U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida
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A federal jury in West Palm Beach has convicted Jasen Butler, 37, of Jupiter, Florida, on 34 felony counts including wire fraud, money laundering, and forgery.
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Two individuals have pleaded guilty to charges connected to a 2022 murder in Miami linked to drug trafficking.
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Two healthcare executives were convicted by a federal jury in Miami on December 22, 2025, for their involvement in a scheme that led to approximately $34 million in false and fraudulent claims submitted to Medicare Advantage plans.
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A federal district court in Miami has accepted guilty pleas from two American men involved in a series of ransomware attacks that targeted multiple victims across the United States in 2023.
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A federal inmate who escaped from a Georgia jail was captured in Broward County, Florida, following a multi-agency law enforcement effort.
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Two Miami residents, Boris Arencibia and Jose Armando Rivera Garcia, have been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison each for their involvement in two schemes related to the sale of diverted and misbranded pharmaceuticals.
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A Georgia businessman has been sentenced to eight years in prison for his involvement in a scheme to bribe Honduran government officials and launder money.
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A federal grand jury in Miami has indicted two Guyanese nationals, Nazar Mohamed and Azruddin Mohamed, on charges related to a multi-year scheme that allegedly defrauded the Government of Guyana of millions of dollars through fraudulent gold...
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida recently honored Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary V. “Jena” King and Legal Assistant Niurka “Nikki” Machin upon their retirement, recognizing their long-standing service to federal law...
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A Lake Placid resident, Shannima Yuantrell Session, also known as “Shalamar,” has been ordered to pay $327,735 in restitution to victims of sex trafficking.
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A man from Charlotte, North Carolina, has pleaded guilty in Fort Pierce federal court to charges related to the enticement of a minor and production of child sexual abuse material.
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A Chinese national has admitted to participating in a gift card fraud scheme that targeted grocery stores across South Florida, according to federal prosecutors.
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A federal jury in Miami has found Vasudevan Pillay, a 68-year-old South African national, guilty of making a false statement on a passport application and aggravated identity theft.
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Dr. Ameet Vohra and his companies, including Vohra Wound Physicians Management LLC, have agreed to pay $45 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting improper claims to Medicare.
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A Fort Lauderdale resident has admitted to orchestrating a fraudulent investment scheme that resulted in losses of more than $94 million for international investors, most of whom were Venezuelan nationals.
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The Justice Department has announced that Marieva Briceno, a native of Venezuela, has been stripped of her U.S. citizenship after being convicted of defrauding Medicare and concealing her crimes during the naturalization process.
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A Miami resident has been sentenced to more than 19 years in federal prison for running a $40 million Ponzi scheme disguised as a merchant cash advance business.
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A federal grand jury in Miami has indicted Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and several co-defendants on charges of stealing $5 million in federal disaster funds, laundering the proceeds, and making illegal campaign contributions to her...
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Two brothers from Maryland, Patrick Boyd and Charles Boyd, who owned the pharmaceutical wholesale company Safe Chain Solutions, were convicted by a federal jury in Fort Lauderdale for their roles in distributing over $92 million worth of...
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A Miami-based social media influencer and singer, Scott Lee Huss, has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for orchestrating a fraud scheme involving COVID-19 relief loans and attempts to use fake checks to purchase luxury vehicles. U.S....