News from February 2023

By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
A man who helped lead a multi-year fraud scheme carried out by individuals in the United States and Nigeria has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison.

By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
A Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from Lynn was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for creating fraudulent tax returns and submitting fraudulent letters to lenders in a multi-year mortgage fraud scheme.

By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
A former teacher at Foxborough High School pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to possession of child pornography and receiving child pornography over the internet.

By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
A former Colstrip Police Department officer accused of communicating with a minor girl and directing her to send him pictures and videos of herself engaged in sexually explicit conduct admitted to a child pornography crime today, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.

By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Douglas Sharron Piggee Jr., 51, of Stockton, charging him with Hobbs Act Robbery, brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and being a felon in possession of ammunition, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Jean Pierre Njock, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Phillip Coyne, Special Agent in Charge for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, announced that DENNIS DELLAGHELFA, 53, of Waterbury, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to health care fraud.

By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
Enrique Chavez was sentenced today to 20 months in prison for having abusive sexual contact with a female prison inmate while he was employed as a correctional officer at the Federal Correctional Institute Dublin (FCI Dublin) in Alameda County.

By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the guilty pleas of four members and two associates of the Genovese Organized Crime Family to racketeering conspiracy.

By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
A Hoover Criminal Gang member and Portland resident was sentenced to federal prison today for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.

By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Acia Moore, 20, of Philadelphia, PA, pleaded guilty today to two counts of attempted Hobbs Act robbery, one count of Hobbs Act robbery, and one count of carrying and using a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence.

By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
A Portland resident and affiliate of the Rollin’ 60s Crips gang was sentenced to federal prison today for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.

By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Michael Thomas Delguidice, age 62, of Westminster, was sentenced to 124 months prison and 3 years supervised release for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
The final defendant has been sentenced in a federal bribery, theft and fraud scheme at the Red River Army Depot (RRAD) in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.

By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. Circuit Judge Jonathan A. Kobes, sitting in federal district court, has sentenced a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, woman convicted of False Statement to a Federal Officer.

By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
A 61-year-old man has been sent to federal prison following his conviction of money laundering as well as conspiracy to commit and committing wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
A Washington County, Utah man was sentenced Wednesday to five years imprisonment, and 15-years supervised release, after pleading guilty to the use of interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor.

By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Pittsburgh to distributing and possessing material depicting the sexual exploitation of minors, and upon conviction, was sentenced to 96 months’ imprisonment and 10 years’ supervised release, United States Attorney Cindy Chung announced today.

By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
Defendant Admitted to Targeting Perceived Hispanic Immigrants, Killing 23 People and Injuring 22 Others

By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that DILLON JORDAN, a/k/a “Daniel Jordan,” a/k/a “Daniel Maurice Hatton,” a/k/a “Daniel Bohler,” was sentenced today to five years in prison in connection with operating a prostitution business with national and international reach from 2010 through 2017.

By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
A federal jury in the Middle District of Florida convicted a Virginia man today for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare of over $1 million in prescription drug benefits.