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CONCORD – Pierre Rogers, 44, of Irvine, California, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, United States Attorney Jane E. Young, William A. Kalb, Special Agent in Charge, Treasury…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Karen L. Hodges, also known as “Karen Igo,” “Karen Clay,” “Karen Richmond,” and “Karen Gessel,” 49, of St. Albans, pleaded guilty today to three counts of securities fraud.

According to court documents and…

CINCINNATI– A man formerly and currently incarcerated in Hamilton County on state charges has been charged federally with crimes related to Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan fraud.

Willie Boyce, 41, was indicted today by a federal…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Raytown, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today in two separate and unrelated criminal cases for a nearly $10 million conspiracy to distribute almost 1,000 kilograms of methamphetamine and for a fraud scheme that…

WASHINGTON - United States Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has announced the appointment of Cynthia Sjoberg Radway to the position of Chief Operating Officer, effective Jan. 30.

Possessing nearly 20 years of federal…

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Ivan J. Arvelo, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI…

Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) released Mass Attacks in Public Spaces: 2016 - 2020, a comprehensive report examining 173 incidents of targeted violence and highlighting the…

Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Arley Ray Johnson, age 63, of Bowie, Maryland, yesterday to 78 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy, wire fraud, and…

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Larry W. Hale, 54 of Belleville, Illinois, was sentenced to 15 years in the Bureau of Prisons in a U.S. District Court on Wednesday for Sexual Exploitation of a Minor and Transportation with Intent to Engage in…

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – James Matthew Hargens, age 37, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced on December 15, 2022, to 121 months in prison following his plea of guilty to Receipt of Child Pornography. Hargens will be required to register as a sex…

Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Derrick Kamran Collins (32, Spring Hill) to 30 months in federal prison for manufacturing counterfeit Federal Reserve notes, aiding and abetting the passing of…

SAN JUAN, P.R. – On December 15, 2022, a Federal Grand Jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned four-separate indictments charging four individuals with engaging in fraud to obtain Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Federal…

WASHINGTON - On Dec. 23, 2022, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. This bill formally reauthorizes the United States Secret Service to continue operating the National…

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Jared Marc Brown, 26, of Lockport, NY, who was convicted of making a threat against the president, retaliating against a United States judge, retaliating against a federal law…

CINCINNATI – Four Cincinnatians were sentenced in U.S. District Court for their roles in a conspiracy to steal bank customers’ information in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.

Lead defendant Keyonte Bronson, 27, was sentenced…