News from August 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Former Coinbase Employee Allegedly Tipped His Brother and Friend Regarding Crypto Assets That Were Going to be Listed on Coinbase Exchanges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Michael Jarred Gentry, 33, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. on a charge of second degree murder. Gentry was sentenced to 480 months (40 years) in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Kahleke Taylor, age 21, of Albany, pled guilty today to mail fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges related to a scheme to obtain COVID-19 pandemic-related unemployment insurance benefits using the personal information of other people. Taylor admitted his fraud scheme resulted in a loss of $207,004 to the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Earlier this month, the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission released its reviewing the state’s recent bias crime and non-criminal bias incident reporting data. Among many concerning findings, the report noted that calls to the Oregon Department of Justice Bias Response Hotline increased by 53% from 2020 to 2021.
By Press release submission | Aug 12, 2022
Texas Man Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison For Actions Related to Capitol Breach
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: DETROIT - A Birmingham jewelry buyer, auctioneer, and appraiser was sentenced today to 151 months in prison after having pleaded guilty to devising and executing a scheme to defraud a client out of $12 million, U.S. Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Defendant arranged sales for over one kilogram of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that former Louisiana State Senator and Chair of State Political Party “A",KAREN CARTER PETERSON, age 52, from New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged today in a one-count bill of information with wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Carlos Esteras, 41, of Syracuse, NY was sentenced today to serve 84 months in prison following his conviction for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New York Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Arnold Castillo, 22, of Paterson, New Jersey, has been arrested on charges of transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and coercion and enticement of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that CURTIS JOHNSON, JR., 30, of New Orleans, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Lance Africk for his role in the December 2013 armed robbery of a Loomis armored vehicle at Chase Bank, 2331 S. Carrollton, Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana, which resulted in the death of Loomis guard Hector Trochez.
By Press release submission | Aug 12, 2022
Pelahatchie Woman Sentenced to Statutory Maximum of 10 Years in Murder-For-Hire Plot
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Luther Moody Trent, age 21, of Baltimore, Maryland to 12 years in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for malicious destruction of property by fire. The Court has also ordered Trent to pay $612,700.20 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Defendant Victor Cruz-Quintero pleaded guilty before United States Magistrate Judge Marcos E. López to one count of misappropriation of government funds from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on Aug. 15.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Lufkin man has been sentenced to more than 22 years in federal prison for drug trafficking related violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Sex Trafficking of a Child was sentenced on July 27, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Hardin, Montana, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, Lacey Act, and Migratory Bird Treaty Act violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Amy J. Vickers, 44, of Bradford, Vermont was arrested today on a complaint charging her with obtaining controlled substances by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception or subterfuge, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announced.
By Press release submission | Aug 12, 2022
Statement from U.S. Attorney Cole Finegan on Verdict in USA v. Lawrence Rudolph and Lori Milliron
