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American living in Brazil admits to business email compromise scheme
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: HOUSTON - A 58-year-old U.S. citizen has pleaded guilty to wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - FERMIN RODRIGUEZ-ORTEGA, age 24, a resident of Dallas, Texas, pled guilty, before U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier to a two-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, in violation of Title...
Inmate Sentenced To 51 Months In Prison For Aggravated Assault
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Judge Malachy E. Mannion sentenced Louis Borrero, age 39, an inmate at United States Penitentiary, Canaan, in Waymart, Pennsylvania, to 51 months in prison for assault on another inmate.
Former Officers of DC Trust, Sentenced for Using Organization’s Funds for Personal Gain
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The former Executive Director and the Director of Operations and Finance, of the now-defunct non-profit organization DC Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation (“DC Trust"), were sentenced today for a felony charge relating to their personal use of the non-profit’s funds, announced...
Two Arrested for Armed Robberies of Postal Workers
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - Two Massachusetts individuals have been arrested and charged in connection with the armed robberies of United States Postal Service (USPS) letter carriers that took place on Nov. 29, 2022 in Mattapan, Mass., and Dec. 16, 2022 in Hyde Park, Mass.
U.S. Attorney's Office Observers National Police Week
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - In observance of National Police Week, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina recognizes the service and sacrifice of federal, state, local, and Tribal law enforcement and pays tribute to the officers who have fallen in the line of duty.
Former Commercial Pilot Found Guilty of Internet Stalking
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A federal jury convicted a Chesterfield, Missouri man today for internet stalking.
United States Files Lawsuit Against Radnor, PA Radiologist Alleging Unnecessary Peripheral Artery Procedures
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Jacqueline C. Romero, announced today that the United States has filed a complaint in U.S. District Court under the False Claims Act against Dr. James McGuckin of Radnor, PA, an interventional radiologist, and his affiliated practices and...
Administrative Team at R.I. U.S. Attorney’s Office Receives National Award from Department of Justice Leadership
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: PROVIDENCE - On Wednesday of this week, at a Washington, D.C. ceremony attended by Attorney General Merrick Garland, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco, U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Cunha, and other senior Department of Justice leadership, seven members of the Rhode Island U.S. Attorney’s Office Administrative Division were honored with a Director’s Award for their exceptional service to this Office and the United States.
Two Additional Defendants Charged in Juvenile Overdose Case
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Two more defendants have been charged in the drug conspiracy that claimed the lives of three teenagers, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton.
Two St. Paul Men Indicted for Assaulting a Federal Agent
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - Two St. Paul men have been indicted for conspiracy and assault of a federal law enforcement officer, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
Cedar Rapids Man Charged with Being a Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Ethan Porter, age 33, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been charged with being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. The charge is contained in an Indictment unsealed on March 13, 2023, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
Justice Department Strengthens Efforts to Address the Crisis of Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: May 5th is MMIP Awareness Day.
Sarasota Woman Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Defraud The United States
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Madeline Nikolson has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and to impede and impair the ability of the Internal Revenue (“IRS") to ascertain and collect personal and corporate income tax revenue. Nikolson faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
FORMER TSA EMPLOYEE SENTENCED ON FRAUD CONVICTION
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: St. Thomas, VI - United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced today that Cleon Otto 35, of St. Thomas, was sentenced by Chief District Court Judge Robert A. Molloy to 12 months of probation on his conviction of creating a false authentication document. Molloy also ordered that Otto pay a $1,000.00 fine, a $25 special assessment and restitution in the amount of $1,162.20.
Kanawha County Woman Sentenced to Prison for Federal Fraud Crimes
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Karen L. Hodges, also known as “Karen Igo," “Karen Clay," “Karen Richmond," and “Karen Gessel," 49, of St. Albans, was sentenced today to one year and four months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for three counts of securities fraud. Hodges must also pay $38,570.78 in restitution.
Prior Felon Arrested On New Child Pornography Charges
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Cameron Stroke, 42, of Depew, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with receipt and possession of child pornography, which carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, and a maximum of 40 years.
Former Chief Security Officer Of Uber Sentenced To Three Years’ Probation For Covering Up Data Breach Involving Millions Of Uber User Records
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Joseph Sullivan was sentenced to serve a three-year term of probation and ordered to pay a fine of $50,000, announced First Assistant United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and FBI San Francisco Special Agent in Charge Robert K. Tripp. The sentence was handed down by the Hon. William H. Orrick, United States District Judge, after a jury found Sullivan guilty of two felonies in October 2022.
Salinas Man Indicted and Arrested for Child Exploitation
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On April 20, 2023, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Alexander Joel Rivera-Santos, 25, of Salinas, Puerto Rico, with possession and transportation of child sexual abuse material, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The...
U.K. Citizen Extradited And Pleads Guilty To Cyber Crime Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey for the Northern District of California, United States Attorney Damian Williams for the Southern District of New York, and Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr., for the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division announced today that Joseph James O’Connor, a/k/a “PlugwalkJoe," a U.K. citizen, was extradited from Spain and entered a plea of guilty to two sets of charges involving crimes perpetrated in New York and California.