News and reports from the Department of Justice.

News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington man, Shaan Ti Diyali, 37, was sentenced on Monday to six months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, for wire fraud.

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher today sentenced Rashaud Nesmith, a/k/a Shaud, age 21, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 40 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for a racketeering conspiracy charge in connection with Nesmith’s participation in...

News Release: HOUSTON - A tax preparer has admitted to willfully preparing a false joint 2017 individual income tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.

News Release: BOSTON - A Florida man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to performing a lewd act aboard an aircraft in flight from Newark to Boston on Friday, April 8, 2022.

News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 26-year-old man residing in Hidalgo is set to appear in federal court on charges of coercion of a minor and production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.

News Release: Seattle - A 36-year-old resident of Bothell, Washington, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to ten years in prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Gabriel Vasquez-Ruiz has been in custody since a major drug ring takedown on Dec. 16, 2020. At today’s sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour imposed five years of supervised release to follow the prison term.

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Ten defendants arrested as part of Operation Red Reaper have pleaded guilty today to drug trafficking offenses, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JHANANNIE SINGH, also known as “Jasmine" and “Sharmala Persaud," 52, a citizen of Guyana last residing in Queens, New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 57 months...

News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that PowerSecure, Inc. (PowerSecure), located in Durham, North Carolina, has agreed to pay $8.4 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act arising from its failure to provide certified cost or pricing data when negotiating rates with ...

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 Anderson Buck made an initial appearance in federal court on Nov. 25 where he was charged by criminal complaint...

News Release: An indictment was unsealed today charging Ray Hunt, 69, of Madison County, Alabama, with federal offenses related to an illegal scheme to export U.S.-origin goods to Iran.

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Jose David Navarro Cervellon, age 41, of Norcross, Georgia, today to life in federal prison, on charges related to a murder-for-hire that occurred on Nov. 30, 2016, in Hyattsville, Maryland. On July 20, 2022, after an eight-day trial...

News Release: TEXARKANA, Texas - Three Houston men have been sentenced to prison for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.

News Release: A man who sexually abused a sleeping woman was sentenced today to more than fifteen years in federal prison.

News Release: A California attorney and filer of thousands of disability discrimination lawsuits pleaded guilty today to filing a false tax return on which he underreported the income he earned from many of those lawsuits.