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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An Annandale resident, Marcantonio Juarez Velasquez, 20, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking and for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
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Two Portsmouth residents have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in federal firearms offenses, following an investigation into illegal gun trafficking.
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A man from Ruther Glen was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to two federal hate crime charges, both involving attempts to kill, and to discharging a firearm during a federal crime of violence.
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A Richmond resident, Montrio Santos Neville, was found guilty by a federal jury on charges of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
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A Farmville resident, Tyrone Lamont Fowlkes, 42, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for federal drug and firearms offenses.
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A Pakistani national, Muhammad Pahlawan, was sentenced on October 16 to 40 years in prison for his involvement in transporting advanced conventional weapons made in Iran.
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Three businessmen from the Washington, D.C. area have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in a scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a federal initiative designed to support small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A New York man, Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, was resentenced to three years in prison for creating and operating BreachForums, a major online marketplace used by cybercriminals to buy, sell, and trade hacked or stolen data and other contraband.
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A federal jury has convicted Michael Jamie Inofuentes, 45, of Vienna, Virginia, on charges related to sex trafficking of a child and engaging in illicit sexual conduct abroad.
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An indictment was unsealed in the Eastern District of Virginia charging Lai Kui Sen, co-CEO of Ostin Technology Group Co.
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A former U.S. Army private, Austin Blair Johnson, was sentenced in Alexandria, Virginia to 15 years in prison for two counts of assault resulting in serious bodily injury and one count of sexual abuse.
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An Atlanta-based travel agent has been sentenced to 13 months in prison after admitting to defrauding clients, including individuals and educational institutions, by taking payments for travel services he never provided.
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Chesapeake Regional Medical Center (CRMC), also known as Chesapeake General Hospital and Chesapeake Regional Healthcare, has been charged in a two-count criminal indictment by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk...
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A Fairfax man has pleaded guilty to making threats against employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S. Postal Service, according to court documents.
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A U.S. Department of State employee has been sentenced to four years in prison for conspiring to collect and transmit national defense information to individuals he believed were working for the government of the People’s Republic of China. “The...
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A Portsmouth man identified as a member of the local street gang “600” has been sentenced to 10 years and 10 months in federal prison for carjacking and brandishing a firearm during a violent crime.
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A Richmond woman has admitted to wire fraud after embezzling nearly $240,000 from a private school where she worked as business manager.
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Three foreign nationals have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic cocaine from Colombia through Honduras and into the United States, according to court documents released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern...
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An Oakton physician, David Allingham, has been ordered to forfeit a $168,000 money judgment and two properties after being sentenced to 13 years in prison for improperly prescribing opioids and amphetamines.
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Six individuals have pled guilty to charges of illegal reentry after removal in the Eastern District of Virginia, according to an announcement from Erik S. Siebert, U.S. Attorney for the district.