News and reports from the Department of Justice.

News Release: Two New York women were arrested today on criminal charges related to their alleged participation in schemes to pay illegal kickbacks and bribes to Medicare beneficiaries and Medicaid recipients for medically unnecessary prescriptions filled by various pharmacies in New York that resulted in more than $10.5 million in total losses to Medicare and Medicaid.

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: Jury Found Defendants from Pennsylvania, California, and Virginia Assaulted Officers Four Times with Pepper Spray and a Chair.

News Release: Concord, NH - Late this morning, this week’s featured “Fugitive of the Week", Jeffrey Paul Tarallo, 52 years-of-age, surrendered at the U.S. District Court in Concord, NH. Mr. Tarallo had been wanted on an outstanding federal arrest warrant issued on Oct. 29, 2019 alleging violations of his conditions of supervised release. Tarallo was on supervised release as a result of his conviction and sentence for making false statements during the acquisition of a firearm.

News Release: Washington - After more than two weeks on the run, Marine Michael Brown was arrested without incident Wednesday at approximately 8:00 a.m. in Franklin County, Virginia.

News Release: Defendants Entered Senate Chamber, Went Through Documents.

News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man pleaded guilty on Dec. 5, 2022 to distributing fentanyl and methamphetamine.

News Release: Kansas City, MO - United States Marshal Mark S. James announced today the capture of Mercer County escapee Drake Kately near New Castle, Delaware.

News Release: A New Jersey man was sentenced in connection with charges stemming from his sale of more than $2.7 million worth of unregistered pesticides to numerous victims based on false representations that these products were pesticides registered with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and on EPA’s “List N: Disinfectants for Use Against SARS-CoV-2" that EPA deemed to be effective against SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus).

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Paul David Fairburn, of Hagerstown, Maryland, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Joshua A. Schohn, 32, of Akron, NY, who was convicted by a federal jury of two counts of production of child pornography and two counts of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 30 years in prison and 20 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.

News Release: A former correctional officer at the Hawaii Community Correctional Center was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for his role in the assault of an inmate and his participation in a multi-year conspiracy to cover-up the abuse.

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Nigerian man has been indicted for his role in computer hacking, wire fraud, and money laundering acts that defrauded companies of nearly $8 million after compromising companies’ business e-mail accounts, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A New Braunfels man was sentenced Wednesday to eight months in prison and three years of supervised release for making threats in 2019 against then-presidential candidate Joe Biden.

News Release: Cheyenne, WY - On Friday, November 8, 2019, United States Marshals Service Director Donald Washington administered the oath of office to six newly appointed United States Marshals at the U.S. Marshals Service Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. Randall Huff from Cheyenne, Wyoming was one of the six Marshals who was nominated by President Donald J. Trump and confirmed by the United States Senate. Marshal Huff took office in Cheyenne earlier this year.