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Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced eight individuals for their roles in a money laundering scheme. They were indicted in May 2015.

According to court documents, between May 2012 and January…

Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RANDOLPH B. MARTIN, age 39, of Metairie, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information with violation of the Federal Gun Control Act.

According to the court documents, Special…

BOSTON - A New York man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with a fraudulent scheme to obtain and re-sell more than $330,000 worth of new cell phones and for resuming the scheme after being indicted and released…

HOUSTON – A 25-year-old Nigerian man who was residing in Houston has pleaded guilty to perpetuating a wire fraud scheme involving various Internet scams, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.

Wiseman Oputa pleaded guilty to one…

Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Judge Harvey E. Schlesinger has sentenced Wilbert Theodore (33, Miami) to four years and nine months in federal prison and Ralph August Lohier (30, Miami) to three years and six months in federal prison…

Washington, D.C. – Wednesday, April 19, 1995, was a tragic day for the United States and no less for the Secret Service. Timothy McVeigh, a former Army Gulf War Veteran, and his coconspirator, Terry Nichols, detonated a bomb inside a rental…

Jacksonville, Florida – Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the return of an indictment charging Joseph Xavier Murphy (27, Tampa) with trafficking in credit card manufacturing equipment. If convicted, he faces a maximum…

TRENTON, N.J. – A New York man today admitted his role in one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever charged by the Justice Department, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.

Habib Chaudhry, 49, of Valley Stream…

NEWARK, N.J. – A member of a scheme that used secret card-reading devices and pinhole cameras on PNC and Bank of America ATMs to steal at least $428,581 pleaded guilty today in Newark federal court.

Acting U.S. Attorney William E.…

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Roosevelt Williams Jr., 25, of Miami, Florida, has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison after pleading guilty in December 2016 for crimes arising from the filing of fraudulent federal income tax returns. The…

PITTSBURGH - A foreign national residing outside of the United States pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of money laundering and aggravated identity theft, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.

Yoandy Perez…

CINCINNATI – Angelia Zwick, also known as Angelia Strunk, 46, of Cincinnati, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to charges related to an embezzlement scheme that defrauded her employer. Specifically, she pleaded guilty to one count of…

A Houston couple is set to appear in federal court on charges they fraudulently billed more than $24 million to Medicare through several home health companies, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Oluyemisi Amos, 35, and her husband…

Austin residents Robert Allen Helms and Janniece S. Kaelin pleaded guilty today to federal charges of defrauding investors in companies that presumably were in the business of purchasing oil and gas royalties, announced United States Attorney…

The United States Secret Service honored 61 of its employees during the 5th annual Director’s Awards program held April 6.

This program formally recognizes the outstanding achievements, professional accomplishments, and exemplary…