News published on Federal Newswire in August 2022

News from August 2022


News Release: LONDON, Ky. - A Nashville man was convicted on Thursday, by a federal jury sitting in London, of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.


News Release: STATESBORO, GA: A Texas pharmacy owner is charged in a federal indictment for a scheme that generated millions of dollars in payments for unnecessary, expensive prescriptions through bribes paid to prescribing physicians.


News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - An Anna, Texas man has been convicted for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.


News Release: Defendants Attended 2017 Campaign Fundraiser with Foreign Donors and Took Photographs with Then-President of The United States.


Isanti Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Firearms from Shipments

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - An Isanti man has pleaded guilty to stealing multiple firearms from shipments destined for Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) businesses, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


Duval Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty To Illegally Possessing Firearm

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Raymond Samuel Reeves (22, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Reeves faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled. As part of the plea agreement, Reeves has agreed to forfeit the firearm traceable to the offense.


Many, LA Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for  Trafficking Narcotics and Illegal Possession of Firearms

News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Ronald Carnell Holland, Jr., 24, of Many, Louisiana, was sentenced today on drug trafficking and firearms charges, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. Holland was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. to 111 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release.


News Release: CHICAGO - A man was sentenced today to more than 12 years in federal prison for stealing a vehicle at gunpoint in Chicago and striking a bicyclist while fleeing from police.


News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A Telfair County man has been sentenced in federal court after admitting he took out a life insurance policy on a woman without her knowledge, naming himself as the potential beneficiary.


News Release: Member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Charged with Plot to Murder the Former National Security Advisor.


Nigerian Man Extradited For Multimillion Dollar Fraud Scheme In Which He Impersonated Procurement Officials Of U.S. State And Local Governments And Educational Institutions

News Release: Defendant Impersonated the Chief Procurement Officer of New York State to Fraudulently Obtain Medical Equipment During COVID-19 Pandemic.


Two Men Indicted in Separate Bankruptcy Fraud Schemes

News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Jorge Droz Yapur and Yamil Fonseca Salgado were indicted by a federal Grand Jury in relation to separate bankruptcy fraud schemes, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.


Final Defendants in Moultrie Meth Trafficking Network Sentenced

News Release: ALBANY, Ga. - The remaining defendants guilty of participating in a methamphetamine trafficking network based out of Moultrie, Georgia, were sentenced to prison for their crimes.


News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has announced that Jose Antonio Ramos a/k/a “One," age 40, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on July 14, 2022, by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to 87 months’ imprisonment for drug trafficking.


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - An inmate previously housed at United States Penitentiary Hazleton was sentenced yesterday to 15 years after admitting to second degree murder in a 2012 death of another inmate, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-The owner of a Roseburg, Oregon in-home daycare facility pleaded guilty today in federal court for stealing federal childcare funds.


The Extensions of Remarks section of the Congressional Record published “INTRODUCTION OF THE LOCAL TASK FORCES ON 21ST CENTURY POLICING ACT” on June 13.


News Release: Spokane, Washington - Today, Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that a federal grand jury has indicted three additional individuals for COVID-19 Fraud as part of the Eastern Washington COVID-19 Strike Force. The Indictments announced today...


News Release: BOSTON - A Lowell man was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Boston on methamphetamine charges.


Murder Mails Leads to Federal Conviction of South Florida Jilted Lover

News Release: Miami, Florida - A 43-year-old Pembroke Pines, Florida man who used the United States postal service to solicit, plan, and pay for the murder of his former girlfriend’s new love interest pled guilty today in federal court to a charge of using the mail to commit murder-for-hire, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1958.