News from March 2025

By Federal Newswire | Mar 31, 2025
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has enforced sanctions on five individuals and three companies linked to a Lebanon-based sanctions evasion network.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 31, 2025
A Juneau resident, William Steadman, 35, has entered a guilty plea on charges of producing child pornography, as reported by the U.S. Justice Department.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 31, 2025
Four individuals face federal charges from a Pittsburgh grand jury for their alleged roles in a fraudulent international lottery scheme targeting the elderly.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 31, 2025
Two Venezuelan nationals, allegedly members of the Tren de Aragua (TdA), have been arrested on federal charges of international drug distribution.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 31, 2025
John Culver has joined the Brookings Institution as a nonresident senior fellow, effective from February 28, 2025.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 31, 2025
Shaukat Shamim, a Silicon Valley start-up founder, received a 30-month prison sentence for defrauding investors, according to an announcement by Acting United States Attorney Patrick D. Robbins and FBI Special Agent in Charge Sanjay Virmani. U.S....

By Federal Newswire | Mar 31, 2025
Edward Leon Sowards, a Hurricane resident, has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possessing a firearm despite his conviction for a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 31, 2025
A Harlingen resident, Fidel Jose-Ramirez, has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for unlawfully reentering the United States.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 31, 2025
A man from Lowndes County, Mississippi, was sentenced to five years in prison for illegal firearm possession.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 31, 2025
A former official of a St. Louis County charity confessed to embezzling close to $700,000 on Tuesday.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 31, 2025
A man from New Orleans has been sentenced to 92 months in prison for illegal firearm possession.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 31, 2025
Jesse Taber, a 46-year-old resident of Rotterdam, New York, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for unlawfully possessing a shotgun, according to an announcement by United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Bryan Miller, Special...

By Federal Newswire | Mar 31, 2025
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has announced the sentencing of a Romanian national, Stefan-Alin Doleanu, to 24 months in prison.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 31, 2025
James Walker Stewart, aged 38, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison following his arrest on November 18, 2023, in Atmore, Alabama.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 31, 2025
An Owls Head resident was sentenced in Portland's U.S. District Court for his involvement in trafficking fentanyl and cocaine.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 31, 2025
Timothy Ryan Wolfe, a 39-year-old resident of Huntington, West Virginia, received a sentence of three years of federal probation, including a year of home detention, for illegally dealing in firearms.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 31, 2025
A Buffalo resident, Michael R. Prell, Jr., also known as Struggle Mike, Struggle, or Jr, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of narcotics conspiracy and attempted possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 31, 2025
The United States Attorney's Office in Washington has announced a significant increase in federal firearms charges brought against defendants in March, doubling the monthly average since January 2021. U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin, Jr. stated...

By Federal Newswire | Mar 31, 2025
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson has issued a formal letter addressing the potential implications of the ongoing 23andMe bankruptcy proceedings on consumer data privacy.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 31, 2025
Miguel Obed Romero Reyes has pleaded guilty to trafficking fentanyl, as confirmed by Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith.