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By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
A former Missouri state representative was sentenced in federal court today for a nearly $900,000 COVID-19 fraud scheme, as well as a separate $200,000 fraud scheme in which she made false claims about a fake stem cell treatment marketed through her clinics in southern Missouri, and for illegally providing prescription drugs to clients of those clinics.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
A Hyde Park man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to using a stolen identity to fraudulently obtain pandemic relief funds and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, previously known as Food Stamps.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a federal grand jury has indicted a Watertown, South Dakota, man for two counts of Production of Child Pornography and one count of Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
An Ava, Mo., man previously indicted for producing child pornography after photos of the child victim’s sexual assault were discovered at his former residence now faces additional charges that include victimizing a second child.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
A Joplin and Webb City, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for drug trafficking and illegally possessing firearms.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
Vincent Deritis, 33, of Hickory, N.C., was sentenced today to 50 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for the sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Deritis was also ordered to register as a sex offender after he is released from prison.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Bobby Joe Mincey, 30, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Dee D. Drell for sexual abuse of a minor under the age of 12.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
A Jamaican man was sentenced yesterday for illegally reentering the United States after two prior removals.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
DR. CHARLES J. SOUTHALL, III, age 65, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Jay Zainey to 60 months in prison, followed by a 3-year term of supervised release, after SOUTHALL previously pleaded guilty to laundering proceeds unlawfully obtained from a wire fraud scheme, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1957 and 2 announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. Additionally, Judge Zainey ordered SOUTHALL to pay $889,565.86 in restitution to the victims of his offenses and a mandatory $100 special assessment fee.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
The U.S. Attorney’s Office unsealed a complaint today charging San Diego resident Edgar Lopez Feliciano with maintaining a steroid distribution center in Spring Valley.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
A Bardolph, Illinois, man, Shawn Thomas Connelly, 48 of the 100 block of Jackson Street was sentenced on February 23, 2023, to 188 months of imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and distribution of methamphetamine.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
Three men have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a “grandparent scam” conspiracy that defrauded more than a dozen Rhode Island seniors between the ages of seventy-nine and ninety-four out of more than $300,000, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
A federal jury in Maryland has convicted Diape Seck, age 29, of Rockville, Maryland for his role in a bank fraud scheme in which he and his co-conspirators obtained or attempted to obtain almost $2 million by fraud, including by stealing checks from the mail of churches and religious institutions.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
A Camden County man was arrested for possessing multiple images and videos of child sex abuse, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today that the United States has finalized a Settlement Agreement with James L. Luketich, M.D., University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (“UPMC”), and University of Pittsburgh Physicians (“UPP”), to resolve the lawsuit the United States filed against those Defendants in September 2021.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart announced that Shaheyne Phillip Thomas, 28, from Tuskegee, Alabama, received a 100-month prison sentence.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
A federal jury convicted brothers Julio Garcia, 42, and Juan Garcia, 38, of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the guilty verdict.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging a Kansas man with sex trafficking.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
Troy Wilson Wheatley, 42, of Boone County, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Press release submission | Mar 6, 2023
Jonathan Wayne Green, 41, of Holladay, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for possession of over 50 grams of actual methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the sentence today.
