News and reports from the Department of Justice.

News Release: LOS ANGELES - The Justice Department today announced the court-authorized seizure of 48 internet domains associated with some of the world’s leading DDoS-for-hire services, as well as criminal charges against six defendants who allegedly oversaw computer attack platforms commonly called “booter" services.

News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement with the Colton Joint Unified School District in California to resolve an investigation into the district’s program for students learning English. The department’s investigation, conducted jointly by the Civil Rights Division ...

The US Justice Department published a three page notice on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: MIAMI - Delvin Thomas, 44, of West Palm Beach, Fla., has pled guilty to one count of extortion after using his chairman position to receive a kickback from a real-estate transaction. Thomas will be sentenced March 3, 2023, before Judge Kenneth Marra.

News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Dallas Robinson, Jr. (29, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Robinson faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. Robinson has also agreed to forfeit a.45 caliber pistol and ammunition, which are traceable to the offense.

News Release: A federal grand jury in the District of Maryland returned an indictment that was unsealed today charging two men for their roles in schemes to defraud investors in CytoDyn Inc., a publicly traded biotechnology company (OTCQB: CYDY) based in Vancouver, Washington.

News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Mario Jerard Delancy (33, Ocala) with possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. If convicted, Delancy faces up to 10 years in federal prison.

OVW Fiscal Year 2023 Legal Assistance for Victims - Solicitation grant opened on Dec. 21.

News Release: WASHINGTON - As 2022 comes to an end, the Drug Enforcement Administration is announcing the seizure of over 50.6 million fentanyl-laced, fake prescription pills and more than 10,000 pounds of fentanyl powder this calendar year. The DEA Laboratory estimates that these seizures represent more than 379 million potentially deadly doses of fentanyl.

News Release: Memphis, TN - When Federal prisoners are finished with their incarceration, they are often placed in Bureau of Prisons Halfway Houses. These serve to introduce prisoners into society in a gradual way. Prisoners can work outside the facility or see family while still having oversight and structure as they transition to life post confinement.

News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced David O. Isagba to 14 years in federal prison for mail fraud and conspiring to defraud the United States with respect to tax claims. This sentence was imposed consecutively to Isagba’s 2022 conviction for possession of child pornography from the Eastern District of New York.

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal jury convicted Jose Domingo Ordonez-Zometa, a/k/a “Felon," age 33, of Landover Hills, Maryland; Jose Rafael Ortega-Ayala, a/k/a Impaciente," age 30, of Greenbelt, Maryland; and Jose Henry Hernandez-Garcia, a/k/a “Paciente," age 29, of Annandale, Virginia, for racketeering...

News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A South African woman was sentenced in U.S. District Court here today to 12 months and one day in prison for mailing large amounts of K2 and Suboxone via mail into the United States. Inmates in Ohio jails were the end recipients of the packages.