News from March 2023
Miami-Area Man Sentenced to 57 Months in Connection with Nationwide Gas Station Skimming Scheme
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Yuny Hurtado Rodriguez, age 34, of Cutler Bay, Florida, was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for his role in an access device fraud conspiracy.
Milpitas Car Exporter Pleads Guilty To Crime In Scheme To Avoid Income Taxes On Multi-Million Dollar Income
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: OAKLAND -Jie Suo, owner of a South Bay luxury car exporting business, pleaded guilty today to interfering with the administration of internal revenue laws stemming from statements she made to IRS investigators to corruptly impede their investigation into her multi-million dollar business she failed to...
Five Arrested in San Antonio for Alleged Drug Trafficking Organization Involvement
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - Five San Antonio men were arrested in San Antonio today on criminal charges related to their alleged roles in a drug trafficking organization.
Bank robbery and 45-minute crime spree gets Texas man significant federal prison time
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 43-year-old Corpus Christi man has been ordered to federal prison for robbing American Bank in Corpus Christi and brandishing a firearm during the robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Madison Man Sentenced to 102 Months for Firearm & Drug Trafficking Crimes
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Sylvester Ray Gavins, Jr., 32, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 102 months in prison for possessing cocaine with intent to distribute and possessing a firearm in furtherance of that drug crime. Gavins pleaded guilty to these charges on December 6, 2022.
Carrabelle Man Sentenced To 84 Months In Federal Prison For Child Pornography
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Franklin Jefferson Mathes, Jr., 59, of Carrabelle, Florida, has been sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for receiving material constituting child pornography. The sentence was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
Utah Lab Owner Admits $89 Million Health Care Fraud Kickback Scheme Involving Cancer Genetic Screening Tests
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Utah resident today admitted his role in a $89 million health care fraud and kickback scheme involving genetic cancer screening tests (CGX Tests), Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced.
Hong Kong Company, CEO, Agree to Permanent Injunction, Abandon Funds Fraudulently Obtained from Iowa Company
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: Gold Wings (HK) Limited (“Gold Wings"), a Hong Kong company, and its CEO, Min Zheng, have agreed to enter a consent decree to resolve allegations made by the United States that they participated in and furthered a fraud scheme against an Iowa company. In the consent decree, United States District Court...
Laredo man admits having over 27,000 child pornography images, including some of minor relatives
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 29-year-old Laredo resident has pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a child and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Madison Man Charged with Firebombing Building
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A Madison, Wisconsin man was arrested today on a charge related to the May 2022 firebombing of a Madison office building.
Green Bay Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Manufacturing and Trafficking 3D-Printed Ghost Guns
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on March 20, 2023, Senior United States District Judge William C. Griesbach sentenced Mitchell J. Guerrero (age: 30) to a total sentence of 46 months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release for manufacturing and trafficking 3D-printed firearms, commonly referred to as “ghost guns" because they lack serial numbers and thus are untraceable.
Former U.S. Postal Service mail carrier sentenced for scheme to deliver drugs through the mail
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: ATLANTA - Former mail carrier Robert Elliot Sheppard was sentenced to three years of prison for recruiting fellow mail carriers, and teaching them how to deliver packages of cocaine and marijuana while he was on disability leave.
North Sioux City Man Sentenced for Tax Returns Charges
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a North Sioux City, South Dakota, man convicted of one count of False Income Tax Return and three counts of Willful Failure to File Tax Returns. The sentencing took place on March 27, 2023.
Jury Finds Oklahoma Man Guilty of Smuggling Firearm into Mexico
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: ALPINE, Texas - A federal jury in Pecos convicted an Oklahoma City man last week for illegal smuggling of goods from the United States.
22 Individuals Charged with Drug Trafficking in the Municipalities of Sabana Grande, San Germán, Lajas, and Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On March 22, 2023, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a six-count indictment charging 22 individuals with drug trafficking in the municipalities of Sabana Grande, San Germán, Lajas, and Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the...
Essex County Woman Admits Role in $25 Million Securities Fraud Scheme Involving Blockchain Technology Company
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, woman today admitted her role in fraudulently inducing victims to invest over $25 million in cash and cryptocurrency, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
Twenty-Two Individuals Charged with Drug Trafficking in the Municipalities of Sabana Grande, San Germán, Lajas, and Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On March 22, 2023, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a six-count indictment charging 22 individuals with drug trafficking in the municipalities of Sabana Grande, San Germán, Lajas, and Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the...
Operation Smoke and Mirrors Update: Charleston Man Pleads Guilty to Role in Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Jasper Wemh, 38, of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, admitting to a role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that operated in the Charleston area.
Fall River Woman Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Sexually Exploiting Children
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A Fall River woman was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for sexually exploiting children she babysat on multiple occasions.
Rapid City Man Sentenced for Illegal Possession of a Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: RAPID CITY - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken has sentenced a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of an Unregistered Firearm. The sentencing took place on March 24, 2023.