News and reports from the Department of Justice.

A federal jury in Memphis has found Mervin Anderson, 40, guilty of possessing contraband while incarcerated at a federal detention center.

Michael Jason Sanders, a 44-year-old resident of Pryor, Oklahoma, has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.

Three residents of Welch, West Virginia—Terry Headen, Charles “Chuck” Williams, and Taylor Headen—were arrested last week on federal charges alleging their involvement in a methamphetamine distribution network operating in the Western District of...

A Maryland accountant has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for his role in a scheme that submitted more than $24 million in fraudulent COVID-19 relief loan applications.

Latvian citizen Oleg Chistyakov, also known as Olegs Čitsjakovs, pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate U.S. export laws by illegally exporting avionics equipment to Russia and other countries operating Russian-built aircraft.

DeWayne Allen McGill, a 40-year-old resident of Calhoun, Georgia, has been sentenced to 11 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges including possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, assaulting a federal officer,...

A Pennsylvania man has been charged with seven counts of wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud Alaska’s 2022 Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) program.

A Chinese national residing illegally in the United States has been charged with participating in an international drug trafficking conspiracy that involved shipping methamphetamine from Mexico into the U.S. and then to New Zealand using a virtual...

A Veazie resident, Austin Cocchiaro, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bangor to two counts of enticing a minor and one count of possessing child pornography.

A federal grand jury has indicted Charles Barker, 70, of Niagara Falls, New York, on several drug and firearm charges. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced that Barker faces charges including narcotics conspiracy, attempt to possess with...

Carlos Ramirez, also known as “Guerra,” was sentenced to life in prison for his involvement in a racketeering conspiracy and two murders as a member of the Sunset Trinitarios gang.

A detainee at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Center has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess and distribute contraband inside the facility, according to an announcement from Acting United States Attorney Sara...

Five individuals associated with the Vanowen Street Locos and Elmwood Rifa 13 gangs in the San Fernando Valley were arrested on federal criminal complaints.

The Religious Liberty Commission convened its third hearing in Washington, D.C., focusing on religious liberty issues in public education.

A Peruvian national has been sentenced to 80 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $3 million in restitution for his role in transnational fraud schemes targeting Spanish-speaking consumers in the United States.