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Oct. 1, 2024 ¡ª The former comptroller general of Ecuador was sentenced today to 10 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $16.5 million for his role in a multimillion-dollar international bribery and money laundering scheme in which he received over $10 million in bribes and laundered those bribes payments in South Florida.

Oct. 1, 2024 ¡ª A Florida woman today admitted fraudulently obtaining $465,489 in COVID-19 relief funding after submitting fraudulent applications to victim lenders, the U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Oct. 1, 2024 ¡ª A New York man today admitted conspiring to commit wire fraud that caused losses of more than $2 million, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Oct. 2, 2024 ¡ª Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Martin Handler was sentenced today to 58 months in prison for defrauding the federal Head Start program, misappropriating over $1 million from his federally-funded childcare company, and tax evasion.

Oct. 2, 2024 ¡ª Federal and local law enforcement have arrested 42 members and associates of the SFV Peckerwoods, a San Fernando Valley-based white supremacist street gang, on a 76-count federal grand jury indictment alleging they engaged in a years-long pattern of racketeering activity that included trafficking of drugs ¨C including fentanyl ¨C illegal firearms possession, and COVID-19 benefits and loan fraud, the Justice Department announced today.

Oct. 2, 2024 ¡ª United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on Sept. 26, 2024, Angela Shelton, of New Orleans, was sentenced for making false statements on an individual tax return, in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7206(1).

Oct. 4, 2024 ¡ª U.S. District Chief Judge George L. Russell III yesterday sentenced Dolapo Lawal, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 60 months¡¯ imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for federal charges of access device fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Oct. 4, 2024 ¡ª A Georgetown couple was sentenced in federal court to a combined 32 years in federal prison for their roles in a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) fraud scheme.

Oct. 4, 2024 ¡ª A Columbus man was sentenced in federal court here today to 72 months in prison for conspiring to launder millions of dollars of drug trafficking money through a Columbus grocery store front business.

Oct. 4, 2024 ¡ª Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Gregory Gumucio pled guilty today to a conspiracy to commit tax evasion from 2012 through 2020. Gumucio was the longtime leader of a prominent nationwide yoga business, Yoga to the People (YTTP), from which he received more than $3.5 million in income between 2012 and 2020, yet he did not file individual (or business) tax returns or pay any income taxes for at least eight consecutive years. Gumucio pled guilty before U.S. District Judge John P. Cronan, to whom his case is assigned.