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Pensacola, Florida – Sidney Marc Wilson, Jr., 48, of Niceville, Florida, was sentenced to six years in federal prison for Conspiracy to Commit Wire and Mail Fraud; Mail Fraud; Wire Fraud; Money Laundering; and Subscribing to Materially False Tax Returns. The sentence was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. …
WASHINGTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced today that it reached a civil settlement agreement with Carleena Graham, whereby the former Vice President of Human Resources for World Learning has agreed to pay $160,000 to resolve allegations that she violated the False Claims Act by submitting false invoices to…
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MIAMI – A California man has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting children by secretly recording minors through spyware installed on laptop computers and directing children overseas to produce child sexual abuse material (CSAM). U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Becerra sentenced Jacob Melvin Hart, 46, of California, after he pleaded guilty…
BILLINGS – A Chinese man living in California, who defrauded a Joliet man out of nearly $200,000, was sentenced today to two years and three months in prison and to pay restitution of $181,000, Acting U.S. Attorney Mark Steger Smith said. Wei Jia Luo, 42, pleaded guilty in March 2026 to one count of wire fraud. Following his…
Tallahassee, Florida – Shanon Dewynn Robinson, 54, of Gretna, Florida, has been indicted in federal court for possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida announced the charge. Robinson appeared in federal court for his arraignment before United States Magistrate Judge Martin…
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Sierra Nevada Company, LLC (SNC), headquartered in Sparks, Nevada, agreed to pay $7.75 million to settle False Claims Act allegations arising from its employment of a government official who, while employed by both SNC and the government, participated personally and substantially in three government contracts awarded to SNC. From July 2019…
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CLEVELAND – A 50-year-old Niles man was sentenced to prison after he admitted to downloading and sharing thousands of child pornography files. The defendant had a pattern of related criminal activity and was previously convicted at the state level for engaging in the same exact conduct in 2019. Daniel Scharmer was sentenced to 168 months…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A North Carolina woman is facing federal charges for allegedly orchestrating a scheme that defrauded the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Discrimination Financial Assistance Program (DFAP) of millions of dollars, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. A federal grand jury in Charlotte returned an indictment charging…
Ocala, Florida – Jose Valles Villamizar (29, Tavares) has pleaded guilty to theft of government funds and aggravated identity theft. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment for the theft of government funds offense and a mandatory consecutive sentence of 2 years’ imprisonment for the aggravated identity theft offense. As part of his…
Rapid City – United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a federal grand jury has indicted a Pine Ridge married couple on one count of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, 14 counts of Wire Fraud, one count of Larceny, and one count of Embezzlement and Theft from an Indian Tribal Organization. Patrick Fire Thunder and…
A shooting at Seattle’s food festival left four injured and three dead: a 19-year-old man, a 44-year-old man, and a 56-year-old woman. Two people died at the scene, and a third died at the hospital. The annual Bite of Seattle food festival, held at the Seattle Center in Seattle, Washington, on Sunday night, was the…
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For ten years he withheld employee taxes but failed to pay them to IRS Seattle – The owner of a restaurant in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood pleaded guilty today to willfully failing to pay over more than $1.4 million in unemployment, Social Security, and Medicare taxes – some of which were withheld from employee paychecks,…
Four Labor Unions and Employee Benefit Plan Settle Claims That They Were Ineligible to Receive Pandemic-Era Government Loans United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced today that International Union of Journeymen and Allied Trades (“IUJAT”), United Service Workers Union, IUJAT National Union (“USWU”), Home Healthcare Workers of America, IUJAT…
PORTLAND, Ore.— A Gresham, Oregon, man pleaded guilty today after he was charged with assaulting a federal law enforcement officer during a declared riot near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in South Portland. Ginovanni Joseph Brumbelow, 22, pleaded guilty to assault on a federal officer with a dangerous weapon. According to court…
Edian Villar, 28, a teacher at the Doral high school, was arrested on Thursday, May 1, 2025, according to the police report, after being caught having sex with a 17-year-old student at the school. The teacher Villar, was listed in the J.C. Bermudez High School staff directory, but was dismissed from the school. According to…
On Thursday, July 23, 2026, at 9:30 p.m., Doral police conducted a routine traffic stop on NW 102nd Avenue. The vehicle had two occupants, a man and a woman. During the official’s process, the individuals ran from the vehicle, and a police chase ensued. The woman was quickly apprehended, while the other suspect fled into…
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HOUSTON – Stafford-based Matrix Metals LLC has agreed to pay $1,175,529.20 to resolve allegations of fraudulently obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program loan for which it was ineligible. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act established the PPP to provide forgivable loans to eligible small businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. To qualify for a…
Defendant dispensed 300,000+ pills to patients without a legitimate medical purpose at 10x the price MIAMI – A federal jury in the Southern District of Florida convicted a licensed pharmacist and pharmacy owner yesterday for her role in dispensing over 300,000 oxycodone 30mg pills to pharmacy patrons who had no medical need for the drug. According…
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MIAMI – A South Florida fundraiser and financier connected to the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulently obtained COVID-19 relief funds that helped finance the plot. U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Becerra sentenced Keegan Harricharan, 42, of Coral…
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Sixteen residents of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on cocaine trafficking charges, United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today. The one-count Indictment was unsealed following the arrests of the defendants today. According to the Indictment, from in and around November 2025 to in and around…
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TOPEKA, KAN. – Two Kansas men were sentenced to prison for robbing a food truck during which they violently assaulted a victim. According to court documents, Deon Ikner, 21, and Aaron Whitehead, 25, both of Topeka pleaded guilty to one count of interference with commerce by robbery. Ikner was sentenced to 71 months in prison….
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