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Heart Butte man sentenced to over two decades for child sexual abuse

A Heart Butte man, Bradley Joseph Guardipee, was sentenced to 272 months in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for sexually assaulting multiple minors.


Dearborn man pleads guilty to firearm possession following antisemitic incident

Hassan Chokr, a convicted felon from Dearborn, Michigan, has pleaded guilty to the charge of being a felon in possession of firearms.


Construction manager sentenced for multimillion-dollar fraud schemes

Jose Garcia, a construction manager from New York, has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for his involvement in a $4.5 million embezzlement scheme and a $2.1 million tax evasion crime.


Man sentenced for cocaine distribution after border patrol checkpoint discovery

A 36-year-old man has been sentenced to over ten years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.


Waterbury man sentenced for role in drug trafficking operation

David X. Sullivan, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Jose Delrosario-Canela, also known as "Domi," has been sentenced to 32 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.


Brandon Earl Presley sentenced for multiple charges involving minors

Today in Tulsa, U.S. District Judge Sara E. Hill sentenced Brandon Earl Presley, 30, of Bixby, Oklahoma.


Mexican national sentenced for third illegal reentry into United States

A Mexican national, Juan Humberto Lara Molina, has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States. U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced the sentencing of the 44-year-old, who has a history of felony...


Minneapolis man sentenced for robbing postal workers and forging checks

Rubin David Adams, a Minneapolis resident, has been sentenced to 132 months in prison for robbing U.S. Postal Service letter carriers and executing a check forgery scheme.


Man sentenced for aggravated sexual abuse at Marin Headlands

Esbin Ramirez-Garcia has been sentenced to 90 months in federal prison for aggravated sexual abuse on federal land.


Colorado man sentenced to life for abuse at Haitian orphanage

On May 23, a Colorado man received a 210-year prison sentence for sexually abusing children at an orphanage he founded in Haiti.


Kanawha County man sentenced for fraud involving arson and embezzlement

Donald A. Ennis, a 43-year-old resident of St. Albans, has been sentenced to two years and nine months in prison for committing wire fraud.


Inmate receives prison sentence for assault at U.S. Penitentiary Atwater

U.S. District Judge Kirk E. Sherriff has sentenced Delonte Williams, a 37-year-old from Washington, D.C., to 33 months in prison for assault with a deadly weapon at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atwater.


New Jersey man sentenced for fraudulent COVID-19 relief fund acquisition

A New Jersey resident has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining approximately $149,900 in federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL), as announced by U.S. Attorney Alina Habba.


FTC mandates asset divestiture for Synopsys-Ansys merger approval

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has mandated that Synopsys, Inc. and Ansys, Inc. divest certain assets to address antitrust concerns related to their proposed $35 billion merger.


14 arrested for alleged $25M COVID-19 relief fund fraud scheme

Fourteen individuals have been arrested in Los Angeles on charges related to the fraudulent acquisition of over $25 million in COVID-19 relief funds and small business loans.


U.S.: $214 million forfeited over 'pump-and-dump' investment fraud

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago has secured the forfeiture of approximately $214 million linked to an alleged "pump-and-dump" investment fraud scheme.


DOGE subcommittee plans hearing on NGO funding allegations

The Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) has scheduled a hearing to scrutinize the allocation of federal funds to nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).


Mercer settles overbilling allegations with $450K payment

David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that MERCER (US), LLC, a consulting firm based in Hartford, has reached a civil settlement agreement and paid over $450,000 to address allegations of...


South Carolina man charged with Medicare fraud amid pandemic

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland has unsealed two indictments against Patrick Britton-Harr, a South Carolina resident, alleging multi-million-dollar fraud schemes involving Medicare and a private charter jet company. U.S....


Nicholas J. Ganjei reappointed as U.S. attorney for Southern District of Texas

Nicholas J. Ganjei has officially taken the oath of office to continue serving as the chief federal law enforcement officer for the Southern District of Texas (SDTX).