News from 2023
Cruise Ship Employee Sentenced to 188 Months in Prison for Distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Material
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: MIAMI - Angelo Victor Fernandes, a 34-year-old cruise ship employee from Goa, India, was sentenced in federal district court to 188 months in prison for distributing child sexual abuse material.
Orange County Felon Sentenced for Federal Firearms Violation
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas- An Orange, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for a firearms violation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
Jamestown Felon Arrested On Gun And Meth Charges
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Steven Glover, 39, of Jamestown, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of five grams or more of methamphetamine. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison and a maximum penalty of 40 years.
Tampa Man Pleads Guilty To Carrollwood Bank Robbery
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Timothy Paul Longworth (43, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to bank robbery. Longworth faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
Ecuadoran National Sentenced to Prison for Participating in Tax Refund Fraud Scheme
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut; announced that EDWIN F. GUTIERREZ, 45, a citizen of Ecuador residing in East Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to six months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for participating in a tax refund fraud scheme.
Chairman Jordan Requests Transcribed Interviews from ICE Officials
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) just sent letters to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Field Office Directors and senior ICE representatives requesting they appear before the Committee for transcribed interviews related to ICE's failure to enforce federal immigration laws. In fiscal years 2021 ...
Rochester Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl and Methamphetamine
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: CONCORD - Bradford Sargent, 41, of Hampton, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.
Sex Trafficker Is Sentenced To 21 Years In Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Milton Antonio Hasty, a/k/a “Montana," 31, of Salisbury, N.C., was sentenced to 21 years in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release today for sex trafficking of a minor, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
Two Oakland Residents Charged With Crimes Related To Separate Alleged Schemes To Distribute Drugs In The Tenderloin Area
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: OAKLAND - Esmun Moyses Moral-Raudales and Omar Zelaya appeared in federal court today to face charges each was engaged in a separate scheme to distribute drugs, including fentanyl and methamphetamine, in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Ismail...
Former owner of Savannah restaurant sentenced to prison, ordered to pay more than $400,000 restitution in tax case
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: The former owner of a Savannah pizza franchise has been sentenced to federal prison and ordered to pay restitution for failing to remit more than $400,000 in payroll taxes.
Key Deer Killer Sentenced in Federal Court
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: MIAMI - Wendy C. Kilheffer, 77, of Big Pine, Florida was sentenced today in Key West federal district court for violating the Endangered Species Act by shooting and killing a Key deer.
Former Florida Resident Charged in $101 Million Health Care Kickback Scheme
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former Florida resident living in Puerto Rico has been charged for his role in a $101 million durable medical equipment kickback scheme, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced today.
Steuben County Man Charged With Possession Of Child Pornography
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that James Miller, 63, of Corning, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with possession of child pornography involving prepubescent minors. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Pleads Guilty to Conflict of Interest Violation
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: An Assistant U.S. Attorney pleaded guilty yesterday to illegally steering contracts to her spouse, in violation of the federal criminal conflict of interest statute.
Contractor and His Wife Charged with Bankruptcy Fraud, Money Laundering, and Wire Fraud
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A North Kingstown self-employed contractor who “flipped houses," and his wife, have both been charged in federal court with executing schemes to conceal substantial assets from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Providence, as well as money laundering and wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
Broward County Man Sentenced to 108 Months’ Imprisonment for Ponzi Scheme & COVID-19 Fraud
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: MIAMI - A federal district judge in Ft. Lauderdale has sentenced David J. Varrone, 56, of Weston, Florida, to 108 months’ imprisonment for his role in organizing an elaborate credit and investment Ponzi scheme through his company, The Credit Engineers, Inc.
Tucson Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Drug and Firearm Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - David Wayne Radde, 60, of Tucson, was sentenced last week by United States District Judge John C. Hinderaker to 120 months in prison. Radde pleaded guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Felon in Possession of a Firearm.
Navajo man pleads guilty to sexual abuse of a minor in Indian Country
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Bryon Yazzie, Jr. pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a minor, sexual abuse, and aggravated sexual abuse in Indian Country. Yazzie, 21, of Tohatchi, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.
Recidivist Fraudster Pleads Guilty to $40 Million Ponzi Scheme
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that FRANKLIN RAY pled guilty today to four counts of wire fraud, including one count of wire fraud while released under conditions of bail, and one count of aggravated identity theft in connection with various...
Military Contractors Convicted for $7 Million Procurement Fraud Scheme
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: A federal jury in the Northern District of Georgia convicted three military contractors today on one count of conspiring to defraud the United States and two counts of major fraud.