News from August 2025
By Federal Newswire | Aug 5, 2025
Federal authorities have charged Lourdes Rosales Banegas and Ramon Concepcion with operating an investment fraud scheme that allegedly took more than one million dollars from over one hundred victims.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 5, 2025
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has issued subpoenas to several former high-ranking government officials, including Bill and Hillary Clinton, as part of an investigation into crimes connected to Jeffrey Epstein.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 5, 2025
A federal indictment was unsealed in Detroit charging Jabari Kadar Long, 45, of Beverly Hills with defrauding the U.S. Small Business Administration by submitting fraudulent loan applications to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic...
By Federal Newswire | Aug 5, 2025
Chairman Rick Scott has introduced the Strengthening Targeting of Organized Predatory Scammers (STOP Scammers) Act, aimed at addressing international fraud schemes that target older Americans.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 5, 2025
Three foreign nationals have been sentenced in Philadelphia for illegally reentering the United States after previous deportations, according to U.S. Attorney David Metcalf.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 5, 2025
Austin Marko Coates, a 27-year-old resident of Tallahassee, Florida, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges of sexual exploitation of children and distribution of child pornography.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 5, 2025
Daniel McSwiggan, 52, of Rutland, Vermont, was sentenced to 24 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for maintaining a drug premises.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 5, 2025
A Seattle man with a history of violent threats and prior convictions was sentenced to 18 months in prison for lying during an attempt to purchase a firearm, according to an announcement from Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 5, 2025
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan will participate in National Night Out events across the region, joining law enforcement partners and community members.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 5, 2025
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced it will distribute $743,230 to student loan borrowers who were affected by a debt relief scam.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 5, 2025
A Waterloo man has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 5, 2025
A Bullhead, South Dakota man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for aggravated sexual abuse of a minor and failure to register as a sex offender.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 5, 2025
A Nigerian man, Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu, also known as “Chukwuemeka Victor Eletuo” and “So Kwan Leung,” has been extradited from France to the United States to face charges related to hacking, fraud, and identity theft.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 5, 2025
Bobby Ransom, 46, of the District of Columbia, and Shawn Seegars, 49, of Forestville, Maryland, have been charged in connection with the July 31 robbery of a Truist Bank branch on Georgia Avenue NW.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 5, 2025
Uqoeon Lawrence, a 29-year-old resident of Syracuse, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for drug trafficking and firearms offenses.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 5, 2025
Two Chinese nationals have been arrested in Los Angeles on allegations of illegally exporting sensitive microchips used in artificial intelligence applications to China.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 5, 2025
Former President Donald J. Trump posted updates on August 4, 2025 about stock market performance and issued criticism of Gayle King via Truth Social posts that evening
By Federal Newswire | Aug 5, 2025
U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) have expressed concerns about UnitedHealth Group’s (UHG) handling of cybersecurity following a series of...
By Federal Newswire | Aug 5, 2025
Carie Hallford, 48, of Colorado Springs, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a case involving Return to Nature Funeral Home, which she operated with her husband Jon Hallford.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 5, 2025
A Putnam County veterinarian has been ordered to pay $956,709 in civil penalties after failing to account for nearly 10,000 dosage units of controlled substances, including oxycodone and hydrocodone/acetaminophen.
