Legal

Couple Charged in COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits Fraud Conspiracy

Josette V. MartinandTommy J. Apodacaare facing federal charges for allegedly conspiring to fraudulently obtain pandemic-related unemployment benefits by using stolen and fictitious identities to submi...

2026-08-31

Prior felon arrested on gun and drug charges

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Steven S. Butler, 42, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession w...

2026-08-31

Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Involuntary Manslaughter In Connection With Fatal Crash

Baltimore, Maryland– A Maryland man pled guilty in federal court, today, stemming from a fatal car crash on the Baltimore-Washington (BW) Parkway that resulted in the death of a 48-year-old father of ...

2026-08-31

Kansas City Man Charged with Unlawfully Possessing Ammunition

Daron L. Fry, 21, of Kansas City, Mo., has been charged by criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of ammunition.

2026-08-31

Rensselaer County Man Indicted in Murder-for-Hire Plot

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Marion Lopatniuk, age 45, was arraigned in federal court August 27, 2026, before Magistrate Judge Paul J. Evangelista on a charge of using an interstate commerce facility in the com...

2026-08-31

Utica Man Sentenced for Role in Ulster County Drug Trafficking Organization

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Defendant, Allen McGraw, a.k.a “Snoop”, age 46 of Utica, New York, was sentenced on August 21, 2026 by United States District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino to 24 months in federal prison ...

2026-08-31

Seattle data analytics company to pay more than $1 million to resolve claims that it improperly received a COVID Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan

Seattle – A Seattle data analysis company has agreed to pay $1,012,876 to resolve allegations it improperly received a Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan in 2021, ann...

2026-08-31

Billings man sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for drug trafficking

A Billings man who trafficking fentanyl and meth into Montana was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years and eight months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release.

2026-08-31

U.S. Attorney’s Office Partners with City Attorney’s Office, SDSU Football and Aztec Link on Fentanyl Awareness Campaign #BeOnTheSafeSide

SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Attorney’s Office, San Diego City Attorney’s Office and Aztec Link today launched its fourth anti-fentanyl social media campaign,  #BeOnTheSafeSide, featuring local college athlet...

2026-08-31

Billings man sentenced to 14 years for trafficking meth with firearm

A Billings man who trafficked meth and unlawfully kept a stash of guns was sentenced Friday to 14 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release.

2026-08-31

Man Pleads Guilty to Charges Connected to Role in Technical-Support Fraud Scheme

Baltimore, Maryland– A man pled guilty in federal court, today, to charges stemming from his involvement in a technical-support fraud scheme. Priyanshu Walia, 41, of both Westminster, Maryland, and Cl...

2026-08-31

Santa Maria Labor Recruiter Sentenced to One Year in Prison for Lying to Government, Exploiting Farmworkers in Visa Fraud Scheme

A Santa Barbara County man was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in federal prison for illegally collecting tens of thousands of dollars in fees from Mexican nationals in exchange for visas per...

2026-08-31

Philadelphia Man Who Robbed Two Banks in One Day Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison

2026-08-31

Maryland Union Leader Convicted of Defrauding Union To Enrich Herself

A federal jury in Greenbelt, Maryland, convicted the former president of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) local 2419 union, Kimberly Goodwin, 54, of Bowie, Maryland, of participa...

2026-08-31

Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Attempting to Pay Teenage Girls for Sex

SAN DIEGO – Jose De Jesus Anguiano of San Diego was sentenced in federal court today to 168 months in prison plus 10 years of supervised release for coercing or attempting to coerce at least four chil...

2026-08-31

Six Indicted After Homeland Security Task Force Investigation

Six individuals have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and cocaine.

2026-08-31

Venezuelan Man Sentenced to Prison for Attacking CBP Officer

2026-08-31

Jeannette Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening to Murder Federal Law Enforcement Officers

2026-08-31

Beckley Man Sentenced to Prison for Fentanyl Crime

2026-08-31

Another out-of-state man heads to federal prison after cross-country narcotics deal

A 52-year-old Michigan man has been ordered to federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute 14 kilograms of cocaine

2026-08-31