News from May 2023
San Bernardino County Woman Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Making Child Sexual Abuse Material of Children, Including an Infant
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Bernardino County woman was sentenced today to 480 months in federal prison for committing child sexual abuse material crimes, including that she obtained custody of an infant for the purpose of producing sexually explicit videos.
Redmond, Washington man sentenced to one year in prison for Paycheck Protection Program fraud
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Seattle - A 62-year-old Redmond, Washington man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to one year in prison for conspiring to defraud the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of $646,000 in COVID-19 relief funds, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Joseph M. Freeman used the names...
New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Trafficking
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - GENE JACKSON, age 53, of New Orleans, pleaded guilty on May 11, 2023 before United States District Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle to violating the federal Controlled Substances Act announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
Pittsburg County Residents Sentenced For Murder In Indian Country And Accessory After The Fact
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announces that Jimmy Holmes Nace, age 50, and Matthew Jennings Vermillion, age 44, both of Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, were sentenced for their roles in a homicide that occurred in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.
Jackson Felon Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison for Using 3D-Printers to Manufacture Machineguns
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Jackson man was sentenced to 168 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and engaging in business as a manufacturer of firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Acting Special Agent in Charge Anthony Spotswood of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
An Oklahoma Narcotic Treatment Service Pays $50,000 to Settle Civil Penalty Claims Stemming from Allegations of Recordkeeping Violations
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Southern Oklahoma Treatment Services, Inc., (“SOTS"), paid $50,000 to settle civil penalty claims stemming from allegations that they violated the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 and its regulations, announced United States Attorney Robert J. Troester.
Court Enters $487 Million Judgment Against Precision Lens and Owner Paul Ehlen for Paying Kickbacks to Doctors in Violation of the False Claims Act
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - U.S. District Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright has entered a judgment against Defendants Cameron-Ehlen Group, Inc. dba Precision Lens and its owner Paul Ehlen in the amount of $487,048,705.13.
Multi-Convicted Felon Sentenced to 15 Years for Possessing a Firearm and Controlled Substances
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Orlando, FL - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Curtis Tyrone Johnson (35, Melbourne) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and possessing with the intent to distribute various controlled substances. The court also ordered Johnson to forfeit a Glock.40 caliber pistol and ammunition traceable to the offense. A federal jury had found Johnson guilty on February 8, 2023.
Former Orange County Elementary School Teacher Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A former Orange County elementary school teacher and high school wrestling coach pleaded guilty today to possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM), including at least one video portraying masochistic sexual conduct involving a child.
Dauphin County Woman Charged With Child Pornography Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Gerard M. Karam, announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment on April 26, 2023 charging Tammie Jo Hooks, 60, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with receiving, distributing, and possessing child pornography.
California man who allegedly trafficked women through multiple states using force, fraud, and coercion arrested and indicted in Seattle
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Seattle - A 30-year-old California man who allegedly forced women into prostitution using assaults, threats, and manipulation was arrested in Seattle last week on a grand jury indictment, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Brandon Denzel Washington appeared today, in U.S. District Court in Seattle...
Four Men Sentenced to Life for June 2018 Slaying
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Defendants Abducted Maryland Man and Held Him for Ransom.
Man Sentenced to Nearly 5 Years in Prison for Illegally Possessing Loaded Gun in Rockford
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: ROCKFORD - A federal judge has sentenced a man to nearly five years in federal prison for illegally possessing a loaded firearm in Rockford.
Former Employee Of Technology Company Sentenced To Six Years In Prison For Stealing Confidential Data And Extorting Company For Ransom
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that NICKOLAS SHARP, a former employee of a public New York-based technology company (“Company‑1") was sentenced today to six years in prison. In December 2020, SHARP secretly stole gigabytes of Company-1’s data.
Cincinnati man sentenced to one year & one day in prison for pandemic relief fraud
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: CINCINNATI - Marcus Hawkins, 35, of Cincinnati, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 12 months and one day in prison for COVID-19 relief fraud.
Conyers man indicted for selling “tranq dope” mixture of fentanyl and xylazine that killed one and injured another
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: ATLANTA - Masi Lenard Fears has been arraigned on federal charges of Distribution of a Controlled Substance Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury or Death, stemming from his sale of a lethal combination of fentanyl and xylazine (commonly referred to as “tranq").
Justice Department Strengthens Efforts To Address The Crisis Of Missing Or Murdered Indigenous Persons
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Justice Department joins its partners across the federal government, as well as people throughout American Indian and Alaska Native communities, in recognizing May 5, 2023 as National Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day. Responding to the unacceptable levels of violence that have led to the crisis of Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) is a priority of the Department of Justice every day.
Pharmacy Owners Charged with $26 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Taesung “Terry" Kim and Dacheng “Bruce" Lu with perpetrating a health care fraud scheme to submit false and fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid for medically unnecessary prescriptions and over-the-counter products that were...
U.S. Attorney’s Office Joins Federal, State and Local Agencies to Host Maryland Statewide Reentry and Justice-Involved Conference on May 18, 2023
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - On Thursday, May 18, 2023, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland will join the sponsor, My Covenant Place, and the Maryland Division of Parole and Probation, the Maryland Statewide Alliance for Returning Citizens and the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s...
Arizona Man Indicted for Shipping Fentanyl to Southern Oregon
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore.-A federal grand jury in Medford has returned an indictment charging a Phoenix, Arizona man with mailing large quantities of fentanyl to Southern Oregon.