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INDIANAPOLIS: Brad Bevington, 51, of Indianapolis was sentenced to 12.5 years in federal prison for distributing child sexual abuse material.

According to court documents, on April 7, 2021, Bevington was arrested for child exploitation…

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that  SHARNAE EVERY (“EVERY”), age 27, of Houston, Texas, pled guilty on March 2, 2023 to Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud in violation of…

BENTON, Ill. – In a U.S. District courtroom on Wednesday, a federal jury returned a guilty verdict after a three-day trial for an O’Fallon man charged with enticing a minor.

Eric Richardson, 40, was convicted of using his…

Ocala, Florida – U.S. Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Jorge Mojocoa (69, Fort McCoy) guilty of attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sex. Mojocoa faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, up to…

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging S and P Solutions, Sonny Meraban, 45, Reza Mehraban, 75, and William Suriano, 69, on several charges…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Two Charlotte business owners, Hamzeh Jamal Alasfar, 31, and Tayseer Issam Alkhayyat, 35, both of Charlotte, pleaded guilty today in federal court before Judge Kenneth D. Bell to charges related to selling and shipping…

CHICAGO — A federal grand jury in Chicago, Illinois, returned an indictment in February, which was unsealed on March 1, charging two suburban Chicago residents with a total of 15 counts of wire fraud for allegedly fraudulently obtaining at…

Ismael Quintero Arellanes, also known as “Fierro,” was arraigned today before United States Magistrate Judge Sanket J. Bulsara at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn on an indictment charging him with participating in a large-scale narcotics…

ALBANY, Ga. – Sixteen individuals are facing federal bank fraud and aggravated identity theft charges alleging their participation in a stolen mail scheme in and around the Americus, Georgia, community and Florida amounting to more than $165,…

Orlando, Florida – U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell has sentenced Keith Ingersoll (46, Orlando) to nine years and one month in federal prison for wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, attempted wire fraud, and aggravated identity…

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TRACII SHOW HUTSONA was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for her embezzlement of more than one million dollars as part of a confidence…

CHICAGO — The former chief financial officer of a suburban IT consulting firm has been sentenced to three years in federal prison after embezzling over $1.3 million from his former company, of which he was a partner, CFO, and Managing Member…

Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Marcus Jamar Fowler (32, Tarpon Springs) a/k/a “Drastic,” and Abelardo Torres (36, Tampa) with conspiracy to distribute…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A grand jury yesterday indicted two former bank employees for their role in a conspiracy to steal customer account information, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and United States Secret Service Special Agent in…

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Two men were sentenced today to over 14 years in prison combined for money laundering as part of a business email compromise (BEC) scheme.

According to court documents, Onyewuchi Victor Ibeh, 33, of Mitchellville,…