News Releases

U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu for the District of Columbia, and Brian J. Ebert, Special Agent in Charge, Washington Field Office, U.S. Secret Service, made the announcement. Cismaru, 28, and a co-defendant, Mihai Alexandru Isvanca, 25, were…

A federal jury found Noel Graveran-Palacios and his twin brother, Yoel Graveran-Palacios, guilty on April 24, 2018. Yoel Graveran-Palacios was sentenced on September 4, 2018, to 9 years in federal prison. According to testimony and evidence…

According to the information presented in court, Guy Randal Stockard, a/k/a Randy, 59, defrauded the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, of more than $1.2 million over an…

In the same case, Judge Vance sentenced ANDRE LION GONCALVES PEREIRA (“PEREIRA”), age 29, also a citizen of Brazil, to two years of imprisonment for aggravated identity theft. According to the court documents, Pereira and three other Brazilian…

William Allen Griffin, 54, of Reno, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of counterfeit obligations of the United States before U.S. District Judge Miranda Du. He has a prior felony conviction for burglary in Carson City. Sentencing is…

If convicted, each faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Russell and Maria Dotson that the United States is seeking a money judgment in the amount of $886,130, the proceeds of the alleged…

According to court documents, in 2012, Hector Antonio Cruz-Mercedes, attempted to negotiate ten U.S. Treasury income tax refund checks totaling $75,808 generated from false tax returns filed in the names of stolen identities of Puerto Rican…

He faces a possible sentence of up to ten years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for the possession count and an additional two years in prison for each of the identity theft counts. According to the trial testimony, Muresanu, along with…

A federal criminal indictment was filed on August 23, 2018, and was unsealed today in federal court. “The 16 individuals charged in the criminal indictment are alleged to have been part of a drug ring that distributed methamphetamine, cocaine…

Juan Perdomo, 59, and his son, Jose Perdomo, 34, both of Newark, are charged by complaint with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The Perdomos and Maria Rodriguez, 58, Juan’s…

Ricardo Viera, 49, of Homestead, Florida, was sentenced, to serve a total of 40 months. Luis Raul Hernandez-Ugando, 37, of Coral Gables, Florida, was sentenced to serve a total of 48 months. Upon their release from prison, each…

Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes of the Western District of Washington made the announcement. “Joel Kurzynski’s guilty plea demonstrates that…

According to information presented in court, between June 2011 and July 2016, Melvin Gene Griggs Jr., 32, used the identifying information of multiple victims to access victims’ credit card and bank accounts. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant…

U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu for the District of Columbia, Brian J. Ebert, Special Agent in Charge, Washington Field Office, U.S. Secret Service, and Robert B. Wemyss, Inspector in Charge, Washington Division, U.S. Postal Inspection Service,…

Daniel Frisiello, 25, has agreed to plead guilty to 13 counts of mailing a threat to injure the person of another and six counts of false information and hoaxes. On March 1, 2018, Frisiello was arrested and charged with five counts of mailing…