5 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced Thursday that a man from Shippenville had been sentenced to 21 years and 10 months […]
Category: Department of Justice Press Releases
West Virginia woman faked business operation to scam federal goverment out of COVID-19 relief funds
10 Charleston, West Virginia.After confessing to defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of over $20,000 in COVID-19 relief loans, a St. Albans woman was sentenced […]
North Carolina man indicted for pulling a gun at pizzeria in alleged hate crime
9 Charlotte, North Carolina.Federal prosecutors said Friday that a 31-year-old man from North Carolina has been charged with federal civil rights and firearms offenses for […]
Two Dominican nationals sentenced for smuggling endangered juvenile eels from Puerto Rico
9 In Puerto Rico, San JuanThis week, two Dominican citizens were found guilty of illegally capturing young American eels, also called glass eels, and trying […]
Colombian man charged in $66 million Ponzi scheme targeting hundreds of investors
7 MiamiColombian national Efrain Betancourt, Jr., 36, was charged with masterminding a $66 million Ponzi scam through his South Florida payday loan business, Sky Group […]
Norfolk man sentenced to over two years for trafficking machinegun parts and firearm possession
14 Norfolk, Virginia.A Norfolk man who pleaded guilty to trafficking machinegun conversion devices (MCDs) and unlawfully having weapons as a convicted felon was given a […]
Mexican national sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violation
1 U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs said that a Mexican who was living in the United States unlawfully was sentenced to federal prison in Beaumont, […]