United States Attorney Ron Parsons has announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Dakota filed a civil complaint against two defendants for an alleged scheme to defraud Medicare. The complaint filed in federal court is part of the Department of Justice’s 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown.
The Southern District of Texas has charged another 199 people, including 188 illegal aliens, for immigration- and border security-related crimes from Aug. 7-13.
MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Martin Aranda Zavala, a/k/a Martin Misael Aranda Zavala, age 29, a Mexican national unlawfully present in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to one count of Illegal Alien in Possession of Firearm and Ammunition, punishable by imprisonment for up to 15 years and a $250,000 fine. The Indictment alleged that on May 6, 2026, Zavala, an alien, was found in possession of one semi-automatic pistol and 15 rounds of…
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced today that it is opening a compliance review into the College of William & Mary (W&M) to determine whether the school’s scholarships and student benefits include racial criteria that violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin.
Civil Rights Division · Civil Rights - Educational Opportunities Section
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Timothy Cassidy, age 33, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania and Menominee, Michigan, was indicted on August 12, 2026, by a federal grand jury for failing to register as a sex offender after relocating to Maryland. According to United States Attorney Brian D. Miller, the indictment alleges that from May 2025 through the present, despite being required to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification…
A former Miami Gardens Police Department (MGPD) officer has pleaded guilty to making a false statement to obtain a $63,900 Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) through a COVID-19 relief program administered by the Small Business Administration (SBA).
A 19-year-old illegal alien has pleaded guilty to conspiring to transport illegal aliens resulting in death and bringing three illegal aliens into the United States for financial gain
Jackson, MS – A Canton man was sentenced to 20 months in prison for perjury. According to court documents, on February 25, 2026, William Byrd McHenry, Jr., 79, a federal jury found defendant guilty of making false statements under oath. On October 1, 2018, a civil suit was filed against McHenry and others to recover monies for victims of the Lamar Adams - Madison Timber Properties multi-state Ponzi scheme involving more than one hundred million dollars and hundreds of victims spanning a number of years. McHenry…
Department of Justice · USAO - Mississippi, Southern
Andrew Rumbo-Ochoa, 28, of Santa Clara, California, was sentenced to 92 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today.
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) · USAO - Idaho
A man with ties to New Jersey, Georgia, Malaysia, Morocco, and Albania was charged with threatening to kill and injure victims in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
COVINGTON, Ky. – A Hebron, Ky., man, William Mason Fryman, 26, was sentenced on Monday to 150 months by Chief U.S. District Judge David Bunning for the distribution of child pornography. In May 2025, Fryman began communicating with undercover agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over Telegram in an effort to trade sexually explicit videos of minors. During the conversations, which spanned several months, Fryman sent over 15 videos of child sexual abuse material to the undercover agent. On December…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A North Carolina physician has been sentenced to prison for conspiring to allow his Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration number to be used for thousands of unlawful buprenorphine prescriptions, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell ordered Henry Ronald Emery, Jr., 54, of Waxhaw, N.C., to serve six months in prison, followed by one year of supervised release. The sentencing hearing was held on Thursday…
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Luis Armando Tamaquiza Bastidas, 43, of Ecuador, pled guilty Tuesday, July 28, to one count of illegal reentry into the United States. First Assistant United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Richard J. Fortunato, Acting Chief Patrol Agent, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, made the announcement.
WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – An Ohio man will spend the next 12 years behind bars after being sentenced for selling methamphetamine in Wetzel County, West Virginia, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey. Christopher W. Radcliff, 56, of Byesville, Ohio, was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison for methamphetamine offenses. Radcliff, also known as “Squeak,” was observed selling methamphetamine in New Martinsville, West Virginia on several dates in 2024. During a traffic stop in Pleasants County, West Virginia…
JACKSON, MS – A Miami, Florida man was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft. A sentence of 24 months was imposed as to the conspiracy to commit bank fraud charge. A sentence of 24 months was also imposed as to each of the two aggravated identity theft charges. The sentences for the aggravated identity theft charges were imposed to run concurrently to each other, but consecutively to the conspiracy to commit bank fraud…
Department of Justice · USAO - Mississippi, Southern
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Ryan Raybould, announced that Anderson Condoll, Jr., 44, from The Colony, Texas, pleaded guilty in court filings to one count of tax evasion on Aug. 10.
Taurian Anderson, 21, of the District of Columbia, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in connection with his role in a conspiracy to commit a series of armed carjackings in Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - District of Columbia
Tallahassee, Florida – Tyler D. Ogden, 27, of Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced to six years in federal prison for distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) · Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Chad E. “J-Bo” Brown was charged in U.S. District Court in St. Louis with one count of possession with the intent to distribute more than 10 kilograms of cocaine.
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) · USAO - Missouri, Eastern
After allegedly perpetrating a $165 million Ponzi scheme, fleeing to Fiji, and being deported back to the United States, Edward Zimbardi will appear in federal court today to face wire fraud and money laundering charges.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Georgia, Northern