News and reports from the Department of Justice.

News Release: A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Texas returned an indictment that was unsealed yesterday charging eight men with conspiracy to commit securities fraud for a long-running, social media-based “pump and dump" scheme.

News Release: FAIRBANKS - Jared Wilkes Post, 26, of Fairbanks was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline to 78 months of imprisonment and ordered to pay at least $100,000 in restitution for defrauding banks and other victims of over $100,000 through a sophisticated check kiting and identity theft scheme.

News Release: Benton, Ill. - A federal grand jury in Benton, Illinois, returned a six-count indictment charging Theresa Kelly, 56, of Herrin, Illinois, with engaging in a scheme to seek approved medical leave and reasonable accommodations from her former employer without valid documentation. Kelly was also charged...

News Release: Memphis, TN - A 1st Degree Murder suspect out of Jonesboro, Arkansas (AR) was arrested earlier today by the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Multi Agency Gang Unit.

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Audera Lee was sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison. Lee, 38, of Farmington, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, pleaded guilty on Oct. 15, 2021, to assault with a dangerous weapon.

News Release: Mortgage company Academy Mortgage Corporation (Academy), based in Draper, Utah, has agreed to pay $38.5 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by improperly originating and underwriting mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).

News Release: ATLANTA - Clarence Boone, the former Senior Economic Development Manager of Stonecrest, pleaded guilty to conspiring with his wife, Lania Boone, and the former Mayor of Stonecrest, Jason Lary, to steal pandemic relief funds intended to support small businesses in Stonecrest.

News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A federal grand jury in San Antonio returned an indictment Wednesday charging a former San Antonio attorney with wire fraud and money laundering.

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Derry, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges involving the sexual exploitation of minors, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.

News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Juan Carlso Flores-Ramirez, age 34, of Mexico, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on a charge of illegal reentry.

News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Lamark Hall, Jr., of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced today to 46 months of incarceration for a cocaine charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Dublin, Ohio, man was sentenced in U.S. District Court here to 240 months in prison for sexually exploiting two minors and possessing child pornography of at least three more.

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Matthew B. Millhollin, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Boston, today announced that JOSHUA GLAESER, 34, of New Britain, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with possession and distribution of child pornography.

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland has announced the seizure of 55 separate websites for allegedly live streaming the World Cup games, an infringement of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) copyrights. Individuals visiting the sites will now see a message that the site has been seized by the federal government and be redirected to another site for additional information.

There were 92 press releases published by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration in November.