News and reports from the Department of Justice.

Jagninder Singh Boparai, a 48-year-old resident of Manteca, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to use interstate commerce facilities in a murder-for-hire plot.

Paul William Flett, a 44-year-old resident of Humboldt, Iowa, has pleaded guilty to the charge of sexual exploitation of a child.

Michael Warren Smith, Jr., a 38-year-old resident of Kalamazoo, has been sentenced to 327 months in federal prison.

A federal grand jury in Alaska has indicted three residents of Kodiak on charges related to drug trafficking, including the distribution of fentanyl that allegedly led to a fatal overdose.

A federal grand jury has indicted Carlos Adolfo Haeckermann Cardenas, a resident of Doral, Florida, on charges related to aiding and abetting false statements on asylum applications.

Dwine Hardy, a 32-year-old resident of New Orleans, has been sentenced to 70 months in prison following his guilty plea to federal gun and drug charges.

Juan Rodriguez-Rios, a 39-year-old resident of Colorado Springs, has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for drug-related charges.

Marc H. Silverman, the Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that Jason Barber, a 40-year-old resident of Hartford, has pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon in federal court.

A Florida man has admitted to assaulting a gate agent at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, according to an announcement by Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Chad Meacham.

C.R. Bard, Inc., along with its affiliates Liberator Medical Supply, Inc., Liberator Holdings, and Rochester Medical Corporation, has agreed to pay $17 million to settle allegations of violating the False Claims Act.

An Amherst man has admitted guilt in a federal court in Boston for offenses related to child pornography.

David Gedamoske, a 41-year-old resident of Lafayette, New York, has admitted to evading taxes on more than $1 million in earnings over a five-year period.

A Connecticut man has been sentenced for fraudulently obtaining and transporting gold coins outside of Massachusetts.

United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Amy Holmdohl, aged 47, from Omaha, Nebraska, has been sentenced in federal court for her involvement in a methamphetamine drug conspiracy.

A Wisconsin man has admitted to filing a false tax return, as announced by United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad.