News Releases

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – On April 19, 2021, a federal jury convicted Kent Lowery Booher, 64, of Harriman, Tennessee, a registered sex offender, of multiple sex crimes involving minors.  Booher, a disbarred criminal defense attorney, was found guilty of…

Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MONTRELL DOBBS, JR., 28, of Ansonia, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by three…

DANVILLE, Va. -  Authorities in Durham County, North Carolina arrested Jorge Navarro, a former teller at URW Community Federal Credit Union in Danville, after two years of flight on federal charges of embezzling $617,000, Acting United States…

MARSHALL, Texas – A Hawkins, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.

Brianna Clarisse Banks, 24, pleaded guilty to theft of government money…

Dallas, Texas – Today, the U.S. Secret Service participated in the Texas Cybersecurity Summit. This first of its kind two-day summit included more than 800 senior cybersecurity executives  and included a key note address delivered by Special…

CAMDEN, N.J. – A California man today admitted his role in a large-scale conspiracy to steal 94,000 credit and debit cards from customers at approximately 80 Michaels’ Stores in 19 states and to then use that information to make fraudulent…

Jackson, MS - The Secret Service and the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office (MS AGO) today announced the creation of the Cyber Fraud Task Force (CFTF) in Jackson, Mississippi. The partnership between private industry, state, local, and tribal…

Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GEORGE DRAGUSIN, also known as “Georgio Anderini” and “Einstein,” 65, a citizen of Romania, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea…

CINCINNATI – Four local individuals have been charged federally with defrauding COVID-19 pandemic relief funding programs. In separate cases, the four are alleged to have lied about owning businesses and employing others. Some defendants…

Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Toledo returned a six-count indictment charging Ronald Lee Jenkins, 38, of Blaine, Minnesota, with possession with intent to unlawfully use false…

BOSTON – A Romanian national pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston in connection with an ATM skimming scheme operating throughout Massachusetts and other states including Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York and South Carolina. 

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WASHINGTON – Katherine Emma Ross, 29, formerly of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a D.C. law firm. The guilty plea was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips, Matthew S.…

BOSTON – A Leicester man was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Worcester in connection with his involvement in schemes to fraudulently obtain unemployment assistance and obtain loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in an…

ATLANTA - Richard J. Randolph, III, has been arraigned on federal charges of securities fraud.  Randolph was charged in an information filed on April 1, 2021.

“Investors expect the companies that they invest in will operate with integrity…

Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Nicholas Milano White, age 30, of Baltimore, Maryland, on March 30, 2021, to eight years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for the federal…