News Releases

(Washington, D.C.) – Due to the forecast of rain during the 2017 Inauguration, umbrellas will be permitted in the areas of the parade route (Pennsylvania Avenue) and National Mall.

Umbrellas MUST meet the following criteria to be…

LITTLE ROCK—Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced today that Blaine Francis Houser, 52, of Dover, the former Senior Vice President of ICON Communications of Russellville, pleaded guilty to…

Montgomery, Alabama – Regina Renee Ellis, 49, of Fairburn, Georgia, was sentenced on January 12, 2017 to 46 months in prison following her conviction on federal access device fraud charges, announced George L. Beck, Jr., United States Attorney…

 LOS ANGELES – The organizer of a bank fraud scheme in which Wells Fargo Bank employees stole customer account data – information that was used to impersonate scores of customers and steal well over a half-…

U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JESUS ENRIQUE GONZALES TORRES, 24, a Cuban national who had resided in Florida before traveling to the New Orleans area to steal credit card information, was sentenced after previously pleading…

Orlando, Florida – United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Akeitha Mumtaz Warner (29, Orlando) guilty of possessing 15 or more counterfeit access devices (credit cards) with the intent to defraud. He…

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Gregory Kurzajczyk, age 69, of East Durham, New York, was sentenced today to 72 months in prison for distributing and receiving child pornography.

The announcement was made by United States Attorney Richard S.…

A grand jury returned an indictment charging Zachary Benson, 25, of Fairview Park, with one count of making threats against the President-Elect, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.

The…

Two Broward County return preparers were sentenced for their participation in stolen identity tax fraud and treasury check cashing schemes.

Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Kelly R.…

ATLANTA - Six defendants have been sentenced over the last week for their roles in a bank fraud conspiracy scheme that involved withdrawing funds from compromised bank accounts and stealing personal identifying information from…

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ANTHONY R. MURGIO pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan to charges associated with operating Coin.mx, an…

Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Martin Aleksandrov Enev, age 27, a Bulgarian national residing in Randallstown, Maryland, today to 33 months in prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for…

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Justin G. Liverman, 24, of Morehead City, North Carolina, pleaded guilty today for his role in a harassment scheme that targeted senior U.S. government officials. Liverman’s plea admits guilt to a conspiracy to commit…

(Washington, D.C.) – As the 2017 Presidential Inauguration approaches, the United States Secret Service, the National Park Service (NPS) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are reminding the residents of and visitors to…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — John Stuart Hill, 33, of Granite Bay, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to two years and three months in prison and ordered to pay $1.4 million in restitution to eight victims for wire…