U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey
Recent News About U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey
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A New York resident was sentenced to 18 months in prison on February 26, 2026, for failing to report more than $1.6 million in income that he embezzled from his employer.
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An Essex County resident, Mookadean Cheeseboro, was found guilty of drug distribution and illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition after a three-day federal trial in Newark.
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A Brooklyn resident has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for participating in a scheme involving the theft and alteration of checks from mailboxes, which were then used to defraud banks.
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A federal jury has convicted David Reams, 37, of Paterson, New Jersey, on charges related to drug trafficking and illegal firearm possession.
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A couple residing in New Jersey has admitted to operating unlicensed money transmitting businesses that illegally moved over $60 million from the United States to Colombia.
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An Essex County man has been sentenced to 135 months in prison and three years of supervised release for multiple firearms offenses, including possession of a ghost gun, a machine gun, and a high-capacity magazine.
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An enlisted member of the United States Air Force has pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography while stationed at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey, according to an announcement by Senior Counsel Philip Lamparello.
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A former teacher from Jersey City, New Jersey, has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography.
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Todd O’Gara, the founder and executive chairman of Wanu Water, Inc., has been sentenced to 51 months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud.
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A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to possessing images of child sexual abuse, according to an announcement from Senior Counsel Philip Lamparello.
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A former employee of TD Bank, N.A. in Florida has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes and facilitating the laundering of more than $5.5 million to Colombia using bank accounts at the institution.
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A former TD Bank employee based in New Jersey, Oscar Marcel Nunez-Flores, pleaded guilty to accepting bribes and facilitating the movement of more than $26 million from the United States to Colombia through a money laundering scheme.
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A New Jersey couple has been indicted for allegedly obtaining more than $715,000 in fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A Bergen County woman has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $544,000 from a senior and disabled housing facility in Maywood, New Jersey.
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A Delaware-based manufacturing company with operations in Fairfield, New Jersey has agreed to pay nearly $2.9 million to resolve allegations that it improperly obtained a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan, according to an announcement by...
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An Essex County man was found guilty by a federal jury of unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition.
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A North Haledon man has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for his involvement in a drug trafficking organization that imported and distributed large quantities of fentanyl analogues and other controlled substances.
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A Mexican national has pleaded guilty to charges of distributing controlled substances and illegally possessing a firearm, according to an announcement from Senior Counsel Philip Lamparello.
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Two senior members of a drug trafficking organization operating in Stephen Crane Village, Newark, have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for their roles in the group’s activities.
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A man from Middlesex County, New Jersey, was sentenced to 15 years in prison and 15 years of supervised release for receiving and possessing child pornography.