News and reports from the Department of Justice.

Richard Wargo, a former Sergeant at Pender Correctional Institution in North Carolina, has pleaded guilty to perjury in a civil rights investigation.

Acting United States Attorney Kenneth M. Sorenson announced that a federal grand jury has indicted Abraham Moreno Garcia, a 51-year-old from Mexico, on charges related to illegal reentry into the United States after previous felony convictions and...

James Mailhiot, Jr., a resident of Rutland, Vermont, received a sentence in the United States District Court following a guilty plea to federal income tax evasion.

People’s Rx, Inc., operating as The People’s Pharmacy Shoppe, based in Union City, New Jersey, has agreed to a financial settlement to resolve allegations of False Claims Act violations.

Wesley Hilliard, Sequan Collier, and Naseer Green, all residents of Washington D.C., have been indicted on federal gun charges following a traffic stop in Logan Circle.

George Thomas, a 72-year-old formerly residing in Fresno and Clovis, was found guilty of running a large-scale catalytic converter theft ring that generated more than $2.7 million, the Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith announced.

Following a three-week trial, a federal jury in Minneapolis convicted three men from Minnesota of RICO conspiracy and premeditated murder.

Acting United States Attorney Richard Barker has confirmed that Chief United States District Judge Stanley A. Bastian sentenced Leonardo Daniel Martinez, 32, of Pasco, Washington, to serve more than 10 years in prison for trafficking fentanyl.

A federal jury in Alexandria has found Roy Everett Jordan, Jr., 57, of Georgetown, guilty of unauthorized removal of archaeological resources and illegal possession of a firearm.

An Ellsworth resident has been sentenced for theft from the Cherryfield Post Office.

A Chinese national, Xuemei Zhao, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Salt Lake City on firearm charges.

The United States government has initiated legal proceedings against major health insurance companies—Aetna Inc., Elevance Health Inc. (formerly Anthem), and Humana Inc.—alongside three prominent insurance broker organizations: eHealth Inc.,...

A Mexican national residing illegally in Laredo, Texas, has admitted to charges of unlawful reentry and human smuggling.

Brian Ellis Jones from Freeport, New York has been sentenced to 18 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

A Rhode Island mortgage broker engaged in fraudulent activities involving Ponzi schemes and the misuse of COVID-19 pandemic-related SBA loans has been sentenced to federal prison.