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A mother and daughter who secretly co-owned and operated seven home health care agencies in the Miami, Florida area were each sentenced to over 10 years in prison today for their roles in a $20 million Medicare fraud conspiracy that involved…

El Dorado, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Gregory A. Taylor, age 51 of Clanton, Alabama, was sentenced on Monday to 66 months in federal prison followed by three years of…

PITTSBURGH – Five residents of the Western District of Pennsylvania have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy and passing and uttering counterfeit money, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song…

Jacksonville, Florida – Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the return of a superseding indictment charging Guarino Edwards Broccoli, a/k/a Gary Broccoli, a/k/a Gary Edwards (53, Fort White), with three counts of theft…

Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JUAN THOMPSON pled guilty today to one count of cyberstalking and one count of making hoax bomb threats as part of THOMPSON’s campaign to…

HAMMOND - Acting United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson announced that Christopher Pierce, 24, and Harold Jones, 20, both of Chicago, Illinois were sentenced before District Court Senior Judge James T. Moody for the passing of counterfeit…

Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TIMOTHY SEDLAK was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 18 months in prison for attempting to access without authorization the computer…

PEORIA, Ill. – On June 7, 2017, Timothy E. King, 30, of Peoria, Ill., pleaded guilty to one count of receipt and attempted receipt of child pornography. King waived indictment and entered his plea before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan E.…

United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama announces that United States District Court Senior Judge William H. Steele sentenced Jonathan Jernigan on June 6, 2017. Jernigan was sentenced to 5 years on probation and…

Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker announced a federal indictment charging ROSA MARGARITA MALDONADO with two counts of filing a false claim for tax refund, one count of theft of public money, and two counts of aggravated identity…

NEWARK, N.J. – Two men from Bronx, New York, were each sentenced today to 61 months in prison for their roles in a scheme to obtain stolen identity information and use it to file phony tax returns with the IRS, Acting U.S. Attorney William E.…

(Newark, N.J.) – A Secret Service investigation into an organized cybercrime ring responsible for the theft of $9 million concluded with a lengthy prison sentence for a Filipino national.

Angelo Virtucio, a/k/a “ZaiR,” a/k/a “ZaiRe,” a…

Jacksonville, Florida – Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Michael Eugene Williams (60, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to attempted commercial sex trafficking of a child. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of…

Tampa, Florida – Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Gary Todd Smith (“Todd Smith”) (47, Fayetteville, North Carolina) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud affecting a financial…

ATLANTA - Quentin Pickett and Cornelius Henderson have been arraigned on federal charges of wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, and aggravated identity theft. Pickett, Henderson, and three other individuals were indicted for, among other things…