News from February 2025

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
Gregory Rehberg has admitted to wire fraud after defrauding the U.S. Postal Service through false invoices.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
Taiji Group USA, Inc., a paper converter based in Conover, North Carolina, has agreed to pay $460,395.09 to settle allegations of violating the False Claims Act.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
Richard White, a 57-year-old resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 204 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
Martin Kao, a former CEO from Honolulu, has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
A Chicago man has admitted to defrauding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) of over $1.5 million.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
Earlier today, an indictment was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn, charging Julio Medina, Christopher Dantzler, and Weihong Hu with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, honest-services wire fraud, money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to...

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Chicago intercepted eight shipments containing a total of 161,860 counterfeit U.S. Forever stamps over the weekend.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
National Farmers Union President Rob Larew issued a statement following the U.S. Senate's confirmation of Brooke Rollins as the 33rd Secretary of Agriculture.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
A West Virginia resident has been sentenced for his involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy in the Northern District of West Virginia.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
John Vincent Watson, a 48-year-old man from Luzerne, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 90 years in prison for producing child pornography.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
A Sioux City man, Joel Perea-Duenas, has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for contempt of court.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
A Fayette County resident, Pedro Marquez, has been charged with illegally reentering the United States after a prior conviction for an aggravated felony.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
Samuel Peaks, a 36-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been convicted by a jury in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth met with German Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius on February 12 at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
A Mescalero man has been charged with federal assault after allegedly inflicting severe injuries on a woman.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
John Gierek, a 35-year-old resident of Streamwood, Illinois, has been sentenced to 220 months in prison.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
Makai Boyce, a 19-year-old resident of Mishawaka, Indiana, has been sentenced to 75 months in prison following his guilty plea for possessing a machinegun.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
A former Rhode Island resident, Carl Sharp, aged 49, has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison for methamphetamine distribution.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
A Dominican man residing in Methuen has been sentenced to prison for illegal reentry into the United States.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
Jesus M. Beltran-Zazusta, also known as Jesus Zazueta-Beltran, has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for his involvement in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy.