News from 2023
Social Security Administration Employee Pleads Guilty to Fraud and Money Laundering
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: DENVER - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced Justin Skiff, age 36, of Castle Pines, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud, social security fraud and money laundering.
Tampa Man Arrested For Possessing Fentanyl With The Intent To Distribute
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Tampa, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrest of Perry Ivory Wims (37, Tampa) on a criminal complaint charging possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. Wims was arrested on March 9, 2023 and ordered detained pending the outcome of his case.
Former Goldman Sachs Investment Banker Sentenced in $2.7B Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: A former managing director of The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Goldman Sachs) was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for his role in a multibillion-dollar bribery and money laundering scheme involving Malaysia’s state-owned investment and development fund, 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
Area man who claimed to be African prince sentenced to 20 years in prison for several fraud crimes
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: DAYTON, Ohio - A Dayton man, who as part of his fraud scheme purported he was a Ghanaian prince, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to the statutory maximum of 240 months in prison.
Fifteen Years in Federal Prison for Sisseton Man Convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann has sentenced a Sisseton, South Dakota, man, convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact. The sentencing took place on March 3, 2023 in Aberdeen, South Dakota.
Federal Jury Convicts Fort McCoy Man Of Attempting To Entice A 12-Year-Old Child To Engage In Sexual Activity
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Ocala, Florida - U.S. Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Jorge Mojocoa (69, Fort McCoy) guilty of attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sex. Mojocoa faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing is set for June 8, 2023, before Senior United States District Judge Gregory A. Presnell.
Omaha Man Pleads Guilty to Role in Multi-Million Dollar Embezzlement
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Jeffrey Stenstrom, 42, of Omaha, Nebraska pleaded guilty to a Criminal Information today charging him with Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering. Stenstrom faces a maximum possible punishment of 20 years’ imprisonment, a fine of $500,000 or twice the...
Anchorage Man Charged with Approximately $25 Million Dollar Wire Fraud Scheme Involving Over 130 Victims
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: ANCHORAGE, ALASKA - An information was filed yesterday charging Garrett Elder, owner of Tycoon Trading LLC, The Daily Bread Fund LLC, and other entities with executing an investment scheme that resulted in approximately $25 million in losses to over 130 victims.
Man Pleads Guilty to Illegal Ginseng Trafficking
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: A West Virginia man today pleaded guilty to multiple charges of illegally trafficking in protected plants.
Washington drug dealer sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for trafficking meth, heroin, cocaine and fentanyl to Cascade County, Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Washington man who admitted to trafficking drugs in Cascade County and the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation after law enforcement seized more than five pounds of methamphetamine along with other drugs from his vehicle was sentenced today to 12 years and six months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
Santa Rosa Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Possession of Child Pornography and Manufacturing Methamphetamine on Tohono O’odham Nation
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Stephen Folson, 37, of Santa Rosa, Arizona, was sentenced on Tuesday by United States District Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson to 10 years’ incarceration. Folson, an enrolled member of the Tohono O’odham Nation, pleaded guilty to one count of Possession of Child Pornography and one count of Endangering Human Life While Illegally Manufacturing Methamphetamine.
Georgia Cyber Fraud Task Force marks two years addressing the laundering of cyber-enabled fraud proceeds in the metro-Atlanta area
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: ATLANTA - Cyber-enabled crimes cost Georgia residents almost $144 million in 2021, with losses attributed to business email compromise schemes, investment scams, and confidence or romance scams topping the list of frauds. Nationally, these losses are in the billions. The Georgia Cyber Fraud Task Force...
New Iberia Man Sentenced for Attempted Possession of Methamphetamine
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Jaron Mitchell, 30, of New Iberia, Louisiana, was sentenced to 122 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, as a result of a conviction for attempted possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. United States District Judge David C. Joseph conducted the sentencing hearing.
Vancouver Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Planning Armed Robbery that Resulted in a Shoot-Out
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Vancouver, Washington man was sentenced to federal prison today for orchestrating an armed robbery of a drug dealer that ended in an exchange of gunfire outside an apartment complex on Hayden Island in Portland.
Four co-conspirators charged with bank fraud
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: HOUSTON - The final of four charged in connection with the theft of $200,000 from a bank in Houston and allegedly transferred to New York has turned herself in to authorities, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Sioux City Man Pleads Guilty to Unlawfully Possessing Firearms Twice In One Month
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: A man with a lengthy criminal history entered a plea of guilty March 13, 2023, after seating a jury in federal court in Sioux City.
Dover Man Pleads Guilty to Distribution of Fentanyl and Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: CONCORD - Tyler Ward, 36, of Dover, pleaded guilty in federal court today to two counts of distributing fentanyl and one count of possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute it, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced.
Malden Man Pleads Guilty to Trying to Hire Contract Killer to Murder His Wife
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A Malden man pleaded guilty today to attempting to hire a contract killer - who was actually an undercover federal agent - to murder his wife.
Bangor Woman Faces Up to 20 Years for Role in Penobscot and Aroostook County Drug Trafficking
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Bangor woman pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bangor today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl.
Merced Man Sentenced to Nearly 4 Years in Prison for $60,000 Credit Card Fraud
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Ruben Chavez III, 37, of Merced, was sentenced today to three years and nine months in prison for credit card fraud and related identity theft, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.