News Releases

RALEIGH, N.C. – A Winston-Salem woman was sentenced today to 28 months incarceration, two years supervised release and a $7,005.00 in restitution for impersonating the identity of two victims.  On August 24, 2021, Melanie Alecia Ruona…

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Keith A. Bonanno, Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (“DOJ OIG”) Cyber Investigations Office, announced…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Parkersburg man was sentenced today to two years in prison and ordered to pay $490,000 in restitution for making false statements on a loan application.  

According to court documents and statements made…

BOSTON – A Malden man was sentenced today in connection with submitting fraudulent applications for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). The federal PUA program provides unemployment-related benefits to individuals who have been…

LAS VEGAS – A Las Vegas man was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for his role in a fraud scheme to steal thousands of credit and debit card numbers from victims at gas pumps in Nevada and California.

According to court…

MOBILE, AL – A Montgomery woman was sentenced to 37 months in prison for embezzlement, bank fraud, and wire fraud convictions.

According to court documents and evidence presented at a federal jury trial in June 2021, Tiffany Culliver…

Fort Myers, Florida – U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell today sentenced Gerald Michael Abraham (76, Naples) to three years in federal prison for dispensing controlled substances (oxycodone and amphetamine) for no legitimate medical…

FRESNO, Calif. — Randal Jason Newell, 41, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

According to court documents, on Dec. 5, 2020,…

LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Yvette L. Fontenot, 54, of Carencro, Louisiana, has been sentenced by United States District Judge Robert R. Summerhays to 14 months in…

AUSTIN – A Brazilian national was sentenced today to 60 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a child, followed by 10 years of supervised release. Defendant was also ordered to pay restitution to his victims.

According to court…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Department of Justice, FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service and five other federal law enforcement agencies announced the completion of the fourth annual Money Mule Initiative, which targeted networks of individuals…

ROANOKE, Va.,  – A Roanoke woman was sentenced this week to two years’ probation, the first 90 days of which must be spent on home detention, for creating a document misusing the official seal of the United States District Court for the…

ATLANTA – Durrell Tyler and DeShawn Johnson have been sentenced for access device fraud and aggravated identity theft related to their use of stolen identities to open accounts with credit card companies and various retailers.

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Miami, Florida – A South Florida federal district judge sentenced three Broward County residents to prison terms this week for conspiring with each other to launder proceeds obtained from business email compromise schemes and fraudulently…

HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Lucy Annette Alexander, age 35, of Maryland and Washington, DC, was indicted on December 1, 2021, by a federal grand jury on seven counts…