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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On July 10, 2025, Magaly Travieso and Yudorki Ramirez, both from Miami, were sentenced to nine and three years in prison respectively for their roles in health care fraud and money laundering conspiracies.
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A Colombian entrepreneur, Neder Valencia Julio, has been convicted by a federal jury in the Southern District of Florida for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of cocaine.
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MIAMI – Michel Duarte Suarez, a 50-year-old Cuban national, has pleaded guilty to orchestrating a scheme from Panama that involved stealing over $800,000 from an elderly victim's bank account.
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Dale Robinson, a former supervisor at Miami-Dade Transit, and his wife Marcia Robinson have been sentenced for their involvement in a bribery scheme related to Metrorail contracts. U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore handed down the sentences...
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On June 13, two men from West Palm Beach, Florida, were sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a bank fraud scheme.
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A Boca Raton resident, Charles Lawrence Baugh, Sr., has pleaded guilty to securities fraud in the Southern District of Florida.
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James Loubeau, a former member of the U.S. Air Force, has been sentenced to five years in prison followed by 20 months of supervised release for sexually assaulting another service member at Royal Air Force Mildenhall in the United Kingdom.
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A Nigerian national has admitted to his involvement in a transnational fraud scheme that targeted elderly and vulnerable individuals across the United States.
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A Miami man, Stefan Andres Correa, has been sentenced to life in federal prison after pleading guilty to traveling to Colombia with the intent of engaging in sexual activities with minors.
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A federal district judge in Ft.
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U.S. Attorney Hayden P. O’Byrne and acting Special Agent in Charge Gordon Mallory of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Miami Field Division have announced the outcomes of a recent operation targeting repeat offenders in...
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Vascular and Interventional Specialists, LLC (VIS), Vascular and Spine Institute, Inc. (VSI), along with doctors Oscar Sosa and Osmany DeAngelo, have agreed to pay $810,301 to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act.
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Eston “Dusty” Melton III, a lobbyist based in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach Counties, has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for evading over $2 million in federal income taxes.
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A former employee of the Small Business Administration (SBA) in South Florida has been sentenced to federal prison for defrauding COVID-19 relief programs.
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Ernesto Ortega Padgett, a Nicaraguan national and former Miami resident, appeared in federal court in Miami on June 16.
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On June 13, Suresh Gajwani, aged 78, admitted to making a false and fraudulent statement to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
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Luther Trovian Jones, a 52-year-old resident of Sebring, Florida, has been sentenced to 121 months in prison for his involvement in methamphetamine distribution.
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A federal jury has found Tiron Alexander guilty of wire fraud and entering a secure area of an airport under false pretenses.
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On June 6, Robert Arturo De Los Angeles Mejia, aged 24, appeared in federal court to face charges related to a wire fraud and money laundering scheme based in South Florida.
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Two men from South Florida have been charged with mail theft following their identification through public-released surveillance footage.