News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: MONTGOMERY, Ala. - On Wednesday, May 29, 2019, a Montgomery, Alabama nurse practitioner, Lilian Ifeoma Akwuba, 40, received a 10-year sentence for her part in helping run two separate “pill mill" operations in Montgomery over a four-year period, announced Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay Morris...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was convicted today in federal court in Boston of possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today, DAQUAN MADRID PRIDGEN, 27, of Whiteville, North Carolina was convicted in federal court following a three-day trial before Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle. The jury found PRIDGEN guilty of bank robbery...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A high-level member of the Four Corner Hustlers street gang has been arrested on federal drug charges for allegedly selling wholesale quantities of heroin on the West Side of Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: A man who used a cell phone to facilitate a drug deal was sentenced on May 28, 2019, to three years’ probation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Eight law enforcement entities and one community member were recognized today for their outstanding work in the greater Clarksburg/Elkins area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Jonathan Felch, 37, of Goffstown, pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in a fentanyl drug trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was indicted by a federal grand jury in Worcester today for distributing cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced today that on May 29, 2019, James A. Nickels (age 68), of Manitowoc, Wisconsin was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for carrying out a $3,100,000 Ponzi scheme that defrauded 37 victims, most of whom were elderly. Nickels had earlier pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343, and one count of money laundering in in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1957.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: DENVER - Ryan Charles McCraw, age 39, of Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Christine M. Arguello to serve 216 months (18 years) in federal prison, followed by 15 years on supervised release for the production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Jason Dunn and FBI Denver Division Special Agent in Charge Dean Phillips. McCraw appeared at the sentencing hearing in custody, and was remanded at its conclusion.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Two former deputies with the Cameron County Precinct 5 Constable’s Office have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right and wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man is facing federal charges after he imported devices from China that for $19 a piece can turn a Glock pistol into a fully automatic machine gun, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - The owner of PRB Logics Corporation, an Orange County-based seller of electronic components, was sentenced today to more than three years in federal prison for selling counterfeit integrated circuits he obtained from China, some of which were purchased by defense contractors for military use.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - The owners of the Plainville Livestock Commission in Rooks County are charged with carrying out a check kiting scheme that cost banks millions of dollars, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said today.
By Homeland Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, Calif. - The owner of PRB Logics Corporation, an Orange County Calif.-based seller of electronic components, was sentenced today to more than three years in federal prison for selling counterfeit integrated circuits he obtained from China - some of which were purchased by defense contractors for military use.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington has sentenced Sharvil Patel (23, Tampa) to seven years and six months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, relating to his participation in an India-based call center scam. As part of his sentence, the court also entered a money judgment of $80,000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 23-year-old Houston man has been ordered to federal prison for his role in organizing and planning a string of Houston-area armed robberies, including one in which someone was almost killed, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today the recent unsealing of a federal grand jury indictment charging five defendants with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy to commit access device fraud. The indictment is the latest set of charges in a lengthy federal investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today the recent unsealing of a federal grand jury indictment charging five defendants with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy to commit access device fraud. The indictment is the latest set of charges in a lengthy federal investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: The lead defendant in a Statesboro drug trafficking conspiracy has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.
