News Releases

Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Andrew E. Lelling for the District of Massachusetts, Special Agent in Charge Stephen Marks of the U.S. Secret Service’s…

According to the indictment, on January 22, 2018, BRITTON was hired as a bookkeeper in the client accounting services department at Accounting Firm A. Accounting Firm A was located in New Orleans, Louisiana and provided client accounting…

Matthew C. McPherson, 43, waived his right to indictment by a grand jury and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to an information that charges him with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and major program…

Special Agents John Ely and Jeff Ehringer were presented the award by U.S. Attorney Josh J. Minkler during a ceremony on May 30, 2019.  “I can think of nothing more deserving than these recipients who exhibited the highest ethical and…

The U.S. Attorney’s Office entered into a settlement agreement with Jerry Back, 62, a medical doctor, in an effort to recoup the costs to the U.S. government resulting from the illegal kickbacks.  This is the eighth kickback settlement…

CHASE BLISS COLASURDO, was arrested May 1, 2019. Chief U.S. District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez scheduled sentencing for August 23, 2019.  According to the criminal complaint, in March 2019, a member of the public reported to the FBI…

Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Brian Swain, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service (USSS), Miami Field Office, and Javaro Sims, Chief, Delray Beach Police Department, made the announcement.…

According to court documents and statements made in court, Lion was employed by the City of New Haven for approximately 40 years, most recently in the city’s accounting department. New Haven has a policy where employees can be paid in advance…

Jonathan Xie, 20, of Basking Ridge, New Jersey, was arrested this morning and is charged by complaint with two counts of attempting to provide material support to a designated terrorist organization, two counts of making false statements, and…

Rashayna Seney, 26, of Randolph, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Senior Judge Douglas P. Woodlock to time served (one day) and three years of supervised release with the special condition that during the first year she serve 74 days of…

A federal grand jury indicted Pruitt on July 17, 2018, on one count of distributing and one count of accessing child pornography. According to Count 2, he used a cell phone to access child pornography stored on an Internet-based cloud storage…

Vielka Maritza McFarlane, 56, of Sylmar, was sentenced by United States District Judge R. Gary Klausner, who told her, “If you want to help your students, you can teach them that if they make mistakes, they have to pay the price…

The following individuals were charged with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute heroin: 1. Edwin Otero, 29, of Hyannis 2. Justin Joseph, 32, of Pawtucket, R.I. 3. Anthony Basilici, 35, of Pawtucket, R.I. 4.…

Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron J. Mango, who is handling the case, stated that between October 10, 2017, and October 10, 2018, the defendant participated in a scheme to obtain the bank card information of customers utilizing gas pumps by…

According to court documents, in or before August 2013, and continuing through December 2015, KROM and others operated a scheme to contact elderly individuals and people with diminished capacity. The scheme involved contacting victims by…