News from August 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Defendant Extradited from Greece to Face Charges Stemming from the Operation of BTC-e, an Illicit Bitcoin Exchange Alleged to Have Received Deposits Valued at Over $4 Billion.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Lettia Harris, also known as “Tish," 30, of Charleston, was sentenced today to five years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - Demetrice “Peanut" Parker, 47, of Waycross Georgia, was sentenced to 207 months in prison for illegal possession of a gun and his part in a drug trafficking conspiracy that was responsible for the distribution of more than 37 kilograms of methamphetamine and 300 grams of heroin from Georgia to the Eastern District of North Carolina between 2018 and 2021. Parker had previously been convicted on federal drug trafficking charges in Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Lawrence County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 150 months’ imprisonment and five years of supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - U.S. District Judge Roderick C. Young convicted a Norfolk man and woman yesterday on charges of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, opening a drug-involved premises, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and marijuana, possession of firearms in relation to drug trafficking crimes, and being convicted felons in possession of firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By Press release submission | Aug 12, 2022
Peoria Man Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison for PPP Fraud
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - On Aug. 10, 2022, a federal jury returned guilty verdicts against Daryl G. McGhee, 33, of the 6000 block of North Hamilton, in Peoria, Illinois, for the offenses of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced today that Saul Douglas Briggs, a/k/a “76 Chain," a/k/a “Chain," a 32 year-old resident of Muskegon, Michigan, has been indicted on multiple drug trafficking charges, including conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine, as well as possession of controlled substances with the intent to distribute them. Briggs is also charged with illegal firearms possession and maintaining a drug house.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA. - A resident of Port Vue, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Lee’s Summit, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for robbing four banks within a span of about two weeks.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man pleaded guilty today to wire fraud, admitting to a scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of over $41,666 in COVID-19 relief loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By Press release submission | Aug 12, 2022
Risch, Menendez, Mccaul, Meeks Send Letter To Biden In Support Of Moldova’S Democratic Reform And Anti-Corruption Agenda
By Press release submission | Aug 12, 2022
Risch, Mccaul: Biden Admin Must Follow The Law, Provide Oversight And Accountability Of Ukraine Assistance
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced an agreement with Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse in Philadelphia to resolve the Department of Justice review of the restaurant for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The government inspected the restaurant...
By Press release submission | Aug 12, 2022
Risch, Menendez, Shaheen, Ernst Urge Un To Hold Taliban Accountable For Brazen Attacks On Human Rights Of Afghan Women, Girls
By Press release submission | Aug 12, 2022
Ranking Member Risch Opening Statement at Hearing on U.S. National Security and Economic Statecraft
By Press release submission | Aug 12, 2022
Risch, Casey, Coons, Boozman Introduce Global Food Security Legislation
By Press release submission | Aug 12, 2022
Risch, Menendez, Meeks, Mccaul Statement On Tunisia’S Constitutional Referendum
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: For Firearms Offense. SOUTH BEND - Terrell Howard, 32 years old, of Mishawaka, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr. on his plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson. Howard was sentenced...
