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(Washington, D.C.) On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan had just spoken to representatives of the Building Construction Trades Union at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., when John Hinckley Jr., attempted to assassinate him…

TRENTON, N.J. – The two owners of a New Jersey jewelry store who used the business to further one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever charged by the Justice Department were both sentenced today for their respective roles in the…

WASHINGTON – A physician licensed in Puerto Rico, who was practicing medicine in Miami, was charged in a 16-count indictment unsealed today for his alleged participation in a multi-faceted $20 million health care fraud scheme involving the…

Greenbelt, Maryland – Hussain Abdullah, age 39 of Forestville, Maryland, pleaded guilty on March 21, 2017, to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and being a felon in possession of a firearm, related to a scheme to use…

Orlando, Florida – U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron today sentenced Mrugesh G. Patel (38, Edgewater) to 18 months in federal prison for bank fraud. The Court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $405,087.99, the proceeds of the…

St. Louis, MO – On October 12, 2016, a federal grand jury returned a ten-count indictment charging Malachi Duncan, a/k/a "Demarcus Brewster" with multiple fraud charges for orchestrating a scheme to commit student loan fraud, mail fraud, bank…

Greenville, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Katie Marie Reavely, age 26, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, entered a guilty plea in federal court in Greenville to Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud, in violation of Title…

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that GRIFFIN MICHAEL SKYLER TAYLOR, age 31, of Grand Terrace, California, was sentenced to 37 months imprisonment, and 3 years of…

Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced Travis Lee, age 31, of La Plata, Maryland, today to 75 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession of unauthorized access devices and…

MADISON, WIS. – Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Danesha Phillips, 23, and Marlo Phillips, 19, both of Madison, Wis., were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William…

Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TREVON GROSS, the former Chairman and CEO of Helping Other People Excel Federal Credit Union (“HOPE FCU”), located in Lakewood, New Jersey,…

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A Las Vegas man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit a nearly $5.3 million advance fee fraud scheme targeting small business owners seeking grant funding, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the…

(Washington, D.C.) The Secret Service is providing the following information regarding the investigation of an individual who gained access to the White House grounds on March 10, 2017. The Secret Service immediately initiated a comprehensive…

BOISE – On March 15 and 16, 2017, Alejandro Hidalgo, 27, Dilcia Martinez-Marquez, 27, Enrique Matos-Herrera, 30, and Jose Salazar-Quintana, 30, were sentenced to prison for using stolen debit card numbers to make over $30,000 of fraudulent…

BOSTON – A Mansfield man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with posting online threats to the President of the United States.

Andrew J. O’Keefe, 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge George A.…