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 Portsmouth man, Joshaua Sheimel Anderson, 25, has been sentenced to four years and five months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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A Hampton resident, Ryan Matthew Bieber, was found guilty by a federal jury on six counts related to the transportation of child sexual abuse material.
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An Iraqi national living in Henrico, Virginia, has been sentenced to over 15 years in prison for possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute.
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An American citizen living in the United Arab Emirates has pleaded guilty to abusive sexual contact on a flight, according to federal authorities.
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A Norfolk man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for his involvement in drug trafficking and firearms offenses.
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A Maryland man has been sentenced to over two years in prison for participating in a scheme that defrauded financial institutions of at least $930,000 using stolen identities.
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Erik S. Siebert, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, provided updates on seven immigration-related cases in the district.
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A Mechanicsville-based Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Daniel Jacobsen, has agreed to pay $449,014.93 to settle civil fraud claims after being convicted of criminal health care fraud.
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The Justice Department has announced coordinated actions against the BlackSuit (Royal) Ransomware group, including the takedown of four servers and nine domains on July 24.
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A Chesterfield man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
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Michael Charles Schena, a 42-year-old resident of Alexandria, Virginia, has been arrested on charges related to an alleged conspiracy to gather, transmit, or lose national defense information.
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The Justice Department has announced a collaborative operation with Germany and Finland to dismantle the online infrastructure of Garantex, a cryptocurrency exchange accused of facilitating money laundering by transnational criminal organizations,...
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A federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, has convicted Rui Jiang of Falls Church on charges related to an attempted church shooting.
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A pair from Hampton Roads has admitted guilt in a tax refund scheme linked to pandemic relief credits.
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A former executive of the Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program has been sentenced to nine years in prison for embezzling over $6.7 million from the organization.
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A Richmond man has been sentenced to four years and two months in prison for illegal firearm possession.
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A Henrico man has been sentenced to three years and ten months in prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to commit bank fraud.
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A Richmond man has been sentenced to over nine years in prison for firearm possession as a felon.
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A Chesapeake man has entered a guilty plea to charges of attempted coercion and enticement of a child.
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A Norfolk man, identified as a member of the Bloods criminal street gang, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.