U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada
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A Winnemucca resident, Tyler Monson, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison and 10 years of supervised release for transporting a minor across state lines for sexual activity.
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A Las Vegas man with a history of felony convictions has pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing an unserialized, privately made AR-15-pattern pistol, often referred to as a "ghost gun."
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada has reached an agreement with Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, LLC, to improve accessibility for deaf and hard of hearing patients and their companions.
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An obstetrician-gynecologist based in Reno, Dr. Samuel R. Chacon, appeared in court today following his arrest on charges of health care fraud and making false statements related to health care matters.
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Two Mexican nationals residing in Las Vegas, Alfredo Covarrubias-Jimenez, 39, and Victor Manuel Navarro-Quesada, 34, appeared in court to face charges of illegally reentering the United States after being previously deported.
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A Henderson, Nevada man appeared in court on September 10, 2025, to face charges related to the alleged smuggling and distribution of misbranded prescription drugs containing sildenafil and tadalafil.
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A Mexican national, Jose Ricardo Lopez Munoz, has been sentenced to 13 months and one day in prison for illegally reentering the United States after having been removed from the country on three previous occasions.
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A Las Vegas man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl.
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A North Las Vegas man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison and five years of supervised release for distributing and possessing with intent to distribute more than 30 pounds of methamphetamine in the Las Vegas area.
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A Mexican national, Maria Vega-Villalba, 45, appeared in federal court in Las Vegas on charges of illegally reentering the United States after being previously deported.
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A Mexican national, Felipe De Jesus Jauregui-Acosta, 43, appeared in court on Monday to face charges of illegally reentering the United States after having previously been removed.
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A Las Vegas woman, Danielle Partington, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and four years of supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.
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A Las Vegas resident has pleaded guilty to advising clients to commit tax evasion through a fraudulent scheme.
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A Las Vegas man has been sentenced to 80 months in federal prison for his involvement in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy.
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A Salvadoran national, David Cristales-Machado, has been sentenced to 15 months in prison and three years of supervised release for illegally reentering the United States after removal.
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A Las Vegas man, Damian Amalfitano, has been sentenced to 47 years in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release for sexually exploiting a toddler and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) involving several minors.
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A Mexican national, Salvador Gonzalez-Sanchez, was sentenced to 40 months in prison and three years of supervised release for illegally reentering the United States after being deported three times.
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A Mexican national has been sentenced to 13 months and one day in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally reentering the United States after being removed from the country twice.
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A Las Vegas resident, Craig Renard Gibson, appeared in court on allegations of defrauding the Nevada Department of Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation (DETR) and the California Employment Development Department (EDD).
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A Nevada man has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for his role in a scheme that defrauded the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of over $11 million.