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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office today honored more than 100 law enforcement officers, agents, and investigators for their outstanding work on dozens of cases that led to the convictions of murderers, sexual predators, fraudsters, and…

CHICAGO — Six suburban men have been indicted on fraud charges for their alleged roles in a “card cracking” scheme that targeted members of the U.S. military and defrauded a federally-insured savings bank out of more than $830,000.

The…

ALEXANDRIA, La. – Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Georgetown woman pleaded guilty last week to making fake U.S. $20 bills.

Gena Armstrong, 20, of Georgetown, La., pleaded guilty Friday before U.S. District…

Abingdon, VIRGINIA – Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced today that Operation Rolling Thunder, a joint investigation conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, has resulted in twenty-four…

CAMDEN, N.J. – A Riverside, California, man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to steal 94,000 credit and debit cards from customers at approximately 80 Michaels’ Stores and use that information to make fraudulent withdrawals from the…

SAN DIEGO – Two local tax preparers and their recruiter were sentenced today in federal court to 30 months in prison for their involvement in a tax preparation scam that resulted in the filing of hundreds of false…

DALLAS – A McKinney, Texas, man, Moiz Mumtaz Ali, 36, appeared last week before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater and pleaded guilty to one count of failure to develop, implement, and maintain an anti-money laundering program, announced…

Orlando, Florida – U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Audrey Montserrate (50, Dania), Benancio Lopez (53, St. Cloud), Richard Ellis (30, Miami), and Donald S. Sutliff (42, Kissimmee) to federal prison terms for laundering proceeds…

Tampa, Florida – Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Rebecca Smith (46, Spring Hill) today pleaded guilty to mail fraud. She faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been…

El Dorado, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Gregory A. Taylor, age 51 of Clanton, Alabama, was sentenced on Monday to 66 months in federal prison followed by three years of…

Jacksonville, Florida – Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the return of a superseding indictment charging Guarino Edwards Broccoli, a/k/a Gary Broccoli, a/k/a Gary Edwards (53, Fort White), with three counts of theft…

PITTSBURGH – Five residents of the Western District of Pennsylvania have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy and passing and uttering counterfeit money, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song…

A mother and daughter who secretly co-owned and operated seven home health care agencies in the Miami, Florida area were each sentenced to over 10 years in prison today for their roles in a $20 million Medicare fraud conspiracy that involved…

Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JUAN THOMPSON pled guilty today to one count of cyberstalking and one count of making hoax bomb threats as part of THOMPSON’s campaign to…

PEORIA, Ill. – On June 7, 2017, Timothy E. King, 30, of Peoria, Ill., pleaded guilty to one count of receipt and attempted receipt of child pornography. King waived indictment and entered his plea before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan E.…