News Releases

A Dominican citizen who resided in Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 11 years in prison today after pleading guilty mid-trial to conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), access device fraud, theft of…

Abingdon, VIRGINIA – A former BB&T employee, who over a period of approximately four years embezzled over a half-million dollar, was sentenced to more than 30 months in federal prison yesterday, United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle…

PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island jewelry distributor pleaded guilty today to federal charges that he orchestrated a long-running fraud scheme that defrauded a debtor finance company of more than $3.6 million dollars.

Appearing before U.S.…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – U.S. Attorney R. Andrew Murray announced today that seven members and associates of a Charlotte-area hip-hop group known as the "FreeBandz Gang" or "FBG" have been indicted on federal charges in connection with a $1.2 million…

EVANSVILLE - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today the sentencing of two Louisville area residents for their role in an elaborate scheme to steal innocent victims’ identity and make and use fraudulent credit cards. Roberto…

MADISON, WI – Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Joseph Jakubowski, 33, Janesville, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 14 years in federal prison.…

Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JUAN THOMPSON was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel to 60 months in prison for cyberstalking and making hoax bomb threats…

John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARK J. ZITO, 55, of Shelton, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to one…

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Rosier, 23, and Cody Kross-Rosier, 23, both of Buffalo, NY, who were convicted of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and bank fraud, were sentenced by U…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Marcus Israel Butler, 33, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to access device fraud, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

According to court documents, Butler traveled from Sacramento to…

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A resident of Berlin, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of making a threat against the Vice President of the United States, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.

William R…

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Yordani Ramirez Salgado, 28, of Miami, Florida, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The…

BATON ROUGE, LA – Acting United States Attorney Corey R. Amundson announced today that a federal jury unanimously convicted WALTER GLENN, of Connecticut, following a week-long jury trial before Chief U.S. District Judge Brian A.…

TYLER, Texas – Two Houston men were sentenced today in separate cases for their involvement with gas pump skimmers, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston. A skimmer is a device capable of reading and recording account…

Baltimore, Maryland – United States District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Robin Summers-Grace, age 50, of Baltimore, Maryland to 42 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for bank fraud and…