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Bristol Woman Sentenced for Distributing Fentanyl and Methamphetamine

ABINGDON, Va. – A Bristol, Virginia woman, who conspired with others to traffic methamphetamine from Ashville, North Carolina into Washington County, Virginia, was sentenced today to 60 months in fede...

2026-08-21

Maryland Woman Found Guilty of Financial Exploitation of an Elderly Incapacitated Victim

Linda Laird, 62, of Cordova, Maryland, was found guilty yesterday by a federal jury in connection with a scheme to abuse her position as the co-guardian and co-conservator of an 81-year-old vulnerable...

2026-08-21

Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced for Escaping from Custody and Failing to Register as Sex Offender

Baltimore, Maryland– A convicted sex offender received a federal-prison sentence for escaping from a Baltimore halfway house and then failing to register as a sex offender. United States Chief Distric...

2026-08-21

Garvin County Teen Pleads Guilty as an Adult to Murder in Indian Country after Two Killed at Marijuana Grow

2026-08-21

Pittsburgh Resident Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Firearms Violations

2026-08-21

United in the Fight Against Violent Crime

2026-08-21

Marianna Man Sentenced to Forty-Five Months in Federal Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Cocaine and Marijuana

Tallahassee, Florida– Andy Dean Biggs, 63, of Marianna, Florida was sentenced to forty-five months in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with inten...

2026-08-21

Virginia Company to Pay $2.5 Million In Anti-Fraud Case

ROANOKE, Va. – EBI LLC (“EBI”), a Virginia company with its principal place of business in Danville, Virginia, has agreed to pay $2,541,742.12 to resolve allegations that it fraudulently  obtained a P...

2026-08-21

Massachusetts Woman Sentenced for Bank Fraud

BOSTON – A Charlton, Mass. woman was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester for fraudulently obtaining Social Security benefits and pension payments.

2026-08-21

Grand jury indicts pair in $11 million-dollar pandemic relief fraud scheme

United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Ryan Raybould, announced that on Aug. 19, a federal grand jury indicted two individuals for allegedly orchestrating a multiyear scheme to def...

2026-08-21

Bossier Police Responding to Concerned Neighbors’ Complaints Recover Firearms in Drug Trafficking Operation; Two Men Sentenced to Federal Prison

2026-08-21

Media Advisory – Press Conference

2026-08-21

Traverse City Man Indicted for Impersonating Federal Officer and Violating the Clean Water Act

2026-08-21

Court Orders New Jersey Tax Return Preparer to Shut Down Tax Preparation Business

The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey issued a permanent injunction against Newark-area tax return preparer Roxanna Cedeno, doing business as RC Travel Agency. The injunction...

2026-08-21

D.C. Man Who Stabbed His Romantic Partner Gets More Than 20 Years in Prison

James Callen, 42, of Washington D.C., was sentenced today to 20.5 years in prison in D.C. Superior Court for stabbing his then-romantic partner multiple times on July 13, 2024, announced U.S. Attorney...

2026-08-21

Two Former Bureau of Prisons Correctional Officers Accused of Smuggling Contraband Each Sentenced to More Than Two Years in Federal Prison

Robert Cochran and Tejuana Dillard will go from being federal prison guards to federal prison inmates after each was sentenced to 30 months’ incarceration in separate cases after getting caught smuggl...

2026-08-21

Justice Department Secures $400M Settlement with TikTok and ByteDance to Resolve Children’s Privacy Litigation

Today, the Department of Justice announced a $400 million settlement with TikTok, ByteDance, and affiliated entities (TikTok) resolving litigation concerning compliance with the Children’s Online Priv...

2026-08-21

Armed Career Criminal Gangster Pleads Guilty to Illegal Possession of a Firearm

Memphis, TN–Dock Exum, 50, of Memphis, pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm as an Armed Career Criminal. United States Attorney D. Michael Dunavant, for the Western District of Tenn...

2026-08-21

Veterans Affairs Nurse Indicted for Stealing Opioids

2026-08-21

Federal Prosecutors Continue to File Hundreds of Weekly Immigration Cases in Western District of Texas

Federal prosecutors in the Western District of Texas filed 235 new immigration and immigration-related criminal cases from August 14 through August 20

2026-08-21