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Lowell Woman Pleads Guilty to Selling Firearms
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A Lowell woman pleaded guilty to selling firearms to a prohibited person.
Burtonsville Man Sentenced to 17 Years in Federal Prison for the Armed Robberies of an Armored Truck, Two Banks, and a Convenience Store
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang has sentenced Israel Ramirez, age 29, of Burtonsville, Maryland, to 17 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for an armed robbery of an armored truck, two armed bank robberies and the armed robbery of a convenience store. In each of the armed robberies, Ramirez discharged his weapon. Ramirez discharged his handgun multiple times in the bank robberies.
Jackson Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting a U.S. Postal Service Employee
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Jackson man pled guilty to assaulting a federal employee, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca.
Two Previously Deported Men Charged With Illegal Reentry
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that two previously deported men were indicted separately by a federal grand jury for illegal reentry into the United States.
Government Contractor Pays $742,500 to Settle False Claims Act Allegations in Obtaining Contracts Reserved for Eligible Small Businesses
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Advanced Systems Technology & Management, Inc. (AdSTM), a government contractor specializing in science and technology-based engineering and consulting located in McLean, and AdSTM’s former CEO, Bing Ran, also of McLean, agreed to pay $742,500 to settle allegations that AdSTM used alter...
Federal Jury Convicts Registered Sexual Predator Of Attempting To Entice A 14-Year-Old Child To Produce Sexual Abuse Videos Using A Smart Phone
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Paul Edward Lee, Jr. (43, Jacksonville) guilty of attempting to entice a 14-year-old child to produce and send him pornographic videos and images depicting her own sexual abuse. In 2011, Lee was convicted...
Federal Inmate Pleads Guilty to Murdering Fellow Inmate
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
News Release: DETROIT - A federal inmate pleaded guilty today to murdering a fellow inmate at the Milan Correctional Institution in Milan, Michigan, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
Firearms Trafficker Linked to Cartel Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
News Release: A Fort Worth man who attempted to traffic a military-grade machine gun to a Mexican drug cartel was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton.
Mequon Man Sentenced to 18 Months’ Imprisonment for Paying Healthcare Kickbacks
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that, on March 21, 2023, Alexander Shister was sentenced to 18 months’ incarceration for paying healthcare kickbacks in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute. Shister was also ordered to pay nearly $1 million in restitution to Medicare and Medicaid as well as a $40,000 fine.
Two Individuals Charged with Operating Illegal Multimillion-Dollar Pyramid Schemes
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad of the Eastern District of Wisconsin joined Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, and other federal officials in announcing that on March 21, 2023, a federal grand jury in Wisconsin returned an indictment that was unsealed charging an Illinois woman and man with running illegal multimillion-dollar pyramid schemes in at least four different states.
New Castle Man Sentenced to Over Five Years in Prison for Drug and Gun Crimes
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Jgenus Steele was sentenced to 63 months in prison for committing fentanyl, heroin, and crack cocaine trafficking and firearm crimes, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.
Downey Tax Preparation Company Owner Pleads Guilty to Helping to Prepare Almost 400 False Income Tax Returns with Inflated Refunds
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Orange County man pleaded guilty today to knowingly preparing nearly 400 fraudulent federal income tax returns that caused a loss of more than $750,000 to the IRS by inflating his clients’ tax refunds without their knowledge and then pocketing the difference between the clients’ true refunds and the inflated ones.
Ophthalmology Practice Agrees to Pay Over $2.9 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - Ophthalmology provider group, Arlington Ophthalmology Association, P.L.L.C. d/b/a Kleiman Evangelista Eye Centers (“K&E"), with offices located in Arlington, Dallas, Plano, Southlake, Mount Pleasant, and Gun Barrel City, Texas, has agreed to pay $2,902,505 to resolve False Claims Act...
FBI and Philadelphia Police Department Continue to Seek Fugitive Justin Smith; $25,000 Reward for Information Leading to Arrest
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
News Release: FBI and Philadelphia Police Department Continue to Seek Fugitive Justin Smith; $25,000 Reward for Information Leading to Arrest.
Moving assault weapons into Mexico lands former cartel leader’s son in prison
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Osiel Cardenas-Salinas Jr. has been sent to federal prison following his conviction of smuggling goods from the United States into Mexico, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Two KCK Residents Indicted for Fentanyl Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Kansas, man and woman have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.
Former Health Care Worker Sentenced for Fentanyl Thefts
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Kan. - A former nurse was sentenced to 12 months and a day in prison for stealing fentanyl from two hospitals where she worked.
Former Oklahoma Jail Officer Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Violation
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - A former detention officer with the McClain County Jail in Purcell, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to being deliberately indifferent to a substantial risk of serious harm to a pretrial detainee’s physical safety, thereby violating the pretrial detainee’s constitutional civil rights.
Civil Forfeiture Complaint Filed Against World War I-Era Documents Stolen From an American University
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the filing of a civil complaint seeking forfeiture of various World War I-era documents, letters, and photographs relating to Russian military personnel, including the diary of a Russian general, for the purpose of returning the antiquities to the American university from which they were stolen.
Madison Man Sentenced to 60 Months for Methamphetamine Trafficking
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Mario Johnson, 38, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 60 months in federal prison for distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Johnson pleaded guilty to this charge on Sept. 14, 2022.