FORT WAYNE – U.S. Attorney Adam Mildred announced 12 indictments and 5 guilty pleas 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 U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Indiana was a key participant in this surge effort. From June 12 to September 1, federal prosecutors across the country…
Criminal - Criminal White Collar and Corporate Enforcement · Department of Justice
An Illinois woman was sentenced this week to 27 months in prison for her role in a conspiracy to fraudulently obtain tax refunds by submitting false tax returns and fictitious financial instruments to the IRS.
National Fraud Enforcement Division · USAO - Idaho
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould announced that on Sept. 9, Tammy Sue Kerns, 58, pleaded guilty to second degree murder for killing her newborn son on or about Aug. 4, 1988, at the U.S. Air Force Regional Hospital at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas.
secova_settlement_agreement.pdf Glow Networks, Inc. (“Glow Networks”), a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Texas, and Secova, Inc. (“Secova”), a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in New Jersey, have agreed to pay $3,869,102.68 to resolve allegations that they improperly obtained Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) for which they were not eligible.
40 U.S. Attorney’s Offices, along with 20 federal and state investigative agencies, participate in two-month enforcement surgeOKLAHOMA CITY – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Oklahoma today announced charges against five defendants 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 Western…
HUNTINGTON, W. Va. – Nigel Jamille Coats, 22, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to distribution of quantities of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on November 13, 2025, Coats sold approximately 22 grams of fentanyl to a confidential informant in exchange for $1,200 in Huntington. As part of his guilty plea, Coats admitted to the transaction and further admitted to selling approximately 18.12 grams of fentanyl on November 6, 2025, and approximately 18.12 grams of fentanyl on…
Gainesville, Florida – Taurean Jaquan Servance, 24, Jarrett Abram Servance, 45, Jarrett Abram Servance Jr., 25, Terry Lajace Lee, 44, Christopher Eugene Thompson, 56, and Clinton Thomas, 43, all of Gainesville, Florida, have been indicted in federal court for conspiracy to violate the Animal Welfare Act. In addition, Thompson has been indicted on 13 counts of possession of fighting dogs; Thomas has been indicted on 12 counts of possession of fighting dogs; Taurean Servance and Jarrett Servance Jr. have been…
MICHAEL SIMES, 51, of Newtown, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 10 months of imprisonment and one year of supervised release for offenses related to his failure to file tax returns and to pay more than $3.1 million in taxes, penalties, and interest owed.
FRESNO, Calif. — Ronald Juckno, 53, of Fresno, former mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), was arrested on Friday, Sept. 11 following an indictment charging him with keeping and failing to deliver the mail, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced today. According to court records, between August and September 2024, Juckno was found in possession of more than 8,500 pieces of mail that he had held onto and failed to deliver to his customers. The mail included sensitive items such as California EDD…
SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jerrod Curtis, age 42, Paul Daniel Chavis, a/k/a “Payne,” age 56, and Reneard Harris, age 68, all of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, were convicted on September 10, 2026, for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and other drug trafficking offenses following a two-week trial before United States District Judge Joseph F. Saporito, Jr. According to United States Attorney Brian D. Miller, Curtis operated a…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division along with the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the SBA Office of Inspector General, as part of a Heartland Fraud Surge announced the results of Operation No Doze, a surge of criminal enforcement actions targeting fraud in SBA’s small business COVID-era loan programs. During the summer surge between June 12 and Sept. 1, SBA-OIG and federal prosecutors in the Fraud Division and across over 40 U.S. Attorney’s Offices, with…
NASHVILLE – Helen Boerman, 48, of Brentwood, Tennessee, was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for defrauding Medicare and other government health care programs out of nearly $7 million, announced United States Attorney Braden H. Boucek for the Middle District of Tennessee. Chief United States District Judge William L. Campbell, Jr. imposed the 42-month prison sentence on September 10, 2026, followed by one year of supervised release. Boerman was also ordered to pay $6,970,583.50 in restitution and a $100…
Office of the Inspector General · USAO - Tennessee, Middle
Ejiroghene O. Okuma, a financial adviser who defrauded an elderly client out of nearly $10 million, was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for wire fraud.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Georgia, Northern
Deputy United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Sean S. Buckley, and Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the FBI, James C. Barnacle, Jr., announced the filing of a civil forfeiture Complaint against approximately $61 million in cryptocurrency as the proceeds of black-market sales of sanctioned Iranian crude oil and petroleum products, intended to finance the Government of Iran and Iranian military components, including Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (“IRGC”)…
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould announced that four defendants — Donella Locke, Suekya Whitney (aka Suekya Locke), Shakoya Crenshaw (aka Shakoya Locke), and Krystle Locke (aka Krystle Edwards / Krystal Locke) — were indicted in two related fraud schemes involving the exploitation of elderly or vulnerable individuals entrusted to their care.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Texas, Northern
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas has charged another 218 people in immigration and border security-related matters from Sept. 4–10
PHOENIX, Ariz. – During the week of enforcement operations from Sep. 5 through Sep. 11, 2026, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona brought immigration-related criminal charges against 306 individuals.
Joseph Randall Summerlin, 52, of Billings, Montana, was sentenced to 50 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for distribution of methamphetamine.
Criminal - Money Laundering, Narcotics and Forfeiture Section · Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
COVINGTON, Ky. – A Cincinnati man, Juan Wesley McKenzie, Jr., 25, was sentenced to 300 months in prison on Friday by Chief U.S. District Judge David Bunning for distribution of fentanyl resulting in death. According to court documents, McKenzie supplied fentanyl pills to Andrew Rossi, who then distributed portions of those pills to Steffany Keene. Keene subsequently sold several pills to a victim, who consumed them and died from fentanyl toxicity. Following the death, investigators used the victim’s cellphone to…
A Delaware Army Reservist was arrested and made his initial appearance in federal court on September 9, 2026, on charges of production of child pornography, receipt of child pornography, possession of child pornography, and travel with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Delaware
LEXINGTON, Ky. – A Louisville, Ky., man, Timothy Acker, 57, was sentenced on Thursday to 120 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell for possession of child pornography. Acker was previously convicted in 2018 for distributing illegal material involving minors and was a registered sex offender. In 2024, law enforcement investigated and identified Acker as an online user operating multiple illicit content‑sharing groups on encrypted messaging platforms. In early 2025, a separate investigation by law…