Pittsburgh-area Woman Admits Setting House Fire then Defrauding Insurance...
PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of malicious destruction of property by fire and wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced...
View ArticleFormer City of Bettendorf Employee Admits Taking Bribes
DAVENPORT, IA – On July 22, 2016, Robert W. Webster, 66, of Davenport, Iowa, after three days of trial, pleaded guilty before Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to three counts of...
View ArticleHead of Schaumburg Home Health Company Sentenced to Six Years for Scheming to...
CHICAGO — A federal judge today sentenced the head of a Schaumburg home health company to six years in prison for scheming to bill Medicare for millions of dollars in unnecessary services. As the...
View ArticleNavajo Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Involuntary Manslaughter Charge
ALBUQUERQUE – Rob Begay, 24, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Twin Lakes, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to an indictment charging him with...
View ArticleBoise Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine...
BOISE – Agustin de Jesus Aguirre, 28, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced today to ten years in prison and five years of supervised release for distribution of methamphetamine and unlawful possession of a...
View ArticleFelon from Hobbs Sentenced to 100 Months for Unlawfully Possessing Firearm...
ALBUQUERQUE – Ruben Cantu, 43, of Hobbs, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 100 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. He will be...
View ArticleState Street Bank to Pay $382 Million to Settle Allegations of Fraudulent...
BOSTON – Carmen M. Ortiz, the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Andrew J. Ceresney, Director of the Division of Enforcement for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and...
View ArticleQuinault Tribal Member Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Brutal Assault...
A 24-year-old member of the Quinault Tribe was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to three years in prison and three years of supervised release for Assault Resulting in...
View ArticleFederal and State Authorities Arrest 9 Today in Connection with Austin-Based...
This morning, federal, state and local authorities arrested nine individuals in the Austin area, including ring-leaders Xavier Martinez (aka “Javi”) and Eulalio Samarripa (aka “Chico”), for conspiring...
View ArticleSan Antonio Man Sentenced to Federal Prison on Child Pornography Charge
Earlier today, 34-year-old Luis Armando Ontiveros of San Antonio was sentenced to 145 months in federal prison followed by a 30 years of supervised release for receiving of child pornography announced...
View ArticleAlleged Sinaloa Cartel Operator Mauricio Sanchez-Garza Extradited from Mexico...
In San Antonio this afternoon, 45-year-old Mexican National Mauricio Sanchez-Garza made his initial appearance in federal court following his extradition from Mexico yesterday. Sanchez is charged by...
View ArticleEspanola Man Sentenced to Prison for Violating Federal Narcotics Trafficking...
ALBUQUERQUE – Matthew Martinez, 38, of Espanola, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 70 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction...
View ArticleFairview Beach Heroin Dealer Sentenced to Prison
RICHMOND, Va. – Leonard Paul Baumgardner, 39, of King George, was sentenced today to 54 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin with three years of supervised...
View ArticleTwo Shreveport residents found guilty at trial of sex trafficking a minor
SHREVEPORT, La. – United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a man and woman from Shreveport were found guilty after a trial of having a minor female from Texas engage in...
View ArticleMultiple defendants plead guilty in Charleston to Federal crimes
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Three defendants appeared in Charleston today and pleaded guilty to federal charges, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto.Ronald Sayles, 39, of Charleston, pleaded...
View ArticleRaleigh County felon pleads guilty to Federal gun crime
BECKLEY, W.Va. – A convicted felon from Sophia pleaded guilty today to a federal gun charge, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Gene A. James, 46, entered his guilty plea to being a...
View ArticleLaw Enforcement Arrests Gang Members on Federal Sex Trafficking Charges
FORT WORTH, Texas — Following an early morning operation on Thursday, July 21, 2106, conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), U.S. Immigration and Customs...
View ArticleJudge Finds Co-Owner of Chicago Medical Transport Company Guilty of...
Springfield, Ill. – U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough has rendered verdicts of guilty on all counts against a Chicago man for fraudulent overbilling of an estimated $4.7 million to Illinois’...
View ArticleOphthalmology Biller Pleads Guilty to Healthcare Fraud and Conspiring to...
PORTLAND, Ore. – The former practice manager for Eye Care Services, Inc. appeared in federal court yesterday and admitted to his role in defrauding Medicare and other public and private health care...
View ArticleBank Embezzler Arrested
Anchorage, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced that Shanice Mano, 23, of Anchorage, Alaska, was arrested on July 25, 2016, and was arraigned yesterday in federal court on a criminal...
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