laundering requirements.

News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Two women residing in Monterrey, Mexico, have been ordered to federal prison for their roles in importing nearly 1000 grams of heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Duquesne, Pennsylvania, and a fugitive from 2019 to 2022, pleaded guilty on Jan. 11, 2023, in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics law in connection with a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.

News Release: United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the results of the January 2023 Federal Grand Jury B.

News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - Two men have been sentenced to prison for the armed carjacking of a woman in a mall parking lot, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.

News Release: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice announced a settlement with Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Services Inc. and numerous affiliated companies (collectively, GWRSI) for violation of Clean Air Act (CAA) locomotive regulations. The complaint, also filed today, ...

News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Gretchen Buselli (a/k/a “Gretchen Yarbrough"), 48, of Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced to fifteen years in prison for use of an interstate commerce facility in the commission of murder-for-hire and making a false statement to a federal officer. The sentence was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.