News from August 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Maine man has been charged with failing to register as a sex offender after he moved from Haverhill to Fryeburg, Maine.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Kymani Minott, aka “Bizz," aka “K-Bizz," age 19, of Utica, New York, was sentenced yesterday to 60 months in prison for conspiring to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, and distribution of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 70 months’ imprisonment followed by four years of supervised release on his conviction for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - Three more co-conspirators have been taken into custody on charges related to a multi-layered mortgage fraud, credit repair and government loan fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B Lowery.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 25-year-old Mexican citizen illegally residing in Monte Alto has been ordered to federal prison after admitting to possessing with intent to distribute 140 kilograms of meth, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that two Wounded Knee, South Dakota, men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for First Degree Murder, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John B. DeVito, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF"), and Keechant L. Sewell, Police Commissioner for the City of New York (NYPD)...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Los Angeles man has pleaded guilty to his role in an insider trading conspiracy involving a medical device company’s nonpublic business acquisition deal.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: The discussion included trends in False Claims Act litigation and health care fraud prosecutions.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Vashawn Watkins, age 21, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to federal charges of possession with intent to distribute controlled substances and to possession of a firearm in a school zone.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A South Texas man and woman have been ordered to federal prison for production of child pornography and coercion and enticement of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Daniel Kion Garrison, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

By USDA Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a Decision and Order Without Hearing by Reason of Default against Ruben Saavedra, Sr. (Saavedra) of Albuquerque, N.M., on June 21, 2022, for violation of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Melanie Pierson (619) 546-7976.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Robert Anthony Mendoza Jr., 23, of Pico Rivera, charging him with assaulting a federal officer resulting in bodily injury and assaulting a federal officer with physical contact, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - An indictment unsealed in federal court today charges David Singh Bhinder and Nitesh Babbar with interfering with a flight crew member and a flight attendant during a flight, announced United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Sean Ragan.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in online fraud schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Ohio man was sentenced in federal court today for traveling to Missouri in an attempt to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a 12-year-old child.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Court Orders North Carolina Pharmacy and Pharmacists to Pay $300,000 Penalty in Case Alleging Unlawful Opioid Distribution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Delvarez Long, 38, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 51 Months in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.