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By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Braymer, Mo., man has been convicted by a federal trial jury of his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DESEAN CHRISTY, age 38, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced yesterday for violating the Federal Gun Control Act, Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2), and 924(c)(1)(A), and the Federal Drug Control Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Khaled Abughanem, 50, and Waleed Abughanem, 32, both of Lackawanna, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to kidnap persons in a foreign country. The charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: Defendant Threw Object at Officers in One Incident, Poured Bucket Filled With Liquid on Officers in Second Confrontation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: BROOKLYN - Daniel E. Russo pleaded guilty today in federal court in Brooklyn to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone, distribution and possession of oxycodone, and nine counts of filing false personal and corporate tax returns. The proceeding was held before United...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in the District of Connecticut charging a Connecticut man and a foreign national with conspiracy, multiple counts of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and money laundering in connection with an alleged scheme to pay bribes to Brazilian officials to win contracts with Brazil’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (Petrobras).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - WALTER ALVAREZ TIRADO, age 33, a resident of Madisonville, Kentucky, pled guilty on Feb. 16, 2023 before U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan to possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that KEYON DOOLING and ALAN ANDERSON were sentenced to 30 months and 24 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a scheme to defraud the National Basketball Association (“NBA") Players’ Health and Welfare Benefit Plan (the “Plan"). U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni sentenced DOOLING today and previously sentenced ANDERSON on Feb. 10, 2023.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: The Justice Department announced today charges against a former Riverside resident with two counts of hate crimes for allegedly targeting and shooting two Jewish men as they departed religious services outside two Los Angeles synagogues over the past two days.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 25 years’ incarceration and lifetime supervised release on his conviction for four counts related to the sexual exploitation of minors, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: Two individuals were sentenced today to six years in prison for their roles in a cattle-trading Ponzi scheme that resulted in millions of dollars in victim losses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jose Gonzalez Pacheco, also known as “Jose Gonzalez," 48, and Kenneth Demetrius Harris, also known as “Kenneth Vann," 43, both of Silver Spring, Maryland, were sentenced to federal prison yesterday for their roles in an armed robbery on July 16, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: A federal court in the Eastern District of Michigan has endorsed an agreed preliminary injunction barring a Detroit-area tax return preparer and her businesses from preparing federal tax returns for others until the date on which trial on whether a permanent injunction is warranted occurs.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: La Crosse, WI - Members of the U.S. Marshals Service’s Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force captured a fugitive Feb. 16 near the 800 block of Cass Street.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: MIAMI - A 21-year-old Miami man who carjacked, kidnapped, and robbed five victims has pled guilty in South Florida federal court to 17 counts of violence. Stevenson Charles faces up to life in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: A New York pharmacist pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone, distribution and possession of oxycodone and filing false business and personal income tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Maryland man pleaded guilty today to committing five different armed robberies of convenience stores, hotels, and banks between October 2021 and December 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - An Ohio man was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of felony charges for the third time.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2023
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Darion D. Jackson, also known as “D," 23, of Michigan, was sentenced today to two years and six months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl.
