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Nov

21

2017

St. Louis, MO – Malachi Duncan, a/k/a "Demarcus Brewster," was sentenced to 45 months in prison for charges of student loan fraud and aggravated identity theft. Duncan was further ordered to pay restitution to the victims in the…

Nov

21

2017

NEWARK, N.J. – A tax preparer was sentenced today to 13 months in prison for preparing fraudulent income tax returns on behalf of her clients, causing losses of over $130,000, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.

Nov

21

2017

HAMMOND – The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced that Gary Smith, 28, of Robbins, Illinois, was sentenced by District Court Judge Joseph Van Bokkelen for using counterfeit…

Nov

20

2017

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Danielle Rose Escalante, age 32, of Garland, Texas pled guilty to Possession of a Counterfeit Obligation, in violation of Title 18,…

Nov

17

2017

The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Matthew Senator Melvin, 36, of Shelburne, was sentenced Thursday in United States District Court in Rutland to 18 months of imprisonment following his guilty…

Nov

17

2017

PHILADELPHIA – Kenneth Hampton, 56, an inmate of a federal prison, was sentenced today to 200 Months, for masterminding a scheme under which he and his coconspirators defrauded the City of Philadelphia, the State of Pennsylvania,…

Nov

17

2017

St. Louis, MO – Pierre Watson, 39, of Jennings Correction Center, was sentenced to 48 months in prison on Thursday by U.S. District Judge John Ross. Watson was sentenced in June to 84 months in prison in front of U.S. District…

Nov

16

2017

HOUSTON – Three people have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions of money laundering for their participation in a Houston-based bank fraud and money laundering scheme, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe…

Nov

16

2017

United States Attorney G. F. Peterman, III, announced that a Federal Grand Jury returned indictments in the Columbus Division of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia today charging twenty defendants…

Nov

16

2017

PITTSBURGH - A resident of the state of Florida has been sentenced in federal court to three years probation, two months of which shall be served at a Community Corrections Center and four months of which shall be served on home…

Nov

14

2017

ALEXANDRIA, La. – Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Leesville man was sentenced last week to 40 months in prison for taking part in counterfeiting $100 bills in order to purchase prepaid cards.

Nov

13

2017

An Illinois man pleaded guilty today to money laundering conspiracy, joining six other defendants who recently pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges for their roles in liquidating and laundering victim payments generated through a massive…

Nov

13

2017

Halima Ouedraogo, 36, most recently of Kirkland, Washington, was sentenced on November 9, 2017, in Miami by U.S. District Court Judge Federico Moreno to 11 years and 11 months in prison in connection with an extensive identity…

Nov

10

2017

BOSTON – A dual U.S.-Irish citizen was arraigned late yesterday in federal court in Boston on charges of mortgage fraud and identity theft after being extradited from Ireland. It was Ireland’s first extradition to the United…

Nov

09

2017

WASHINGTON – Francis Lyles, 28, of Washington, D.C., was found guilty by a jury today of felony murder and first-degree cruelty to children in the beating death of her three-year-old son in June 2014, U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu…