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Four People Sentenced in Federal Court for Schemes to Smuggle Drugs into the Polk County Jail
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - Four individuals have been sentenced in federal court for schemes to smuggle drugs into the Polk County Jail.
Haverhill Man Sentenced for Fentanyl Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A Haverhill man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for fentanyl conspiracy charges.
New Jersey man sentenced for role in drug conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Blackwood, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for being the supplier in a drug conspiracy that stretched from New Jersey to Maryland to West Virginia.
Owner of Closed Substance Use Treatment Facility in Florida Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud Health Insurers
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Terrence Livorsi, 68, of Glenside, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit health care fraud arising from his operation of his company’s Employee Assistance Program (“EAP"). Livorsi used the EAP to funnel...
Pittsburgh Man Indicted on Contempt of Court and Assault Charges
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA. A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal contempt of court laws and assault, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.
Convicted Health Care Fraud defendant fails to report to prison; warrant out for his arrest
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Seattle - The former co-owner of a defunct medical testing company failed to report to prison as directed last week, and a warrant has been issued for his arrest. Richard Reid, 53, was convicted in March 2022, of five federal felonies connected to his scheme to profit from illegal kickbacks in the medical testing industry. In January 2023 he was sentenced to two years in prison.
Everett Eugene Miller, Jr. Sentenced To Life Plus 120 Months For Sex Crimes Against A Child And Escape
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On May 11, 2023, Everett Eugene Miller, Jr., age 56, currently of Sunbright, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable Judge Katherine A. Crytzer, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville.
Doctor Admits Telemedicine Fraud in St. Louis
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A doctor from Kansas pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis Tuesday and admitted ordering millions of dollars’ worth of unnecessary and expensive genetic tests and orthotic braces for thousands of patients as part of a telemedicine fraud scheme.
Maryland Man Sentenced on Felony Charge For Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Maryland man was sentenced today on a felony charge of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers using a dangerous weapon during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
21-Year-Old Man Charged For Assaulting Border Patrol Agent
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Adbiel Martinez-Barrera, 21, of Mexico, was arrested on May 5, 2023, by United States Border Patrol agents for Assault on a Federal Officer and illegal entry into the United States.
St. Louis Woman Sentenced to Prison for Loan Fraud
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: BENTON, Ill. - A U.S. District judge sentenced a St. Louis woman to 12 months and one day in prison after she admitted to visiting Metro East credit unions and using fake identification documents to take out loans.
Arundel Resident Agrees to Pay Over $330,000 to Settle Allegations of False Claims Act Violations
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: United States Darcie N. McElwee today announced that Gary S. Winn, D.O. of Arundel, has agreed to pay $330,607 to settle allegations that he had violated the False Claims Act.
Tampa Area Siblings Sentenced To 15 Years For Series Of Convenience Store Robberies
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Mary Scriven has sentenced Christopher Alvarez (19, Tampa) and Dyonnie Alvarez (22, Tampa) to 15 years in federal prison for four Hobbs Act robberies, conspiracy to commit those robberies, and two counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence during the commission of the robberies. Dyonnie Alvarez was also sentenced for an additional attempted Hobbs Act robbery. Both had previously pleaded guilty.
Laurens County man is final defendant sentenced in middle Georgia drug trafficking conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: DUBLIN, GA: A Laurens County man who was involved in a now-dismantled drug-trafficking conspiracy has been sentenced to prison, joining the other seven defendants identified in the investigation.
Federal jury convicts former Los Lunas High School coach on child pornography charges
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - 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 today that a federal jury returned a guilty verdict against Johnathon Bindues after less than three hours of deliberation.
Miami Man Sentenced to 30 Months in Federal Prison for Possession of Stolen Mail
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Today, United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart announced that Alberto Carlos Varona, 30, from Miami, Florida, received a sentence of 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to possession of stolen mail.
North Korean Foreign Trade Bank Rep Charged for Role in Two Crypto Laundering Conspiracies
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Two federal indictments, unsealed today in the District of Columbia, charge a North Korean Foreign Trade Bank (“FTB") representative for his role in money laundering conspiracies designed to generate revenue for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, through the use of cryptocurrency. A third indictment charges one of the co-conspirators in a separate scheme.
Father and Son Convicted After Nine-Day Trial for a Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal jury has convicted Scott Anthony Williams, age 45, of Laurel, Maryland and Taeyan Raymond Williams, age 26, of Morgantown, West Virginia yesterday for a drug trafficking conspiracy and for possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. Scott Williams was also...
Federal Jury Finds Venezuelan National Guilty Of Trafficking $21 Million Of Cocaine On The High Seas
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Hector Caballero (70, Venezuela) guilty of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine on a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, as well as possessing with the intent to distribute...
Federal Jury Convicts Former El Paso Independent School District Employee on Kidnapping Charges
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 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 today that a federal jury returned guilty verdicts against Jeffrey Steven Clay. The jury convicted Clay, 51, of Anthony, New Mexico, on one count each of kidnapping and transportation for illegal sexual activity. United States District Judge Kenneth J. Gonzales presided over the trial.