Two men sentenced for mail fraud
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Two West Virginia men were sentenced today for mail fraud, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.Dallas Lewis, age 55, of Clarksburg, was sentenced...
View ArticleRetired CPA Sentenced to Prison for Failure to File Tax Returns
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA– Rocky E. Griffith, 63, of Destin, Florida, was sentenced today to 12 months and 1 day in prison and ordered to pay $78,804 in restitution to the IRS. In May 2017, he pled guilty to...
View ArticleFormer Government Employee Sentenced To 2 Years In Federal Prison For Theft...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ContactELIZABETH MORSE www.justice.gov/usao/md...
View ArticleKalamazoo Man Sentenced For Felon Firearm Possession
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN—Mosa Jamal Almahdi, 26, most recently of Kalamazoo, Michigan, was sentenced to 57 months’ of federal imprisonment by Chief U.S. District Judge Robert J. Jonker, after...
View ArticleMan Arrested for Threatening to Murder African-Americans at Howard University
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – An Alexandria man was arrested today for allegedly threatening to murder African-Americans at Howard University.John Edgar Rust, 24, a previously convicted felon, has been charged...
View ArticleBaton Rouge Man Pleads Guilty To Theft Of Disaster Assistance Funds
BATON ROUGE, LA – Acting United States Attorney Corey Amundson, who also serves as the Acting Executive Director of the National Center for Disaster Fraud, announced today that JOE W. JONES, age 65, of...
View ArticleEagle Butte Man Charged with Assault
United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault by Striking,...
View ArticleLower Brule Man Charged with Sexual Abuse
United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Sexual Abuse of a Person Incapable of Consent.Bates Hood, Jr.,...
View ArticleFormer Pharmacy Technician Indicted for Illegally Obtaining and Tampering...
DES MOINES, Iowa – On October 4, 2017, Victor Van Cleave appeared for his arraignment on federal charges in U.S. District Court in Des Moines, Iowa, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. A...
View ArticleSt. Peters, MO Woman Indicted for Fraud in Connection With Preparation of...
Yesterday, a federal grand jury for the Southern District of Illinois returned an indictment charging Phebe Ibrahim, formerly known as "Phebe Khan," 50, of St. Peters, MO, with 21 counts of bankruptcy...
View ArticleGrand Jury Returns Indictments
MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that...
View ArticleSix Individuals Charged in Multi-Million Dollar Insurance Fraud
Six Florida residents have been charged in a multi-million dollar insurance fraud scheme. Benjamin G. Greenberg, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and George L....
View ArticleEight Individuals Charged in Florida-based Firm Investment Fraud Scheme that...
A grand jury in Miami indicted eight individuals for their alleged participation in an investment fraud scheme that targeted investors throughout the Nation, defrauding them out of approximately $3...
View ArticleNorwich Man Pleads Guilty to Gun and Drug Charges
Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAMAEL ARTIS, also known as “Rah,” 36, of Norwich, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of...
View ArticleTreasurer of City of Zeigler, IL Indicted On Fraud and Embezzlement Charges
Yesterday, a federal grand jury for the Southern District of Illinois returned a five count indictment charging Ryan A. Thorpe, 44, of Zeigler, IL, with wire fraud and embezzlement from a local...
View ArticleGrants Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Charge
ALBUQUERQUE – Jeffrey Chavez, 32, of Grants, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a methamphetamine trafficking charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Chavez will...
View ArticleLatin Dragon Gang Member Charged With Murder In Aid Of Racketeering
WASHINGTON - An alleged member of Chicago’s criminal street gang, the Latin Dragons, has been charged with murder in aid of racketeering, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco...
View ArticleMembers and Associates of Dove Springs Gangstas in Austin Face Federal Drug...
In Austin, members and associates of the Dove Springs Gangstas (aka “DSG”) face federal charges in connection with the death of Darian Longoria in December 2015 announced United States Attorney Richard...
View ArticleHouma Man Pleads Guilty to Meth Conspiracy
Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that BLAIR ANDERSON,age 42, of Houma, pled guilty today to an Indictment charging him with violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act. According...
View ArticleHonduran National Sentenced for Illegal Re-Entry
Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MAURICIO RODRIGUEZ-BORJAS, age 38, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment for illegal...
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