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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,…

Genaro Garcia Luna, the former Secretary of Public Security in Mexico from 2006 to 2012, was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of all five counts of a superseding indictment charging him with engaging in a continuing criminal…

WASHINGTON – Suzgo Phiri, 35, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today in District Court to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud. The plea was accepted by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher R. Cooper who scheduled sentencing for…

TYLER, Texas – A Virginia woman has been sentenced to federal prison for her role in a cryptocurrency money laundering conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston.

Lois Boyd, 76, of Amelia…

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ANTHONY RICCARDI, an owner and manager of the Connecticut insurance firm Employee Benefit Solutions LLC (“EBS”), pled guilty today in White…

BENTON, Ill. – A U.S. District Court judge sentenced a Freeburg woman to 15 months in prison after she admitted to committing bank fraud while employed by St. Teresa and St. Luke Catholic parishes in Belleville.

Michelle N. Miller…

KANSAS CITY, KAN. –  A Kansas man was sentenced to 96 months in prison time followed by five years of supervised release after he admitted to possessing child pornography images. 

In September 2022, Justin Packham, 34, of…

Today, the U.S. Secret Service, in partnership with the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences and Baltic regional law enforcement authorities, opened a new cyber training program. The Baltic Computer Forensics Training Program (CFTP) will…

NEWARK, N.J. – A Russian national was charged in an indictment unsealed today in connection with a series of computer system intrusions that occurred in 2009 and 2010, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Vitaly Kovalev, aka “…

MIAMI – Following a trial in Fort Lauderdale federal court, a jury has found Joff Stenn Wroy Philossaint, 32, guilty of illegally obtaining his U.S. citizenship by lying about fraud that he committed while his citizenship application was…

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – On February 6, 2023, Leslie D. Bethea, 30, currently of Surgoinsville, TN, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of…

A man who attempted to fraudulently acquire more than $92,000 worth of commercial products from a California-based company pleaded guilty in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

By the time the fraudulent activity was…

CONCORD – Pierre Rogers, 44, of Irvine, California, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, United States Attorney Jane E. Young, William A. Kalb, Special Agent in Charge, Treasury…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Karen L. Hodges, also known as “Karen Igo,” “Karen Clay,” “Karen Richmond,” and “Karen Gessel,” 49, of St. Albans, pleaded guilty today to three counts of securities fraud.

According to court documents and…

CINCINNATI– A man formerly and currently incarcerated in Hamilton County on state charges has been charged federally with crimes related to Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan fraud.

Willie Boyce, 41, was indicted today by a federal…