News and reports from the Department of Justice.

News Release: Davenport, IA - Paul John McNicol, age 30, of LeClaire, was sentenced on Nov. 30, 2022, to 216 months in prison for receiving child pornography. McNicol was also ordered to pay $10,000 in restitution and a $5,000 special assessment under the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act. Following his imprisonment, McNicol was ordered to serve 10 years of supervised release.

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Dimitre Hadjiev, 41, of Upper Darby, PA, was convicted at trial of charges including trafficking in counterfeit goods and financial fraud offenses related to his sale of counterfeit luxury wristwatches.

News Release: During remarks at the 2022 White House Tribal Nations Summit today, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced that the FBI and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) signed an agreement to establish guidelines to provide for the effective and efficient administration of criminal investigations in Indian Country. This is the first update since the early 1990s to a memorandum of understanding between the agencies.

News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A San Antonio man was sentenced Wednesday to 44 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for wire fraud.

News Release: A Nevada man was sentenced Nov. 30 to 13 years and three months in prison for filing false tax returns, aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, money laundering and impersonating an FBI agent.

News Release: Two New York diagnostic testing facility owners were sentenced today to three years in prison for their roles in a more than $18 million health care fraud scheme.

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the unsealing of a 10-Count Indictment charging 14 members of the Young Gunnaz...

News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - A federal grand jury has returned a one-count indictment charging Phillip Timothy Howard, 61, of Tallahassee, Florida, with racketeering (RICO). The indictment was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

News Release: A Grand Prairie man pleaded guilty Wednesday to lying to the federal government about where his company’s products were manufactured, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.

News Release: WASHINGTON -An Illinois man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that NICHOLAS TRUGLIA was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for his participation in the theft of over $20 million worth of cryptocurrency during a SIM swap attack of a victim (the “Victim") and was further ordered to pay $20,379,007 in restitution to the Victim within 60 days. TRUGLIA was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein.

News Release: PITTSBURGH - Daryl Williams pled guilty to possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.

News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White on Wednesday sentenced a man from St. Louis County to 25 years in prison for a retaliatory drug murder in 2020.

News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - A federal grand jury has returned a one-count indictment charging Phillip Timothy Howard, 61, of Tallahassee, Florida, with racketeering (RICO). The indictment was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Djuan Anthony Aldredge was charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession...