U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland
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A Mexican citizen, Marvin Escobar-Artega, 34, pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally re-entering the United States and was sentenced to nine months in prison.
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An Oregon man has been sentenced to federal prison for insider trading related to the development of drugs for COVID-19 and HIV.
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A man from Temple Hills, Maryland, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for crimes involving drug trafficking, firearms offenses, and fraud related to COVID-19 unemployment insurance.
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Nichelle Henson, a former Baltimore City Council candidate, has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for bank fraud and making false statements related to a $1.7 million scheme involving fraudulent COVID-19 relief loans. U.S. District...
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Isiah Lewis, a 35-year-old resident of Prince George’s County, Maryland, has been sentenced to 53 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland has announced recent prosecutions related to the Department of Justice’s Operation Take Back America, a national initiative aimed at addressing illegal immigration and combating transnational...
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Federal authorities have unsealed a superseding indictment charging three Maryland cousins with participating in a tax fraud scheme and, for two of them, a COVID-19 unemployment insurance fraud.
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Marcus Jerome Hunt, a 32-year-old resident of Temple Hills, Maryland, has pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts of transporting child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
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A Baltimore man has been sentenced to 54 months in prison for his involvement in a scheme to defraud the Maryland Department of Labor through fraudulent unemployment insurance claims.
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Federal authorities have unsealed a superseding indictment charging two more alleged members of the Centrales Locos Salvatruchas (CLS) clique of MS-13 in Baltimore.
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Baltimore, Maryland – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland reported a continued decline in violent crime across the state in 2025, attributing the trend to increased cooperation among federal, state, and local agencies.
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IAP Worldwide Services, Incorporated, a company based in Delaware that provides logistics and technical services, has agreed to pay $810,821.65 to settle allegations of violating the False Claims Act.
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Vanessa Valdez, a 42-year-old resident of Burtonsville, Maryland, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in a federal unemployment insurance fraud case.
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A Maryland technology executive has been indicted by a federal grand jury for his alleged involvement in a scheme to defraud the U.S. government.
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Former correctional officer convicted for obstruction and false statements related to inmate assault
A federal jury in Baltimore has convicted Jermaine Sturgis, a former lieutenant correctional officer at the Eastern Correctional Institution (ECI) in Westover, Maryland, on charges of conspiring to obstruct justice and making false statements to a...
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Bayron Leopoldo Perez Batres, a 63-year-old Guatemalan national, appeared in federal court in Baltimore, Maryland, on charges of illegal reentry after being deported from the United States multiple times.
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A federal jury in Greenbelt, Maryland has convicted Jason Michael Leidel, 45, of Silver Spring on one count of cyberstalking.
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A federal grand jury has indicted Rodney “Bitcoin Rodney” Burton, 56, of Miami, Florida, and Prince George’s County, Maryland, for his alleged involvement in a $1.8 billion fraud scheme.
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A Waldorf man has been sentenced to 55 years in federal prison for his involvement in a series of armed robberies and the murder of a business owner, according to an announcement from the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland.
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A federal grand jury has indicted Vanessa Yalixa Munoz-Baque, a 31-year-old citizen of Ecuador, on charges of illegally reentering the United States after being previously removed.