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Recent News About U.S. Department of Justice
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Asha Farhan Hassan, 28, has been charged with wire fraud in connection to a $14 million scheme involving the Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) Autism Program in Minnesota.
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Dineh Benally has pleaded guilty in federal court to leading an illegal marijuana operation that stretched across several years and included environmental violations and worker exploitation on tribal lands in New Mexico.
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Michael Bacigalupo, a former executive director of two nonprofit organizations and a public official, pleaded guilty to wire fraud for diverting more than $750,000 from the nonprofits he led.
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Two individuals from Lee County, Taleah Williams and Javion Ward, both 21 years old, have been charged with Hobbs Act robbery following a series of armed robberies in several counties along Interstate 75.
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A pair of Mexican nationals, Juan Carmen Padron Mendez, 29, and Juan Carlos Padron Barron, 23, have been taken into custody after allegedly attacking a Border Patrol agent in Houston.
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A Philadelphia real estate agent has pleaded guilty to charges related to a fraudulent loan scheme that raised millions of dollars under false pretenses.
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An individual who had entered the United States illegally multiple times was sentenced to federal prison on September 22, 2025.
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Clint Clifford Sicking, 41, from Muenster, Texas, was sentenced to 27 months in prison for his involvement in a livestock theft scheme.
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A Santa Monica man has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint alleging he published private information about an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lawyer online, with the intent to harass her.
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Gloucester man indicted for alleged sexual exploitation of minor and possession of child pornographyA Gloucester resident, Robert Burnham, 44, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston on charges related to the sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child sexual abuse material.
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Terry Chen, a 25-year-old resident of Prince George’s County, Maryland, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft related to fraudulent unemployment insurance claims under the CARES Act.
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Andris Pukke, also known as “Marc Romeo” and “Andy Storm,” has been sentenced to eight years in prison for orchestrating a large-scale real estate fraud scheme involving the Sanctuary Belize development.
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Karen McGinnis, a former tax collector for Fairview Township in Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $400,000 in property taxes.
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A Port Arthur man has been sentenced to over eight years in federal prison for firearms violations, according to an announcement from Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs of the Eastern District of Texas.
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A man from Prue, Oklahoma, has been sentenced for sexually abusing a 14-year-old and receiving child pornography, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
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A man has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for robbing a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier at gunpoint in Chicago.
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A Selma resident has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for possessing stolen mail and destroying a U.S. Postal Service collection box, according to an announcement from Acting United States Attorney Kevin Davidson.
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A New Orleans man has pleaded guilty to charges of mail destruction following an investigation by federal authorities.
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A Guatemalan national has been indicted in New Orleans for illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
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Mark Robert Eury, a 54-year-old resident of Catawba, North Carolina, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for methamphetamine trafficking and illegal firearm possession.