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Feb. 3, 2025 ¡ª United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Francis J. Battista of Aston, Pennsylvania, was convicted at trial on all charges against him ¡ª 12 counts of wire fraud, three counts of aggravated identity theft, and seven counts of money laundering ¡ª for defrauding federal COVID-19 assistance programs of $8.4 million. United States District Court Judge Paul S. Diamond remanded the defendant into custody following the verdict on Friday afternoon.

Feb. 3, 2025 ¡ª The owner of a paving company doing business north of Boston was sentenced on Jan. 30, 2025 for a multi-year income tax evasion scheme.

Feb. 3, 2025 ¡ª Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives Terrance John ¡°TJ¡± Cox of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to one count of wire fraud and one count of wire fraud affecting a financial institution, Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith announced.

Feb. 3, 2025 ¡ª James Henley of Greenwood, Indiana, has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit access device fraud, two counts of money laundering, and eight counts of wire fraud. Henley has also been ordered to pay $1,887,426.63 in restitution.

Feb. 3, 2025 ¡ª On Jan. 31, 2025, a federal judge sentenced Natoshia Lashawn Crawford to 30 months in prison for making false tax returns and assisting in the filing of false tax returns, announced Acting United States Attorney Kevin Davidson and Special Agent in Charge Demetrius Hardeman with IRS Criminal Investigation¡¯s Atlanta Field Office. Federal inmates are not eligible for parole.

Feb. 3, 2025 ¡ª The United States Attorney¡¯s Office for the District of Vermont stated that Andrew Hollins, who has also been known as Andrew Jones of Colchester, Vermont and New York City, was sentenced on Jan. 31, 2024 in United States District Court in Burlington to 62 months of imprisonment following his guilty pleas to two separate indictments charging him with narcotics trafficking, wire fraud and money laundering.

Feb. 3, 2025 ¡ª A Shakopee woman pleaded guilty for her role in the $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Lisa D. Kirkpatrick.

Feb. 3, 2025 ¡ª A Rochester woman pleaded guilty for her role in the $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Lisa D. Kirkpatrick.

Feb. 3, 2025 ¡ª An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Andean Medjedovic with wire fraud, computer hacking and attempted extortion for stealing approximately $65 million in cryptocurrency from the KyberSwap and Indexed Finance decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, which are sophisticated financial platforms residing on cryptocurrency blockchains. Medjedovic is also charged with laundering the proceeds of the theft. He is currently at large.

Feb. 3, 2025 ¡ª Jack Lee Oliver of Rivesville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison for defrauding the Internal Revenue Service of $708,538.