News from May 2023
Head Of Telemarketing Operation Sentenced To 78 Months In Prison For $19 Million Credit Card Laundering Scheme
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 4, 2023
Defendant Used Phony Merchant Accounts to Obtain Credit Card Processing for His Fraud Scheme
Largest International Operation Against Darknet Trafficking of Fentanyl and Opioids Results in Record Arrests and Seizures
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 4, 2023
Today, the Department of Justice, and its Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (JCODE) team and international partners, announced the results of Operation SpecTor, which included 288 arrests – the most ever for any JCODE operation and nearly double that of the prior operation
Massachusetts Man Charged with Possession and Intent to Distribute Over Two Pounds of Fentanyl in New Hampshire
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 4, 2023
A Massachusetts man has been charged in connection with his possession and intent to distribute over two pounds of suspected fentanyl in New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.
Maryland Resident Charged with Preparing and Submitting Numerous Fraudulent Applications for Federal Cares Act Financial Assistance
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 4, 2023
SIEDAH ELEY, age 30, a former resident of Columbia, Maryland, was charged on May 1, 2023 in a one-count bill of information with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371 and 1343, for her role in preparing and filing false applications for loans related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
Durbin Leads Letter to President Biden Urging the Administration to Create a Parole Program to Allow Noncitizens Work Authorization, Address Workforce Shortages
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 5, 2023
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led 11 Senate colleagues in a letter to President Biden urging his Administration to create a parole program allowing state governments to sponsor noncitizens for parole and work authorization to meet critical workforce needs.
Two Butte Men Sentenced to Prison for Drug Trafficking, Firearms and Money Laundering Crimes
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2023
News Release: MISSOULA - Two Butte men convicted in a large armed drug trafficking operation that brought pounds of methamphetamine and other drugs to the Butte community and laundered proceeds were sentenced today to prison terms, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
Natchitoches Man Convicted by Federal Jury of Drug and Firearms Charges
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2023
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - Louis Vernon Jackson, 38, of Natchitoches, Louisiana, was convicted by a federal jury late yesterday, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. United States District Judge Terry A. Doughty presided over the four-day trial in Alexandria. Jackson was convicted of conspiracy ...
Fugitive Arrested
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2023
News Release: Fugitive Arrested. Alder Alfonso Marin Sotelo was taken into custody by Mexican authorities on May 4, 2023, after 13:00 EST, in the state of Guerrero. The investigation to determine his exact movements since he escaped from the Piedmont Regional Jail on April 30, 2023, is ongoing. Marin Sotelo left the...
Federal Jury Convicts Two Men for Conspiring To Transfer Unregistered Machinegun Conversion Devices Disguised as “Pen Holders”
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2023
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury today found Kristopher Justinboyer Ervin (43, Orange Park) and Matthew Raymond Hoover (39, Wisconsin) guilty of conspiring to transfer unregistered machinegun conversion devices that they referred to as “Auto ...
Four Men Charged in Conspiracy To Steal and Illegally Traffic Over Two Hundred Firearms From an Indianapolis Shipping Company
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2023
News Release: Indianapolis- Bruce A. Williams II, 31, Zackary Dean Doss, 26, and Kevin Todd Jones, Jr. 21, have been charged in a federal indictment with Conspiracy to Receive, Possess, Store, or Sell Stolen Firearms. Williams and Doss have also been charged with Possession of Firearms by a Felon, and Jones has been ...
U.S. Marshals Arrest Suspect Wanted in Two Separate Homicides
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2023
News Release: Cleveland, OH - Earlier this morning, members of the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) arrested Malik Blackwell, 22. Blackwell was wanted by the Cleveland Division of Police for two separate homicides.
Man Pleads Guilty to Dog Fighting Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2023
News Release: An Ohio man pleaded guilty to two counts of raising and training dogs for the purpose of dog fighting.
Colorado Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime for Church Arson
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2023
News Release: A Colorado man pleaded guilty today to a hate crime charge in connection with a fire he set to a church in Loveland, Colorado.
Suspect Who Was Arrested Following an Attempted Robbery and Standoff with Police in Koreatown Taken Into Federal Custody
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2023
News Release: Suspect Who Was Arrested Following an Attempted Robbery and Standoff with Police in Koreatown Taken Into Federal Custody.
Justice Department Seeks to Shut Down Florida Tax Return Preparer
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2023
News Release: The United States has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida against Tyrone Johnson and TJ Professional Services, LLC. The civil complaint seeks to enjoin the defendants from preparing federal income tax returns for others. The complaint also requests that the ...
Tennessee Man Found Guilty of Eight Felony Charges, Including Assault, Related to Capitol Breach
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Tennessee man was found guilty in the District of Columbia today of felony and misdemeanor charges for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
Webster Man Appears in Federal Court in Connection with Two Pipe Bomb Explosions
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2023
News Release: CONCORD - Dale Stewart, 54, appeared before Magistrate Judge Andrea K. Johnstone for an initial appearance in federal court in connection with two pipe bomb explosions in Weare, New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.
Public press releases: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives publishes 133 in April
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2023
There were 133 press releases published by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in April.
Alaska Couple Charged in $700,000 Investment Fraud Scheme Based on Fictitious Alaska Marijuana 'Bud and Breakfast'
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2023
News Release: FAIRBANKS - A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging a husband and wife from Delta Junction, Alaska, with conspiracy and wire fraud for perpetrating a years’ long scheme that defrauded nearly two-dozen investors out of over $700,000 dollars.
Justice Department discusses Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Data Security Requirements for Accessing Restricted Data on May 4
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2023
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on May 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.