DOJ Newswire Report News
FBI Pittsburgh Warns Public About Telephone Spoofing Scam Portraying FBI Phone Number
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
FBI Pittsburgh is cautioning Western PA residents about a telephone spoofing campaign where the caller is portraying themselves as a special agent and the phone number is showing as FBI Pittsburgh.
Fresno Area Man Arrested for Operating Business to Buy and Sell Stolen Catalytic Converters
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
A federal grand jury has indicted George Thomas, 70, of Clovis, for selling thousands of stolen catalytic converters to a company in Oregon for over $2.5 million, and then withdrawing the proceeds from his bank accounts in increments under $10,000 to avoid federal reporting requirements, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
FBI Director Wray's Full Statement on Charges Announced Today Stemming from Investigations in Washington and New York Field Offices
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
For years, the FBI has been sounding the alarm about the threat posed by the Chinese government.
Orange County Woman Sentenced to Over 5 Years in Prison for Embezzling Over $3 Million from Two Anaheim Companies that Employed Her
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
An Orange County woman who embezzled more than $3 million from two companies while she worked as their financial controller, cheated on her taxes, and fraudulently obtained a COVID-relief business loan was sentenced today to 63 months in federal prison.
South Los Angeles Man Found Guilty of Knowingly Recruiting Teenage Girls for Commercial Sex Work and Trafficking an Adult via Threats
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
A South Los Angeles man was found guilty by a jury today of nine felonies for recruiting and enticing teenage girls for whom he acted as a “pimp” and providing them for commercial sex work.
Mobile Resident Convicted on all Counts at Fraud and Identity Theft Trial
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
A federal jury convicted a Mobile resident this week for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and making false statements to the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) and Social Security Administration (“SSA”).
Sumter Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison in Tax and Covid-19 Loan Fraud Scheme
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
Maggie-Anne Boler, 61, of Sumter, was sentenced to 2.5 years in federal prison in relation to a scheme to submit false tax returns and a fraudulent Payroll Protection Plan (PPP) loan to the United States. The schemes defrauded the United States out of roughly $180,000.
Columbia Man Sentenced After Attempting to Bring Stun Guns, Smoke Grenades, Knives, and Pepper Spray Into Columbia Airport
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
David Lee Angell, 51, was sentenced to 12 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to knowingly and willfully entering into an airport area in violation of security requirements.
Two Arrested for Operating Illegal Overseas Police Station of the Chinese Government
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
Defendants Are New York City Residents Who Allegedly Operated the Police Station in Lower Manhattan and Destroyed Evidence When Confronted by the FBI
40 Officers of China’s National Police Charged in Transnational Repression Schemes Targeting U.S. Residents
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
Defendants Accused of Creating Fake Social Media Accounts to Harass PRC Dissidents, and Working with Employees of a U.S. Telecommunications Company to Remove Dissidents from Company’s Platform
Two Inmates Sentenced to Prison for Possessing Weapons at FCI McDowell
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
Two inmates were each sentenced today for possession of a weapon by an inmate of a federal prison for separate incidents at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) McDowell.
Kankakee, Illinois, Man Sentenced to 207 Months in Prison for Carjacking, Discharge of Firearm
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
A Kankakee, Illinois, man, Anycco M. Rivers, 25, of the 1100th block of E. Merchant Street, was sentenced today to an aggregate term of 207 months’ imprisonment for carjacking and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
Former Oakland Police Chief Pleads Guilty to Misuse of Public Funds
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Terry A. Poland, 33, of Fremont, Nebraska, was arraigned and pleaded guilty today before the Honorable Michael D. Nelson, United States Magistrate Judge, to Misuse of Public Funds.
U.S. Attorney Announces Arrest Of Bronx Woman For Threatening To Shoot Up A New Rochelle Restaurant And Sports Bar On A Saturday Night
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
Jayleen Mota Threatened to Shoot Up A Popular Nationwide Chain Restaurant and Sports Bar in New Rochelle on a Saturday Night
Suzanne Turner Named Assistant Director of the Counterintelligence Division
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
Director Christopher Wray has named Suzanne Turner as the assistant director of the Counterintelligence Division at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. She most recently served as assistant director of the Inspection Division.
Philadelphia Man Admits Drug Trafficking
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
A Philadelphia man today admitted trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl in southern New Jersey and Philadelphia, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
Eight Chinese Government Officials Charged with Directing Employee of a U.S. Telecommunications Company to Remove Chinese Dissidents from Company's Platform
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
An amended complaint was unsealed charging a total of 10 defendants, including a former executive of a U.S. telecommunications company (Company-1) who worked in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), six officers of the PRC Ministry of Public Security (MPS), two officials with the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), and one other civilian with conspiracy to commit interstate harassment and unlawful conspiracy to transfer means of identification
34 Officers of People's Republic of China National Police Charged with Perpetrating Transnational Repression Scheme Targeting U.S. Residents
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
complaint was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn charging 34 officers of the national police of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) – the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) – with harassing Chinese nationals residing in the New York metropolitan area and elsewhere in the United States.
Manchester Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking More Than 2 lbs. of Fentanyl in New Hampshire
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
A Manchester man pleaded guilty in federal court to drug trafficking in New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.
Martin County Man Convicted of Producing and Receiving Child Pornography
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
A Beauty, Ky., man was convicted on Wednesday. by a federal jury sitting in Pikeville. of six counts of child pornography-related offenses.