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 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.
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A Newport News resident, Jimmy Lee Scott, 33, has been sentenced to eight years and one month in prison after being convicted on two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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A federal jury has convicted Janathian Porter, 27, of Franklin, on a charge of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery.
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Federal authorities have recovered nearly $2 million in connection with a cryptocurrency investment fraud scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced.
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A Chesapeake resident, Jamey Andre Bennett, 50, has been sentenced to 10 years and 10 months in federal prison for drug trafficking and firearms offenses.
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An Italian national living in Woodbridge has been sentenced to two years in prison for aggravated identity theft.
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Two men from the Richmond area have been sentenced to prison and a third has been convicted this week for federal firearms offenses involving possession of firearms by felons.
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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,...