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Durbin, Klobuchar Reintroduce Comprehensive Legislation to Address Threats Targeting Election Workers
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
Legislation continues Durbin’s longstanding efforts to protect the safety of election workers
Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Judge Amanda Brailsford for Confirmation by Full Senate
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
On April 27, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the nomination of Judge Amanda Brailsford to the District of Idaho by voice vote for consideration by the full Senate.
Ahead of Senate Vote, Durbin Calls on His Colleagues to Support the Equal Rights Amendment
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
Durbin: “If we want to live up to the promise of America, we need to protect the rights of every American. Let’s start with the ERA.”
Durbin Statement on Failed Senate Vote on the Equal Rights Amendment
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement after Senate Republicans voted against S.J.Res.4, a bipartisan, joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which would enshrine gender equality into the Constitution:
Snohomish Man Pleads Guilty to Drug, Gun, and Murder-for-Hire Related Charges
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
Dealt Drugs Even as He Awaited Sentencing for an Earlier Drug Conviction
New Britain Man Involved in Drug Ring Sentenced to 6 Years in Federal Prison
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that EDWIN REYES, 40, of New Britain, was sentenced on May 1 by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin and fentanyl.
Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking Offense
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PEDRO DIAZ, 45, of Red Lion, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on May 1 by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking fentanyl.
California Man Arrested for Trafficking 91 Kilograms of Cocaine Worth $1.8 Million
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
Sheila G. Lyons, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division, and Acting U.S. Attorney Morris Pasqual for the Northern District of Illinois announced that a California man was arrested on a charge of possession with intent to distribute 91 kilograms of cocaine.
Hudson Man Indicted For Defrauding U.S. Taxpayers
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 6, 2023
A Hudson man was indicted in connection with his attempt to fraudulently obtain over $1 million in CARES Act funds from the United States government, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.
Four Charged with Failure to Register as Sex Offenders
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 6, 2023
In April 2023, federal grand juries in Jackson and Memphis returned indictments against four convicted sex offenders for failure to register or maintain their registration when they moved to Tennessee, in violation of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). United States Attorney Kevin Ritz announced the indictments today.
Camden County Woman Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining 30 Loans Meant to Help Small Businesses During COVID-19 Pandemic
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 6, 2023
A Camden County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced on May 1, 2023, to 60 months in prison, five years of supervised release and ordered to pay $3.18 million in restitution and forfeit $1.03 million for conspiring to fraudulently obtain 30 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) totaling more than $3 million, and to laundering the proceeds.
East Bay Man Charged With Running $39 Million Ponzi Scheme
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 6, 2023
A federal grand jury indicted Derek Vincent Chu, charging him with crimes related to an alleged $39 million Ponzi scheme involving over 100 victims, on April 26, 2023, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey, Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Special Agent in Charge Darren Lian, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert K. Tripp.
Bank Robber Sentenced to More Than Nine Years; Robbed Same Credit Union Twice
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 6, 2023
Akil Saeed Daniels was sentenced in federal court to 110 months in prison for robbing credit unions in Poway and Chula Vista in 2022 - months after he was released from a long stint in prison for robbing the same Chula Vista credit union more than a decade earlier.
Lincoln Man Sentenced for Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 6, 2023
United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Brian Norman, 52, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced on April 28, 2023, by Senior United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard to a term of 210 months’ imprisonment following his conviction for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
South Carolina Man and Florida Woman Sentenced in COVID-19 Unemployment Insurance Fraud Scheme
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 6, 2023
Mohammad Ribhi Farraj, 43, of Florence, South Carolina, and Marvet Masoud, 34, of Homestead, Florida, were sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud related to unemployment insurance benefits.
Eighth Defendant Pleads Guilty to Porterville-Based Drug Ring
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 6, 2023
Xochil Aguilera, 39, of Porterville, pleaded guilty today to a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
Snohomish man who dealt drugs, even as he awaited sentencing for an earlier drug conviction, pleads guilty to drug, gun, and murder-for-hire related charges
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 6, 2023
Defendant connected to multiple federal investigations
Orleans Parish Man Charged With Concealment of Bankruptcy Related Assets
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 6, 2023
JOSHUA BORGES (“BORGES”), age 37, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was indicted by a federal grand on April 28, 2023 for Concealment of Assets, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 152(1), announced United States Attorney Duane A. Evans.
Californian convicted of fraudulently passing over $1M in counterfeit savings bonds at South Texas banks
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 6, 2023
A 58-year-old resident of Hemet, California, has pleaded guilty to passing counterfeit U.S. savings bonds over three years, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani along with Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
Missouri Woman Accused of Multiple Pandemic Frauds
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 6, 2023
A woman from St. Peters, Missouri has been indicted in federal court and accused of fraudulently obtaining a total of $137,000 during the COVID-19 pandemic via two assistance programs.