New York Man Sentenced to 14 Months in Prison for Kickback Scheme
BOSTON – A former New York operations manager was sentenced in federal court in Boston for conspiring to offer and pay kickbacks to doctors…
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Indian National Pleads Guilty To Plotting To Assassinate U.S. Citizen In New York City
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, Assistant Director of the Counterintelligence and Espionage Division of the Federal Bureau of…
Continue ReadingNine Illegal Aliens Charged with Immigration Related Criminal Offenses in the Southern District of Florida
U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones announced today that a federal grand jury in Miami has separately charged nine illegal aliens with various immigration…
Continue ReadingFederal supervisor among more than 411 new cases filed as part of Southern District’s border enforcement efforts
A total of 413 individuals have been charged in immigration and border security enforcement efforts from Feb. 6-13 Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingBoise Man Sentenced to 24 Months Incarceration for Possession of an Unregistered Improvised Explosive Device
Jonathan W. VanCuren, 69, of Boise, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for Possession of an Unregistered Firearm (Improvised Explosive Device “IED”),…
Continue ReadingDistrict Man Pleads Guilty to Second-Degree Murder Charge
Dearay Wilson, 30, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today to second-degree murder while armed for his role in the shooting death of 50-year-old D.C.…
Continue ReadingProvidence Man Arrested for Transporting Child Pornography
BOSTON – A Providence man arrested and charged for allegedly transporting child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingMexican National Sentenced to 14 Months in Prison for Using a Vehicle to Assault, Resist, Oppose, Impede, Intimidate, or Interfere With a Federal Agent
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Cristian Geovanni Rojas Benitez, 37, a Mexican national who overstayed his visa and remained illegally…
Continue ReadingGULF BREEZE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF METH AND FENTANYL WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Logan Schoonmaker, 40, of Gulf Breeze, Florida, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. Source: U.S. Department…
Continue ReadingSecond KC Man Pleads Guilty to Cyberstalking That Resulted in Murder
A Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to using a GPS tracking device to surveil an individual who was shot…
Continue ReadingFormer San Leandro City Council Member Pleads Guilty To Accepting Bribes In Exchange For Actions To Benefit Housing Company
OAKLAND – Former San Leandro City Council Member Bryan Azevedo pleaded guilty in federal court today to engaging in a conspiracy to accept bribes…
Continue ReadingFormer Tupelo Neurologist Sentenced for Downloading & Distributing Thousands of Child Sexual Abuse Materials
A Pakastani national and former neurologist was sentenced today to 12 years in federal prison with 5 years of supervised release. He was also…
Continue ReadingBaltimore Man Sentenced in Connection With Drug Trafficking Charges
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced a Baltimore man to prison today, in connection with a federal investigation that led to…
Continue ReadingJefferson County Businessman Admits Failing to Pay Taxes on Behalf of Employees
Danny L. Nickelson Jr. withheld money from employees’ pay but did not turn that over to the IRS. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingTwo Men Indicted in Transnational Human Smuggling and Money Laundering Scheme
An indictment was unsealed yesterday in the District of Vermont charging a Dominican national and a U.S. citizen with conspiring to smuggle foreign nationals…
Continue ReadingJamestown woman pleads guilty to narcotics conspiracy and firearms charge
U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Sabrina Flores a/k/a Notorious Marie, 25, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L.…
Continue ReadingJamaican National Charged with Offenses Stemming from Sweepstakes Scheme Targeting Elderly Victims
RICHARD MURRAY, 31, a citizen of Jamaica, has been charged with fraud and money laundering offenses stemming from his alleged participation in a sweepstakes…
Continue ReadingDelaware County Man Pleads Guilty to Social Security Fraud Charge
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Brian Gill, age 59, of Andes, New York, pled guilty on January 20, 2026 to a charge of social security…
Continue ReadingHartford Man Who Robbed Victims after Advertising Vehicle Sales Online Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison
FREDERICK WRIGHT, 34, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 180 months of imprisonment and four…
Continue ReadingTwo Foreign Nationals Indicted in Chicago as Part of $10 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
BURHAN MIRZA and KASHIF IQBAL allegedly submitted fraudulent claims to Medicare for items and services that were not provided. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingLeader of drug trafficking organization sentenced to more than 24 years in prison
CINCINNATI – Four Cincinnati men were sentenced in U.S. District Court here this week for their roles in a large-scale narcotics conspiracy that provided…
Continue ReadingTwenty Free Money Gang Members and Associates Arrested on Racketeering, Murder, Drug Trafficking and Firearms Charges
An 18-count superseding indictment was unsealed yesterday in the Southern District of Texas charging 20 defendants – all alleged Free Money gang members and…
Continue ReadingMexican National Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Reentry
HARRISBURG-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jorge Alberto Santamaria-Cortes, age 47, a Mexican national who was residing…
Continue ReadingGAINESVILLE FELON SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA – William Blas Hernandez, 28, of Gainesville, Florida, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to…
Continue ReadingKnox Place Defendant Pleads Guilty in Wide-Ranging Narcotics Trafficking Conspiracy
Darryl Dacota Riley, Jr, 39, a previously convicted felon residing in the District of Columbia, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in connection…
Continue ReadingMississippi Man Indicted for Arson of Beth Israel Synagogue and the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Stephen Spencer Pittman, 19, of Madison, Mississippi, was charged by superseding indictment Tuesday, February 10, 2026, with civil rights and arson…
Continue ReadingHonduran National Guilty of Assault Against Law Enforcement
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JOSE WALTER NIETO-CASTELLANOS (“NIETO-CASTELLANOS”), age 31, plead guilty on January 29, 2026, to Assault Against Law Enforcement, in violation of…
Continue ReadingFlorida Man on Federal Supervised Release for Enticement to Engage in Prostitution Indicted for Forcible Sex Trafficking
Jacksonville, Florida – Erwin Phillips Burley (37, Jacksonville) has been charged by federal indictment with two counts of sex trafficking by means of force, fraud,…
Continue ReadingMexican National Living Illegally in the United States Sentenced to Prison for Federal Drug Crime
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Silvester Barcenas, 24, a Mexican national living illegally in the United States, was sentenced on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, to four…
Continue ReadingVIRGINIA WOMAN SENTENCED FOR INTRODUCING METHAMPHETAMINE INTO A FEDERAL PRISON
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Ashley Mullins, 40, of Appalachia, Virginia, was sentenced to one year and a day in federal prison after previously pleading guilty…
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