U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia
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A Richmond resident, Tajon Rasheed Baskerville, 35, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after being found guilty of illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
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A Woodbridge resident, Omini Tete Riman, was sentenced to three years in prison for obstructing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and failing to file personal tax returns.
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Eleview International Inc., a Virginia-based freight forwarding company, along with its owner Oleg Nayandin and senior employee Vitaliy Borisenko, received sentences for their roles in a scheme to illegally export U.S. goods and technology to Russia.
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Ramil Ventura Palafox, the CEO of Praetorian Group International (PGI), was sentenced to 20 years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded more than 90,000 investors worldwide.
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A Guatemalan national, Joel Guerra Eraso, 41, was sentenced in Norfolk, Virginia to eight years and ten months in prison for illegally reentering the United States and possessing a firearm as an illegal alien.
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A Richmond man has been sentenced to three years and ten months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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A Chesterfield resident has admitted to defrauding several COVID-19 relief programs and faces related tax charges, according to federal prosecutors.
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A federal jury has found Warith Deen Muhammad, 39, of McLean, guilty of wire fraud and violating the Travel Act in connection with a precious metals Ponzi scheme.
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An Alexandria man, Antonio Rudy Gonzalez, 41, was sentenced to 22 years in prison for distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) while on supervised release for a previous similar offense.
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Two former financial services professionals have been sentenced for their roles in a mortgage and investment fraud scheme that involved misusing client information to secure fraudulent loans.
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A federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, has convicted Varun Arora, an Indian national, of abusive sexual contact and assault during a commercial airline flight.
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A mother and son from Newport News, Virginia, were sentenced to prison on January 20 for their involvement in a firearms conspiracy.
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A Hampton man has been sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty of illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
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A Henrico man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for illegally possessing firearms as a convicted felon.
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A Mexican national, Esteban De Paz Jimenez, has been sentenced to seven months in prison for illegally reentering the United States after previously being removed.
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A Venezuelan citizen has been charged in the Eastern District of Virginia with conspiracy to launder approximately one billion dollars in illicit funds.
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A Richmond man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to the distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
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A Chesapeake resident, Kevin Russell Beasley, 51, has been sentenced to six years and four months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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A McLean resident, Jaivin Raj Karnani, was sentenced in Alexandria to one year and nine months in federal prison for his involvement in a mail fraud scheme.
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A Maryland resident has been sentenced to three years and one month in prison for participating in a scheme to steal vehicles from airport parking lots.