News Releases

Halima Ouedraogo, 36, most recently of Kirkland, Washington, was sentenced on November 9, 2017, in Miami by U.S. District Court Judge Federico Moreno to 11 years and 11 months in prison in connection with an extensive identity…

An Illinois man pleaded guilty today to money laundering conspiracy, joining six other defendants who recently pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges for their roles in liquidating and laundering victim payments generated through a massive…

BOSTON – A dual U.S.-Irish citizen was arraigned late yesterday in federal court in Boston on charges of mortgage fraud and identity theft after being extradited from Ireland. It was Ireland’s first extradition to the United…

WASHINGTON – Francis Lyles, 28, of Washington, D.C., was found guilty by a jury today of felony murder and first-degree cruelty to children in the beating death of her three-year-old son in June 2014, U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu…

DALLAS — Roberto Carlos Puebla Saavedra, 32, originally from Cuba, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 60 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $408,596.46 in restitution for his role in a…

Rock Island, Ill. – Joaquin Louis Cook, 36, of Mesa, Ariz., has been sentenced to 136 months (11 years, 4 months) in federal prison for transporting and possessing child pornography. Cook appeared yesterday before U.S. District…

BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Daniel Witek, 54, of Buffalo NY, who was convicted of mail fraud, was sentenced to time served (six months) by Senior U.S. District Judge William M.…

(Washington, D.C.) - Acting Secretary Elaine Duke and leaders throughout the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) presented the awards at a ceremony today. The Secretary Awards is an annual event for DHS leadership to recognize the service of…

John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LISA REID, 45, of Amityville, New York, waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in…

NEWARK, N.J. – A Bronx, New York, man today admitted his role in an extensive scheme to obtain money through fraudulently obtained refund checks issued by the U.S. Treasury, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced…

PROVIDENCE – A Pawtucket resident is detained in federal custody on charges he allegedly used stolen identities and falsified documents to open bank accounts and to secure bank financing for the lease or purchase of at least four…

(Washington, D.C.) – Today at approximately 2:55 p.m., the Secret Service Protective Intelligence Division was notified to be on the lookout (BOLO) for Michael Arega, who reportedly traveled to Washington D.C. for the purpose of…

ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today Timothy Meacham, 32, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit coins before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a maximum…

A Seattle man sentenced for mail fraud and wire fraud in 2009, changed his name and committed a new round of frauds resulting today in a 61 month federal prison sentence, three years of supervised release and restitution in the…

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A Houston, Texas, woman was sentenced today to nearly 15 years in prison for her role in a $6 million fraud scheme involving "Mystery Shoppers."

Timeiki Hedspeth, 39, was found guilty of nine charges…