News from August 2025

By Federal Newswire | Aug 28, 2025
A Guatemalan national living illegally in Houston has been sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for his role in a human smuggling operation, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 28, 2025
A Brazilian citizen living in Worcester, Massachusetts, was sentenced in federal court for unlawfully reentering the United States after being deported.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 28, 2025
A federal jury in Pittsburgh has convicted Tre Robert Goins, 31, of Donora, Pennsylvania, for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 28, 2025
A Nicaraguan national has pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a firearm in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 28, 2025
Joseph Harrison, a 36-year-old resident of Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 28, 2025
Jose Paxtor-Oxlaj, a 45-year-old Guatemalan national, has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States after deportation.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 28, 2025
A Guatemalan national residing illegally in Port Arthur has been sentenced to federal prison for unlawfully returning to the United States, according to an announcement from Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs of the Eastern District of Texas.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 28, 2025
A federal jury has convicted Janathian Porter, 27, of Franklin, on a charge of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 28, 2025
A Des Moines man identified as a member of the Black P Stones street gang was sentenced to 262 months in federal prison for his role in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 28, 2025
Federal authorities have seized two online marketplace domains and a blog used to sell fake identity documents to cybercriminals around the world, according to an announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 28, 2025
Nicolae Strava, a 30-year-old Romanian citizen, was sentenced to nine months in prison for illegally reentering the United States after being previously removed.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 28, 2025
Jonaven Perkins-Sinapati, a 39-year-old resident of Waianae, Hawaii, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 28, 2025
A Mexican national has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute 116 kilograms of methamphetamine and for illegal possession of ammunition and multiple firearms, according to an announcement...

By Federal Newswire | Aug 28, 2025
Daneen Bilodeau, a 50-year-old resident of Rockford, Illinois, has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud and bank fraud.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 28, 2025
Troy Kelly, a 20-year-old resident of Crown Point, New York, has pleaded guilty to threatening President Joe Biden.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 28, 2025
A Mexican national living in New Bedford was sentenced in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after being deported.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 27, 2025
A Mississippi man has been sentenced in federal court for attempting to receive materials involving the sexual exploitation of minors.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 27, 2025
A Danville woman has been sentenced to five years of probation, including 12 months of home detention, after pleading guilty to health care fraud that resulted in more than $116,000 in losses to the Virginia Medicaid program.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 27, 2025
A former movie producer and accountant has been arrested on federal charges alleging he defrauded victims, including independent film projects, of more than $12 million.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 27, 2025
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced updated fees for telemarketers who access the National Do Not Call (DNC) Registry for Fiscal Year 2026, which starts on October 1, 2025.