News and reports from the Department of Justice.

News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A San Antonio man was sentenced last week to serve 20 years in prison and pay $100,000 in restitution for the sexual exploitation of children.

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Two Baltimore-based drug trafficking organizations that supplied large amounts of fentanyl to West Virginia and caused at least two deaths have been dismantled by separate federal indictments that were unsealed today.

News Release: Defendants Arrested for Allegedly Peddling Cocaine, Heroin, Fentanyl, and PCP.

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that NIKHIL WAHI was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska to 10 months in prison for his participation in a scheme to commit insider trading in cryptocurrency assets by using confidential...

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Devon Clark a/k/a Booski, 33, of Kenmore, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, which carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a fine of $5,000,000.

News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Kathryn Mizelle has sentenced Michael Lumpkin (27, Land O’Lakes) to 52 years in federal prison for producing child sex abuse materials, followed by a lifetime of supervised release. Lumpkin had pleaded guilty on Oct. 3, 2022.

News Release: MIYAMI - Markenzy Lapointe te prete sèmante jodiya kòm Avoka Dètazini i pou Distri Sid La florid devan Chèf Jij Distri Lètazini a Cecilia M. Altonaga.

News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Henrico man pleaded guilty today to defrauding the Small Business Administration by obtaining over $1.1 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans on behalf of two defunct companies he owned.

News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced Leon Erick Williams (41, St. Petersburg) to 6 years and 9 months in federal prison for distributing cocaine. Williams had pleaded guilty on Oct. 11, 2022.

News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Kathryn Mizelle has sentenced Michael Lumpkin (27, Land O’Lakes) to 52 years in federal prison for producing child sex abuse materials, followed by a lifetime of supervised release. Lumpkin had pleaded guilty on Oct. 3, 2022.

News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Wendy W. Berger has sentenced Don V. Cisternino (47, Chuluota) to eight years and six months in federal prison for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and illegal monetary transaction. The court also ordered Cisternino to forfeit a total of $1,071,923.98 seized...

News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Kou Yang, 27, Wausau, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 5 years in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Yang pleaded guilty to this charge on October 5, 2022.

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Independence, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and for illegally possessing several firearms.

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A shipping company has agreed to pay $1.89 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by overbilling the United States for freight services that were never performed and improper markups, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 22-year-old man illegally residing in San Benito has been ordered to federal prison following multiple convictions, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.