News and reports from the Department of Justice.

A federal grand jury has indicted a former Culver City government employee on charges related to the production and possession of child pornography involving a 7-year-old girl enrolled in an after-school program.

A Pekin man, Joseph D. Perkins, 32, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for attempted enticement of a minor.

A Bradford County resident has been charged with wire fraud for allegedly stealing Social Security and Veterans benefits over a period of nearly 17 years, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

An Orange County resident and co-founder of the company formerly known as Aspiration Partners Inc. has agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud charges after being accused of defrauding investors and lenders out of more than $248 million.

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have unsealed an eight-count indictment against Maxim Larin, alleging his involvement in a scheme to illegally export weapons parts and accessories from the United States to countries including Kazakhstan.

A Brooklyn cardiologist, Niranjan Mittal, was sentenced to 37 months in prison for his involvement in a health care fraud and bribery scheme.

Two siblings from Toledo, Ohio, Christopher Grover Reynolds and Claudette Reynolds, were sentenced to 37 months in prison for laundering $784,045 in drug proceeds on behalf of a Mexico-based cartel. U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell handed down...

A Houston man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for illegally dumping hazardous chemicals, including laboratory grade cyanide, at multiple sites in Bernalillo County, New Mexico.

Beverly Watson McNabb, 62, of Greensburg, Louisiana, has pleaded guilty to theft of government funds in federal court.

Alexander MacFayden, a 60-year-old Canadian citizen, was sentenced in Albany, New York, to 188 months in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release after pleading guilty to attempted enticement of a minor and possession of child pornography.

Amire Newsome, 22, also known as “Mire,” was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison and three years of supervised release for his involvement with the Original North End (O.N.E.), a violent Bridgeport street gang.

Qingqin Xie, a 39-year-old Chinese citizen, was ordered detained following her arrest on charges related to managing a prostitution business in the Capital Region of New York.

A Cincinnati man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for possessing a machinegun, following an incident last year in Covington, Kentucky.

Four individuals have been charged in connection with an alleged alien smuggling operation in Hidalgo County, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.

Melvin Johnson, 27, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to 66 months in federal prison for distributing crack cocaine and illegally possessing firearms while on pre-trial release.