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Jury convicts Army veteran of embellishing health issues to defraud the VA
A federal jury convicted a U.S. Army veteran of defrauding the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of over $170,000 in caregiver benefit payments that he was not entitled to receive.
Wayne County Sex Offender Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Crime
Former Employee of Maryland State Contractor Pleads Guilty to Unemployment Benefits Fraud Charges
Baltimore, Maryland– A former Maryland Department of Labor (MD-DOL) insider pled guilty in federal court to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges. Katrina McCant, 41, of Baltimore, pled gui...
Ecuadoran National Charged with Offenses Related to Theft of U.S. Treasury Funds
EDISON JOVANNY DUTA PINDO, 43, a citizen of Ecuador unlawfully residing in the United States, has been charged in a seven-count indictment with offenses related to the theft of U.S. Treasury funds.
West Virginia Convicted Felony Sex Offender Pleads Guilty to Receipt of Over 50 Gigabytes of Child Sexual Abuse Material
Justin L. Wiegand, 34, of Kenova, West Virginia, pleaded guilty today to receipt of child pornography.
Justice Department Secures $150,000 Settlement in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Kentucky Landlord
The Justice Department announced today that Danny Bell, the owner and manager of residential rental properties in Somerset, Kentucky,agreedto pay $150,000 to resolve a lawsuit alleging that he sexuall...
Unlicensed Tour Operator Charged For Causing Deaths Of Five-Month-Old Infant And 27-Year-Old Woman In New York Harbor Boat Capsizing
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, Assistant Director in Charge of the Coast Guard Investigative Service (“CGIS”), Josh Packer, and Commissioner of the New Y...
One Year After Federal Law Enforcement Surge, D.C. Is Safer as Crime Declines Sharply
Today, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro marked the one-year anniversary of President Trump’s Federal Law Enforcement Surge in the District of Columbia. The surge implemented a significant increase i...
Illinois Man Accused of Sex Trafficking of Woman Who Later Fatally Overdosed
Jared Anders was indicted on three felonies: sex trafficking, use of interstate commerce with intent to distribute prostitution and use of interstate facilities to promote prostitution.
Former Magoffin County High School Teacher Sentenced for Online Enticement of a Minor
Middle District of Florida Agencies Receive $3.5 Million to Improve Safety
Tampa, FL ―The Bureau of Justice Assistance, a component under the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, awarded almost $290 million to support state, local, and tribal governments in cr...
Rio Grande City man sentenced for soliciting sexually explicit images of minors
A 32-year-old man has been ordered to federal prison for sexual exploitation of minors
Two Charged After Alleged Meth Delivery Attempt During Prison Visitation at FCI Hazelton
A South Carolina woman and an inmate at federal Corrections Institution (FCI) Hazelton have been indicted on prison contraband charges involving methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Har...
Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Crime
Queens Accountant Indicted for Multiple Real Estate Investment Fraud Schemes and Federal Bankruptcy Fraud
Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, an indictment was unsealed charging Alberto Gomez, an accountant with a practice in Elmhurst, New York, with wire fraud and bankruptcy fraud in connec...
Former Missouri Police Officer Admits Sexually Abusing 18 Detainees
Marcellis Blackwell pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to 18 counts of deprivation of rights under color of law, namely the right to bodily integrity.
Oklahoma Man Sentenced for Threatening to Shoot, Kill, Gun Down Federal Agents
While death threats against federal agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continue to rise, a Skiatook man was sentenced today after a federal jury found him guilty of posting on ...
California woman arrested, charged with distributing meth that caused overdose death of Unalaska worker in Homeland Security Task Force case
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A California woman was arrested last week in Santa Barbara, California, after a federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging her with distributing methamphetamine t...
Illegal Alien Convicted in Homeland Security Task Force Case Involving Deadly Alien Smuggling Operation
Juan Carlos Lara-Quezada, an illegal alien from Mexico, was convicted of five counts for his role in a deadly conspiracy to smuggle and harbor illegal aliens