News from March 2025

By Federal Newswire | Mar 7, 2025
James Collins, the former CEO of Honor Finance LLC, a subprime auto lending company based in Evanston, Illinois, has been sentenced to four years in federal prison.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 7, 2025
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan has charged 46 individuals unlawfully present in the U.S. with various offenses, including illegal reentry, drug trafficking, firearm possession, and child pornography.
By Federal Newswire | Mar 7, 2025
A Nigerian citizen extradited from the United Kingdom appeared in a U.S. District Court in Seattle on charges related to wire fraud involving stolen tax information.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 7, 2025
A Wake Forest resident has been sentenced to six months in prison and one year of home confinement for her role in defrauding the U.S. government out of Covid-19 relief funds.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 7, 2025
A Nigerian national has been extradited to the United States to face charges related to a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme.
By Federal Newswire | Mar 7, 2025
Geovany Andres Rojas, known as Araña, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in San Diego on charges of narco-terrorism.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 7, 2025
Two former executives of a Louisiana compounding pharmacy have been found guilty of defrauding health benefits programs, including those for New Jersey state employees and the military.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 7, 2025
Attorneys representing families and doctors nationwide have filed a motion in federal court, seeking enforcement of an injunction against the Trump administration's policy on gender-affirming healthcare.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 7, 2025
A New Jersey man has been sentenced to 144 months in prison for possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon, as well as possession with intent to distribute cocaine. U.S. Attorney John Giordano made the announcement.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 7, 2025
A former bookkeeper from Massachusetts has been sentenced to prison for tax evasion and disability fraud involving significant sums of money hidden from government agencies.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 7, 2025
A Brooklyn man has admitted to entering a competitor's laboratory under false pretenses, subsequently destroying and stealing equipment. U.S. Attorney John Giordano announced that Eric Leykin, 33, pleaded guilty to wire fraud before U.S. District...

By Federal Newswire | Mar 7, 2025
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), in collaboration with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Hampshire, is actively working to identify victims of a complex gift card fraud scheme.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 7, 2025
A woman from Lawrence has been charged in Boston federal court with passport fraud, aggravated identity theft, and misuse of a Social Security number.
By Federal Newswire | Mar 7, 2025
Elvis Mauricio Maradiaga, a 23-year-old from Bladensburg, Maryland, has been sentenced to 108 months in federal prison for his involvement with the 18th Street gang.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 7, 2025
A Mineola resident, Bobby Wayne Land, has been sentenced to 210 months in federal prison for drug trafficking offenses in the Eastern District of Texas.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 7, 2025
The United States government has announced the establishment of the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 7, 2025
Vincent Lee Alston and Niquan Odum, both 23 and from Washington D.C., have entered guilty pleas in U.S. District Court related to a December 2023 burglary involving the theft of 34 firearms from a Maryland pawn shop.

By Federal Newswire | Mar 7, 2025
The Trump Administration recently made a controversial decision to dismiss three Democratic members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB).

By Federal Newswire | Mar 7, 2025
Nine individuals have been sentenced to a total of over 79 years in federal prison for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, according to Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook.
By Federal Newswire | Mar 7, 2025
Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California have filed over 100 border-related cases this week.