Federal Investigation Yields Multiple Convictions In Connection With Bribery...
SAN JOSE – Today, Justin Tolentino became the last of seven defendants involved in a Veterans Affairs (VA) contracting officer bribery scandal to be sentenced, announced United States Attorney Brian J....
View ArticleCapital Region Anti-Gang Project Reaches More than 1,800 Fifth-Graders
ALBANY, NEW YORK – United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian wrapped up the 2016 LEADership Project this afternoon at a news conference at the Giffen Memorial Elementary School, part of the Albany...
View ArticleUnited States Files Lawsuit Against Former NYS Deputy Secretary of State and...
ALBANY, NEW YORK – U.S. Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced today that the United States has filed a civil lawsuit against Joseph Felix Strevell (Strevell), age 54, and his adult daughter, Nicole...
View ArticleSyracuse Man Pleads Guilty to Gun Store Burglary
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Leron T. Ross, 25, of Syracuse, New York pled guilty today to burglarizing a federally licensed gun dealer in Nedrow, New York, announced United States Attorney Richard S....
View ArticleMassachusetts Man Sentenced to Four Years for Possessing Child Pornography
Contact: Michael J. Conley Assistant United States Attorney Tel: (207) 780-3257Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that William Duffy, 59, of Attleboro,...
View ArticleAuburn Woman Pleads Guilty to Theft from Interstate Shipments
Contact: Benjamin M. Block Assistant United States Attorney Tel: (207) 780-3257Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Jennifer Leighton, 37, of Auburn, Maine,...
View ArticleRoswell Felon Facing Federal Firearms Charges
ALBUQUERQUE –This morning a U.S. Magistrate Judge sitting in Las Cruces, N.M., found probable cause to support a criminal complaint charging Michael Dalton, 33, of Roswell, N.M., with violating the...
View ArticleTulsa Wife and Husband Sentenced in Tax Fraud Scheme
TULSA, Okla.—A Tulsa woman was sentenced to 30 months in prison for her role in a fraudulent tax return scheme that falsely generated refunds totaling over $472,000 from the United States...
View ArticleManager And Two Debt Collectors Plead Guilty In $31 Million Fraudulent Debt...
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that HEATHER GASTA, a/k/a “Heather Brez,” a former manager of a Buffalo, New York-based debt collection...
View ArticleThree Homewood Men Charged with Attempted Robbery and Violating Firearms Laws
PITTSBURGH – Three Pittsburgh residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy and attempt to commit robbery and violating federal firearms laws, United...
View ArticlePittsburgh Dentist Charged with Illegally Distributing Painkillers
PITTSBURGH – A Monroeville resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of distribution of Oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, outside the usual course of...
View ArticlePenn Hills Man Sentenced for Role in Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy
PITTSBURGH - A resident of Penn Hills, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to five years’ probation with four months to be served in community confinement and six months’ home detention on his...
View ArticleYorba Linda Chiropractor Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Defrauding...
SANTA ANA, California– A Yorba Linda chiropractor who solicited more than $2 million from investors in a real estate scam has been sentenced to four years in federal prison....
View ArticleFormer Miami Beach Resident Pled Guilty to $207 Million Dollar Mail Fraud Scheme
On June 10, 2016, a former Miami Beach resident pled guilty for his participation in a $207 million dollar mail fraud scheme.Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of...
View ArticleFormer Fairbanks Chiropractor Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison for Soliciting...
Anchorage, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Guy Christopher Mannino, 57, of Fairbanks, was sentenced today in Anchorage to 17 years in federal prison for his convictions...
View ArticleVice President of Local Drywall Company Indicted in Income Tax Fraud, False...
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A federal grand jury has charged Robert Porter, 52, of Westerville, Ohio with five counts of willfully filing a false income tax return with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and one...
View ArticleCameron Park Man Sentenced to over 8 Years in Prison for Defrauding the...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Darrell Patrick Hinz, 51, of Cameron Park, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to eight years and one month in prison and ordered to pay $18,830,000...
View ArticleTwo Portsmouth Drug Dealers Sentenced for Cocaine Trafficking
NORFOLK, Va. – Norman Preston Stephenson, 35, and Samuel Gray, aka Pig, 36, both of Portsmouth, were sentenced today to 264 months, and 120 months in prison, respectively, for conspiring to distribute...
View ArticleGuilty Pleas in Federal Firearms, Violent Crime Cases
Rock Island, Ill. – Three felons entered pleas of guilty in separate, unrelated cases today in federal court in Rock Island, Ill. Each remains in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending their...
View ArticleFederal Jury Finds Washington County Man Guilty on Charges of Child Sexual...
PITTSBURGH – On June 15, 2016, after deliberating for approximately two hours, a federal grand jury of eight men and four women found Christopher Welshans guilty of Distribution and Possession of...
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