News Releases

NASHVILLE – A former Investments Vice President at Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (Raymond James), was sentenced yesterday to five years in prison for stealing $933,500 from two elderly clients, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Mary…

FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Marcus Randall, 37, of Bakersfield, charging him with distribution of fentanyl, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

According to court…

BOSTON – A Malden man pleaded guilty today to identity fraud charges in connection with submitting fraudulent applications for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). The federal PUA program provides unemployment-related benefits to…

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Utica, New York man pleaded guilty yesterday to charges relating to his sale of over $1.2 million in opioid pills and counterfeit U.S. currency on multiple dark web criminal marketplaces.

According to court…

NEWARK, N.J. – A Union County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a cocaine trafficking and money laundering conspiracy, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.

Jose A. Rivera Jr., 48, of Union Township, New Jersey,…

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Dermot Shea, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), and Patrick J. Freaney, Deputy Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of…

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Secret Service released data on efforts to investigate acts of fraud that exploit COVID-19 relief funds. Investigations have resulted in the seizure of millions of dollars and have assisted in the return of…

Spokane – Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Jason William Cathcart, age 52, a resident of Selah, Washington and Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced May 10, 2021, after…

An Allen Park resident was arrested today in connection with a federal criminal complaint charging him with obtaining unemployment benefits authorized by the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act by means of false…

BOSTON – A Chicago area rap artist was charged in federal court in Springfield, Mass. with allegedly making a false statement to a federal agent.  

Herbert Wright, 25, a/k/a “G Herbo,” was charged with one count of making a false…

Orlando, Florida – U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton has sentenced Ricardo Silva De Oliveira (33, Orlando) to 31 months in federal prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. In…

ROANOKE, Va. – A former American Electric Power (AEP) employee pleaded guilty yesterday to wire fraud and filing false tax returns.

According to court documents, Gregory Thomas Holland, 63, of Roanoke, was employed at AEP from 1982…

NEW ORLEANS, LA – United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon sentenced EDWARD TOLIVER, age 47, a New Orleans native who had been living in Houston, Texas, to 124 months in federal prison for his role in a massive credit card…

ATLANTA – Husband and wife Mehulkumar Manubhai Patel and Chaitali Dave have been sentenced for laundering over $500,000 on behalf of India-based phone scammers. 

“International call centers continue to victimize the elderly and most…

Orlando, Florida – Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces that the United States has obtained a final civil judgment ordering the forfeiture of $8,417,261.38 in proceeds from bank fraud and money laundering offenses related to…