News Releases

BOISE – Brian Ray McClure, 55, an inmate of the Idaho Department of Corrections, was sentenced yesterday to 33 months in federal prison for mailing threatening communications to a Washington state judge, U.S. Attorney Bart M.…

LOS ANGELES – A Walnut resident has been arrested on federal charges of making a hoax threat by falsely reporting to airline and law enforcement officials that an acquaintance of his planned to blow up an airplane and posed a threat to the…

Jerry Louis, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by Indictment with one count of bank fraud and one count of access device fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The Indictment alleges that in April 2012, Louis…

LEXINGTON, Ky. – A Nicholasville, Ky. man was sentenced yesterday to 41 months in federal prison for manufacturing counterfeit Federal Reserve Notes.

U.S. District Court Judge Joseph M. Hood sentenced 39-year-old Thomas…

MADISON, WIS. – Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Joseph Jakubowski, 33, Janesville, Wis., was convicted today of stealing 18 firearms and two silencers from a…

RENO, Nev. – A Reno resident made his initial appearance in federal court Thursday for allegedly engaging in a $3.5 million fraud scheme involving over 8,000 fraudulent PayPal credit accounts, bank accounts, and prepaid credit and…

AMARILLO, Texas — Michelle Renee Whitman, aka "Michelle Renee Weaver" and "Raven," 46, of Amarillo, Texas, was sentenced today for printing counterfeit checks that were used at various stores and banks, announced John Parker, U.S…

KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A former owner of a restaurant in Lenexa was sentenced Monday for bank fraud, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.

Charles R. Waits, 56, Lenexa, Kan., was sentenced to three years on supervised release and…

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Russian cyber-criminal who sold stolen credit card data and other personal information through the identity theft and credit card fraud ring known as "Carder.su" pleaded guilty yesterday in two separate…

Four more defendants pleaded guilty to conspiracy and passport fraud charges during the past month for their roles in liquidating and laundering victim payments generated through a massive telephone impersonation fraud and money…

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A North Carolina man who conspired with others to gain unauthorized access to government computer systems and online accounts belonging to several United States government officials was sentenced today to 5 years…

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – An October trial date has been scheduled for an Ohio man charged with transporting a minor across state lines in December 2016, to engage in criminal sexual activity. Andrew Stone, 32, of Rocky River, Ohio, is…

CAMDEN, N.J. – The former executive director of the Ocean City, New Jersey, Housing Authority (OCHA) was sentenced today to three years of probation for embezzling federal funds received by authority from the U.S. Department of…

Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DARYL ALEX, age 51, of LaPlace, pled guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

According to court documents, ALEX and his wife, SHAWANDA NEVERS, conspired together…

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced that his office sought, and U.S. Magistrate Judge Phillip J. Green issued last Friday and earlier today, arrest warrants for eighteen separate defendants charged by criminal…