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Andrei Samuilovski, 32, who has citizenship in Estonia, Switzerland and Russia, pleaded guilty today in connection with a scheme to illegally export U.S.-origin aviation and aerospace parts to Russia in violation of U.S. sanctions.
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CHARLESTON, W. Va. – United States Attorney Moore Capito announced a guilty plea today as part of a nationwide enforcement action led by the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, the Small Business Administration, and the SBA Office of Inspector General targeting fraud in the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The Southern District of West Virginia was a key participant in this surge effort. From June 12 to September 1, 2026, federal prosecutors across the country facilitated fraud…
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SAN DIEGO – Former sailors Bailey A. Szramowski and Johnnese H. Poomaihealani pleaded guilty in federal court this morning to selling counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl to active-duty U.S. Navy servicemembers stationed in San Diego, including during deployments. According to court records, Szramowski provided an active-duty U.S. Navy servicemember assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln with 10 purported oxycodone pills in December 2022. The victim, identified in court records by his initials, A.N.…
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ABINGDON, Va. – The bookkeeper for a Bristol, Virginia-based business pled guilty today to a pair of federal fraud charges for stealing more than $200,000 to pay her bills and buy more than 400 items from Amazon. Angela Sue Conley, 60, pleaded guilty today to one count of wire fraud and one count of mail fraud.
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ABINGDON, Va. – A Washington County, Virginia man, who conspired with others to file false claims for pandemic unemployment benefits authorized by the CARES Act, pled guilty today. The CARES Act is a federal law, enacted in March of 2020, that was designed to provide emergency financial assistance to people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Richard David Michael Bland, 62, pled guilty today to one count of conspiring to defraud the United States and commit an offense against the United States by filing fraudulent…
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TUCSON, Ariz. – On Sep. 9, 2026, Special Agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Tucson District Office, conducted a multi-state enforcement operation resulting in the arrest of Alastair Mark Sanderson, 39, of Overland Park, Kansas; William Robert Norris, 43, of Westworth Village, Texas; and Michael Christian Packard, 36, of Fort Worth, Texas. Sanderson and Norris are the principal managers of LFA Machines DFW, LLC. Packard is a former long-time employee of LFA.
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BURLINGTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on September 14, 2026, Theodore Bland, 31, of Stowe, Vermont, was sentenced by United States District Judge William K. Sessions III to two consecutive sentences of life imprisonment after his guilty plea to causing the deaths of two men while carrying and using a firearm during and in relation to drug trafficking, and concurrent sentences of imprisonment for various federal drug and firearm charges. Judge Sessions also required…
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Alexander A. Olave, 35, of Manassas, was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison for orchestrating a multi-year fraud scheme that defrauded approximately 100 victims of more than $3.5 million.
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico today announced the sentencing of Scott A. Spiro as part of a nationwide enforcement action led by the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the SBA Office of Inspector General targeting fraud in the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
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SAN DIEGO – Frank Mahonri Cruz-Marentes, a Mexican national who was extradited to the United States from Peru in November 2025, pleaded guilty this morning to laundering more than $72 million in drug proceeds between January 2019 and April 2021. According to court records, Cruz-Marentes secured contracts with drug trafficking organizations in Mexico to pick up drug proceeds in cities throughout the United States, including Baltimore, Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Boston, Denver, Chicago, New York, and…
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U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced the results of three separate drug trafficking prosecutions in Southern Idaho.
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DES MOINES, Iowa – Two New York men who are Chinese Nationals have pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and money laundering.
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PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possessing a firearm after a felony conviction, United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today. Marryon Hopson Savage, 28, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge William S. Stickman IV. In connection with the guilty plea, the Court was advised that, on January 15, 2025, Hopson Savage possessed a firearm after previously having been convicted of a felony. Federal law prohibits possession of a…
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ROMAN SANTIAGO JR., 43, formerly of Danbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford 120 months of imprisonment and 10 years of supervised release for trafficking cocaine from Puerto Rico using the U.S. Mail. Judge Nagala also ordered Santiago to pay a $15,000 fine.
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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney David I. Courcelle for the Eastern District of Louisiana announced today the successful prosecution of seven (7) defendants for Small Business Administration related fraud, resulting in seven (7) guilty pleas, four (4) of which have already been sentenced, making EDLA a key player in the nationwide enforcement surge led by the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, the Small Business Administration (“SBA”), and the SBA Office of Inspector General…
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HUNTINGTON, W. Va. – Tony Eldon Lee Jr., 40, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to distribution of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine resulting in death. According to court documents and statements made in court, on July 19, 2025, Lee sold approximately 1.8 grams of methamphetamine to the 15-year-old son of his girlfriend, with whom he resided in Huntington, in exchange for $30. As part of his guilty plea, Lee admitted that he conducted the transaction after exchanging text messages with the teen…
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A Georgia man has been sentenced to prison following a drug-related plea agreement.
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A Santa Barbara County, California, man pleaded guilty today to detonating a bomb at a Santa Maria courthouse in 2024 in an attack that injured three people, damaged the building, and was intended to kill law enforcement officers in retaliation for local law enforcement seizing his firearms earlier that year.
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DENVER – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Kevin Lee Tompkins, age 40, of Thornton, Colorado, has been charged by a federal grand jury with four counts of making interstate threats to kill federal, state, and local law enforcement officers.
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Tallahassee, Florida – Nicholas Michael Freeman, 48, of Perry, Florida, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine, cocaine, and cocaine base.
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BOSTON – An Ecuadorian national unlawfully residing in Milford, Mass. pleaded guilty on Sept. 8, 2026 in federal court in Worcester to illegally reentering the United States after deportation. The defendant was previously deported from the United States and arrested four times for driving under the influence in Massachusetts.
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SAN DIEGO – Kassandra Sanchez was sentenced in federal court today to 12 and a half months in prison for aiding and abetting her boyfriend in stealing the identity of her brother to commit a variety of federal crimes in the United States. This included smuggling an alien through the San Ysidro Port of Entry and fraudulently obtaining public benefits such as Medi-Cal and CalFresh.
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Seattle –The Western District of Washington today announced the plea and sentencing in two cases as part of a nationwide enforcement action led by the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, the Small Business Administration, and the SBA Office of Inspector General targeting fraud in the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
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A Wolf Point woman, who was part of group that beat a man to death last year, was sentenced today to 11 years and four months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
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