News published on Federal Newswire in November 2022

News from November 2022


Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on November 18, 2022, David Guerrero, Jr., was sentenced to 32 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to defraud Medicare and Medicaid. Guerrero was also ordered to pay over $1 million in restitution to Medicare and Medicaid.


Federal authorities today held a news conference to inform the public of their ongoing efforts to stem the widespread damage caused by fentanyl, the extremely dangerous synthetic opioid that has contaminated nearly every corner of the illicit drug market and is killing Americans at an unprecedented level.


A San Gabriel Valley woman was sentenced today to 240 months in federal prison for causing tens of millions of dollars in losses to investors who provided funds intended for a hotel and condominium complex in the Coachella Valley, and then using the money to finance her lavish lifestyle.



Special Agent in Charge Joseph González, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) San Juan Field Office, announced the arrest of Edgardo Luis Matos Santos (MATOS SANTOS), Osvaldo Hernandez Camacho (HERNANDEZ CAMACHO), and Nelson Rivera Suarez (RIVERA SUAREZ).


An Alabama man was found guilty today in the District of Columbia of felony charges for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.


Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Christopher Baca, 35, of Española, New Mexico, was sentenced on Nov. 16 to nine years and one month in prison for possession of child pornography. Baca pleaded guilty on March 11.


A doctor licensed in Virginia, Maryland, and elsewhere was sentenced today to 3 years for writing and referring compounded drug prescriptions in return for illegal kickback payments.


A federal magistrate judge has unsealed an indictment charging Miami resident Julio Arsenio Rodriguez, 61, with running a money laundering operation involving millions of Medicare and Medicaid health care fraud proceeds.


A federal criminal complaint was filed Thursday charging a Tucson man with bank robbery.


This past Saturday, America saw yet another mass shooting, this time at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado.


Melissa Dawn Lockhart, 49, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to distribution of a quantity of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine.


David Stanley, 46, of Bolt, was sentenced today to three years and five months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for retaliation against a government witness.


A federal jury sitting in McAllen has convicted a 52-year-old woman for conspiracy to commit murder for hire, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


A Fall River man has been charged in connection with robbing a TD Bank branch in downtown Boston.


A Pennsylvania woman was found guilty in the District of Columbia today of felony and misdemeanor charges for her actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach


A Holyoke man associated with the CJNG (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion) drug cartel has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges involving fentanyl.


A Union County man who previously served as a staff member in the New Jersey Senate today admitted his role in a conspiracy to falsely inflate the invoices that a political consultant submitted to various campaigns, political action committees, and IRS 501(c)(4) organizations, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


James Velissaris Inflated the Values of Numerous Positions in the Investment Funds Managed by Infinity Q and Falsified Documents to Infinity Q’s Auditors and the SEC in order to Hide the Fraud


A Cleveland man was charged in a superseding indictment with distributing narcotics that led to the overdose death of another individual in January 2022.