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Nov. 7, 2024 ¡ª A Florida man pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme that generated over $7 million in fraudulent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) renewable fuels credits and sought over $6 million in fraudulent tax credits connected to the purported production of biodiesel.

Nov. 7, 2024 ¡ª A chemical company, its director and three senior employees have been charged in a 13-count federal grand jury indictment alleging they sold deadly fentanyl precursor chemicals and xylazine ¨C known as ¡°tranq¡± ¨C globally, fueling the fentanyl crisis in the United States, the Justice Department announced today.

Nov. 7, 2024 ¡ª An Allen County, Kentucky man was sentenced this week to 1 year and 3 months in federal prison for tax evasion.

Nov. 7, 2024 ¡ª A Marlborough woman was indicted for embezzling almost $200,000 from Monadnock Peer Support (MPS), a mental health non-profit based in Keene, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.

Nov. 14, 2024 ¡ª A resident of Indiana, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today.

Nov. 14, 2024 ¡ª Oluwole Adegboruwa of Las Vegas, Nevada, the main defendant and mastermind in a multimillion-dollar dark web drug trafficking operation was sentenced to 30 years of imprisonment. He was also ordered supervised release for life and the forfeiture of over $20 million, which is among the largest forfeitures holding a defendant financially accountable for his crimes in the history of the U.S. Attorney¡¯s Office for the District of Utah.

Nov. 13, 2024 ¡ª The U.S. Attorney¡¯s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Kimberly Ann Tew of Denver, Colorado was sentenced to 48 months in prison, and Michael Tew of Denver, Colorado was sentenced to 42 months for their roles in a wire fraud scheme that defrauded National Air Cargo, a logistics company and contractor for the Department of Defense.

Nov. 13, 2024 ¡ª U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Nicholas Scarantino of North Carolina, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to conspiracy to commit mail fraud, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Nov. 13, 2024 ¡ª Stanislav Romanyuk, a citizen of Ukraine last residing in Estonia, was sentenced today to 33 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a scheme to violate U.S. export laws and regulations by attempting to smuggle a dual-use export-controlled item to Russia.

Nov. 13, 2024 ¡ª U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron today sentenced George Pherai-Bogeajis to 19 years and 7 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl and possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking. The court also ordered Pherai-Bogeajis to forfeit four vehicles and four firearms used in the offense, along with $867,265 of drug proceeds. Pherai-Bogeajis entered a guilty plea on June 18, 2024.