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Florida Woman Sentenced to Prison for Embezzling Over $270,000 From Non-Profit Organization
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Kristina Ann Ballard, 53, of Largo, Florida, was sentenced today to three years in prison for embezzling more than $270,000 from her former employer, a nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C.
Fresno Woman Sentenced to More than Six Years in Prison for $300,000 COVID-19 Pandemic Fraud Crime Spree
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2023
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Cecilia Aquino, 32, of Fresno, was sentenced today to six years and three months in prison for submitting over $300,000 in fraudulent unemployment insurance claims and Small Business Administration (SBA) loan applications during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
Maryland Man Charged with Cyberstalking Ex-Girlfriend
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2023
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Hagerstown, Maryland man has been charged with cyberstalking after using social media to harass and intimidate his ex-girlfriend.
Indianapolis Pharmacy Technician Charged with Controlled Substances Violations
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2023
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - A joint investigation by Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis and the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) has led to the arrest of Zennon Gaines, a pharmacy technician from Indianapolis, who has been charged with multiple violations, including felony dealing and possession of a controlled substance by fraud/forgery.
Colorado Pharmacy and Pharmacist Agree to Resolve Allegations that They Unlawfully Filled Dangerous Prescriptions for Controlled Substances
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2023
News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced that People’s Pharmacy, Inc. and its owner and pharmacist-in-charge, Mahnaz Abharian, have agreed to resolve allegations that the pharmacy unlawfully dispensed controlled substances, including dangerous opioids and drug combinations.
Jeffrey B. Veltri Named Special Agent in Charge of the Miami Field Office
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2023
News Release: Jeffrey B. Veltri Named Special Agent in Charge of the Miami Field Office.
Zachary Louisiana Man Indicted for Gun Offense
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - TERRANCE PICKETT, age 27, a resident of Zachary, Louisiana, was charged on March 24, 2023, in a one-count indictment for violating the Federal Gun Control Act, announced United States Attorney Duane A. Evans.
Brooklyn Man Pleads Guilty And Is Sentenced For Hacking Into Online Accounts Of Wegmans Customers
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2023
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Maurice Sheftall, 24, of Brooklyn, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to fraud and related activity in connection with computers. Judge Siragusa then sentenced Sheftall to serve three years’ probation and pay restitution totaling $41,441.
Maine Recidivist Sex Offender Pleads Guilty to Failing to Register as a Sex Offender
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A Maine recidivist sex offender pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to failing to register as a sex offender when he moved from Haverhill, Mass. to Fryeburg, Maine.
Palm Beach County Man Sentenced To Twelve Years In Federal Prison For Possession Of A Firearm By A Felon
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2023
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Tzaddi Lamed D’Marcus Allen, 32, of Palm Beach County, Florida, was sentenced to twelve years in federal prison followed by five years’ supervised release for possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. The sentence was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
Federal Inmate Pleads Guilty to Mailing Threat Letters to Federal Judge and Members of Congress
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2023
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Dennis J. Nelson, age 51, currently incarcerated in Federal Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Facility in Devens, Massachusetts (FCI Devens) pled guilty today to mailing threat letters in 2018 and 2019, while incarcerated in State of New York correctional facilities, to a Federal Judge and to two members of Congress.
Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 120 Months Imprisonment Following Exchange of Gunfire with SWAT and Seizure of Narcotics
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2023
News Release: Salt Lake City, Utah - A Utah man was sentenced today to 10 years’ imprisonment for possessing and intending to distribute methamphetamine and possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, where a SWAT officer and the defendant were shot and injured in the District of Utah.
Columbia Man Pleads Guilty to Illegally Possessing a Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2023
News Release: COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA -Raphiel Coleman, 37, of Columbia, has pleaded guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Two nurses sent to prison for illegal kickback scheme
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2023
News Release: HOUSTON - Two Houston area residents have been ordered to federal prison today after admitting to paying kickbacks to marketers and a physician, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Corpus Christi Man Arrested for Selling Fentanyl-Laced Pills Causing Death
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2023
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 21-year-old Corpus Christi man has been charged with delivery of fentanyl resulting in death and possession of fentanyl with the intent to distribute, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Dominican Citizen Pleads Guilty to Selling Cocaine while Illegally in the United States
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2023
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Jose Campusano, 38, a citizen of the Dominican Republic residing in Utica, New York, pled guilty to selling cocaine and illegally reentering the United States.
District Man Found Guilty of Murder and Related Charges for Killing Man in Apartment Building Lobby in Southeast Washington
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Shaka Haltiwanger, 23, of Washington, D.C., has been found guilty by a jury of second-degree murder while armed and related charges stemming from a mid-morning shooting that took place on Sept. 10, 2021 in an apartment building lobby in Southeast Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief Robert J. Contee III, of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
Pawn Shop Owner Pleads Guilty to $744,000 Scheme to Sell Over 14,000 Stolen Items Online
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2023
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The owner of a Kansas City, Mo., pawn shop pleaded guilty in federal court today to engaging in a $744,000 scheme to fence more than 14,000 stolen items and sell them on eBay.
Two Walton County Men Sentenced To Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking Charges
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2023
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida announced the sentencings of Kenneth Ingram, 62, and Kadeem Ingram, 32, both of DeFuniak Springs. Kenneth Ingram was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison followed by 5 years of supervised release. Kadeem Ingram was sentenced to 150 months in federal prison followed by 5 years supervised release.
Russian National 'Illegal' Charged with Acting as Agent of a Russian Intelligence Service in the United States
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2023
News Release: Russian National Fraudulently Obtained Entry to the United States Using Brazilian Alias to Attend a University in the District of Columbia and Obtain Information.