Lexington Man Sentenced to 180 Months for Armed Drug Trafficking
LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington man, Raymond Cong Duong, 35, was sentenced on Friday, before U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, to 180 months in federal prison, for possession with intent to distribute...
View ArticleIllegal Alien Caught Trafficking Eight Kilograms of Mexican Heroin Is...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Today, U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn Jr. ordered Ramiro Garcia-Valdivia, 33, of Mexico, to serve 10 years in prison and five years of supervised release for drug trafficking and...
View ArticlePrison, Restitution Ordered For Florida Woman Guilty In A Student Financial...
ALBANY, Ga.– A Florida woman who concocted a complicated student financial aid fraud scheme, stealing the identities of 2,300 people, has been sentenced to prison and will pay back more than $300,000...
View ArticleMaysville Man Sentenced to 300 Months for Drug Trafficking
COVINGTON, Ky. – A Maysville, Kentucky man, Shane A. Fox, 39, was sentenced to 300 months in federal prison on Friday, by U.S. District Judge David Bunning, for conspiracy to distribute 280 grams or...
View ArticleRobbery Crew Ringleader Sentenced to Nearly 4 Years in Prison for Jewelry...
SANTA ANA, California– The ringleader of a prolific robbery crew that targeted traveling jewelry salespeople, following them for many miles at times and inflicting at least $835,000 in...
View ArticleUniversity of Virginia Researcher Charged with Theft of Trade Secrets and...
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Haizhou Hu, a Chinese national conducting research at the University of Virginia, was arrested today and charged via criminal complaint with a pair of federal crimes just days...
View ArticleKC Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Drug Trafficking, Illegal Firearm
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Missouri, man has been sentenced in federal court for drug trafficking and illegally possessing a firearm.Robert J. Thomas Jr., 38, was sentenced by U.S. District...
View ArticleDistrict Man Sentenced to 102 Months in Federal Prison for Firearm...
WASHINGTON – Jonathan Webb, 22, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 102 months in federal prison in connection with a long term firearm trafficking investigation and a shooting in...
View ArticleKC Man Charged in Church Arson
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Missouri, man was charged in federal court today with the arson fire at Beyond Thee Four Walls Ministries this week.Christopher A. Durant, 38, was charged with arson...
View ArticleSuburban Chicago Restaurateur Charged With COVID-Relief Fraud
CHICAGO – The owner of a restaurant in suburban Chicago has been indicted on a federal fraud charge for allegedly fraudulently obtaining more than $175,000 in a forgivable Paycheck Protection Program...
View ArticleGuatemalan Man Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Reentering the United States...
A man who illegally returned to the United States after being deported two times was sentenced today to six months in federal prison.Jacinto Chavez-Brito, age 31, a citizen of Guatemala illegally...
View ArticleIllinois Man Who Removed Evidence from Opioid Overdose Death Scene Instead of...
A man who removed drugs and paraphernalia from an opioid overdose death scene and then lied to police was sentenced today to nearly two years in federal prison.Mateusz D. Syryjczyk, age 29, from...
View ArticleWoman Sentenced To Six Months In Prison For Visa Fraud Scheme
United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of YURIDIA HERNANDEZ LINARES, 36, to six months in prison for conspiracy to commit visa fraud. LINARES was sentenced today by...
View ArticleConnecticut Contractor Charged with Paying Bribes
BOSTON – A Connecticut man was charged in connection with paying bribes to receive contracts for work at three collegiate institutions, including one located in Massachusetts.Stephen Dinapoli, 40, of...
View ArticleTax preparer sent to prison after causing more than $3 million in fraudulent...
HOUSTON - A suburban Houston-area man has been ordered to prison following his convictions of 15 counts of fraud and tax violations, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.A Houston federal jury...
View ArticleWhite River Junction Man Pleads Guilty to Gun and Drug Charges
CONCORD - Hallet Merrick, 34, of White River Junction, pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to unlawfully possessing a firearm and fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray...
View ArticleThree Men Sentenced In Money Laundering, Identity Theft Scheme
United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of VLADIMIR VALENTINOVICH CHEVTAYEV, 44, to 26 months in prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering. CHEVTAYEV, who was...
View ArticleFormer Baltimore DPW Supervisor Pleads Guilty to Extortion for Accepting Cash...
Baltimore, Maryland – Ronald M. Smith, age 46, of Elkton, Maryland, a former Baltimore Department of Public Works (“DPW”) supervisor pleaded guilty on August 27, 2020, to the federal charge of...
View ArticleRefugee Convicted of Immigration Fraud and Removed to Somalia
TUCSON, Ariz. – Last week, Mohamed Abdirahman Osman, aka, Mustaf Adan Arale, 29, of Mogadishu, Somalia, was sentenced to time served by District Court Judge Rosemary Marquez. Osman previously pleaded...
View ArticleSan Diego Man Sentenced to more than 11 years in Federal Prison for Child...
RELEASE SUMMARY– August 28, 2020SAN DIEGO - Christopher Duane Wade was sentenced in federal court today to more than 11 years in federal prison for distribution of child pornography. Wade first came to...
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