News Releases

 WASHINGTON –Five area men have been indicted on federal narcotics and firearms-related charges stemming from an ongoing investigation into a drug trafficking organization that operated outside a gas station and within 1,000 feet of a…

MIAMI – Luke Joselin, 36, of Coral Springs, Fla., was sentenced today to 84 months in federal prison for seeking nearly $2 million in fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (…

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that earlier today a federal jury found ADEDAYO ILORI guilty of all six counts of an Indictment for his participation in a fraudulent scheme to obtain…

Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Kimyada Latoya Knight (41, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to credit card fraud. Knight faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison and payment of…

TYLER, Texas – A 37-year-old Florida woman has been indicted in a cryptocurrency money laundering scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston.

Sharena Seay, of Jacksonville, FL, was named in an…

HOUSTON – The last convicted in a large-scale multi-year home health fraud conspiracy has been ordered to federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. 

Felix Amos, 72, Houston, pleaded guilty Dec. 18, 2018, to…

  CONCORD – Pierre Rogers, 44, of Irvine, California, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Pholopater Faltas was arraigned on an indictment charging him with eight counts of mail fraud and two counts of wire fraud…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A federal grand jury last week indicted eight individuals for their roles in a prison-based phone scam that targeted retailers throughout the country, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and U.S. Secret Service…

Greenbelt, Maryland – A federal jury in Maryland convicted Arley Ray Johnson, age 63, of Bowie, Maryland, on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, and securities fraud, in connection with a $28 million Ponzi scheme involving 1st Million, a…

ALBANY, Ga. – Two individuals pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud charges resulting from separate United States Secret Service  led investigations into larger Walmart gift card schemes involving hundreds of fraud victims from across the…

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – On September 29, 2022, Yanier Tellez, 32, currently of Tampa, Florida, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison by the Honorable Clifton L. Corker, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A Springfield, Illinois, man, Demetrius Robertson, 30, of 2000 block of South 8th Street, was sentenced on September 27, 2022 to an aggregate 60 months’ imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute marijuana…

Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Secret Service formally celebrated the swearing-in of the agency’s 27th Director, Kimberly Cheatle. Director Cheatle was previously sworn in September 18th and immediately assumed her leadership role ahead of…

CONCORD – Joshua Leavitt, 40, of Northwood, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in federal court to bank fraud and wire fraud, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.

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