NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – RICHARD WILLIAM HUYE, III (“HUYE”), age 34, formerly of New Orleans, and now a resident of Texas, was charged by bill of information on August 28, 2026, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle.
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Ricketta Ann Twitty, 35, of Bostic, N.C. was sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl after she was caught with nearly 600 counterfeit pills containing fentanyl, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Twitty was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release after completing her prison sentence. “I have spent the last week going around the district educating people that a single counterfeit pill…
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould announced that a South African national with a long history of fraud and identity related offenses was charged in a federal criminal complaint Aug. 25 with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft following an extensive multi agency investigation.
ABINGDON, Va. – A pair of Virginia residents pled guilty recently to filing false claims for pandemic unemployment benefits authorized by the CARES Act. 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. Martha Sue Buffy Davis, 50, of Glade Spring, Va., and Robert Walter Neely, 47, both pled guilty to one count of conspiring to defraud the United States and commit an offense against the United States by…
The U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska earlier this week dismissed the complaint in a case challenging President Trump’s rescission of Biden-era withdrawals of areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) from oil and gas leasing. The court dismissed the case for lack of standing.
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ABINGDON, Va. – An Alabama man, who conspired with Dr. Rotimi Adegoke Illuyomade and others to illegally distribute promethazine-codeine solution, was sentenced today to one year of probation. Cameron Zackery Brown pled guilty to one misdemeanor count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute a Schedule V controlled substance, promethazine-codeine solution, also known as “lean” and “purple drank.”
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on August 27, 2026, United States District Judge Karoline Mehalchick sentenced Jason Motter, age 42, of Dallastown, Pennsylvania, to 21 months’ imprisonment for executing a scheme to defraud a financial institution in connection with a $773,409 residential loan application. According to United States Attorney Brian D. Miller, on or about April 13, 2023, Motter applied for a residential loan. In support of the…
GREENSBORO, NC – United States Attorney Dan Bishop and FBI Charlotte SAC Reid Davis announced the extradition of Mudasiru Afeez Olawale, age 24, from Nigeria to the United States to face federal charges related to the financially motivated sextortion of two victims and death of a teenager in the Middle District of North Carolina. Olawale was charged by indictment in August 2023, with offenses relating to sexual exploitation of minors, coercion and enticement of minors, distribution of child pornography, and…
LEXINGTON, KY- A Kentucky medical biller and owner of AA’s Medical Coding and Billing Services, LLC., Jacqueline Sanders, age 60, from Louisville, Ky., was indicted for one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, 25 counts of health care fraud, and four counts of money laundering. According to the indictment, Sanders recruited individuals unfamiliar with Medicaid requirements to open behavioral health service entities, handled their credentialing and enrollment with Kentucky Medicaid, and then directed the…
Dustin Jay Ammons, a San Antonio felon, was sentenced to 140 months in federal prison for two charges related to ATM explosions in September 2025 and his illegal possession of multiple firearms
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A Lame Deer man who ran over an acquaintance after a night of drinking was sentenced today to three years and six months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
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Memphis, TN – After a two-day trial, a federal jury found Carroll Mobley, 50, of Memphis, guilty of one count of possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. United States Attorney D. Michael Dunavant, of the Western District of Tennessee, announced the verdict today. According to information presented in court...
Caine Aric Chimoni has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol in a crash that killed a passenger and injured two children.
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Tampa, Florida – George Russell Isbell, Jr. (70, San Diego) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge John L. Badalamenti to eleven months in federal prison for mailing a threatening communication. He pleaded guilty on June 24, 2026. United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.
LAS VEGAS – As a result of a Homeland Security Task Force investigation, a Mexican national, who is illegally present in the United States, made his initial court appearance Wednesday for allegedly using a counterfeit passport as identification to open a bank account and launder proceeds from online vehicle sales.
Today, the Justice Department’s Weaponization Working Group issued a report detailing how, under the previous Administration, the FBI’s Richmond Field Office associated beliefs held by many Catholics with domestic extremism and investigated two priests as a result. The report focuses on the production and circulation of an internal assessment known as the “Richmond Domain Perspective.” This assessment documented the purported rise of domestic extremism among those who hold conservative beliefs associated with a…
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Francisco Javier Villanueva Castro, age 29, of Mexico, who is present in the United States without authorization, pleaded guilty before United States Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick to attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Kurt L. Wall.
Jacksonville, Florida – George Joshua Floyd (45, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to wire fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. Floyd has agreed to forfeit $1,159,596.26, the proceeds of the scheme to defraud that he personally obtained. He also agreed to make full restitution to the victims of his offense conduct. United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.
MINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced that three defendants in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme have been sentenced to a total of 155 months in prison for their role in the $250 million fraud scheme that exploited the Federal Child Nutrition Program during the COVID-19 pandemic. Abdihakim Ali Ahmed, 40, of Apple Valley, Minnesota, was sentenced to 54 months in prison for one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering. Ahmed was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Nancy E.…
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LEXINGTON, KY- The Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) Louisville brings together federal, state, and local law enforcement and prosecutors to identify, investigate, and dismantle transnational criminal organizations. By working as one team and combining the strengths and resources of multiple agencies, HSTF Louisville can more effectively combat complex crimes including drug and weapons trafficking, fraud and money laundering, and human trafficking and smuggling. As part of an ongoing investigation into a…
A New York woman was convicted by a federal jury yesterday for offenses related to her trafficking of 400 grams or more of fentanyl in April and May 2020.
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Connor Waterman, age 25, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Keli M. Neary to 78 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by a 10-year term of supervised release, for possessing child pornography. According to United States Attorney Brian D. Miller, following the execution of a search warrant at Waterman’s Mechanicsburg residence in February 2023, investigators…