News and reports from the Department of Justice.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan has charged 46 individuals unlawfully present in the U.S. with various offenses, including illegal reentry, drug trafficking, firearm possession, and child pornography.

A Nigerian citizen extradited from the United Kingdom appeared in a U.S. District Court in Seattle on charges related to wire fraud involving stolen tax information.

A Wake Forest resident has been sentenced to six months in prison and one year of home confinement for her role in defrauding the U.S. government out of Covid-19 relief funds.

A Nigerian national has been extradited to the United States to face charges related to a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme.

Geovany Andres Rojas, known as Araña, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in San Diego on charges of narco-terrorism.

Two former executives of a Louisiana compounding pharmacy have been found guilty of defrauding health benefits programs, including those for New Jersey state employees and the military.

A New Jersey man has been sentenced to 144 months in prison for possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon, as well as possession with intent to distribute cocaine. U.S. Attorney John Giordano made the announcement.

A former bookkeeper from Massachusetts has been sentenced to prison for tax evasion and disability fraud involving significant sums of money hidden from government agencies.

A Brooklyn man has admitted to entering a competitor's laboratory under false pretenses, subsequently destroying and stealing equipment. U.S. Attorney John Giordano announced that Eric Leykin, 33, pleaded guilty to wire fraud before U.S. District...

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), in collaboration with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Hampshire, is actively working to identify victims of a complex gift card fraud scheme.

A woman from Lawrence has been charged in Boston federal court with passport fraud, aggravated identity theft, and misuse of a Social Security number.

Elvis Mauricio Maradiaga, a 23-year-old from Bladensburg, Maryland, has been sentenced to 108 months in federal prison for his involvement with the 18th Street gang.

A Mineola resident, Bobby Wayne Land, has been sentenced to 210 months in federal prison for drug trafficking offenses in the Eastern District of Texas.

Vincent Lee Alston and Niquan Odum, both 23 and from Washington D.C., have entered guilty pleas in U.S. District Court related to a December 2023 burglary involving the theft of 34 firearms from a Maryland pawn shop.

Nine individuals have been sentenced to a total of over 79 years in federal prison for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, according to Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook.