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Aug. 15, 2024 ¡ª A member of the Rollin¡¯ 60s Neighborhood Crips gang admitted to his role in a racketeering conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

May 7, 2024 ¡ª A Virginia businessman was sentenced to 78 months in prison for evading the payment of employment taxes, filing false tax returns and obstructing the IRS.

June 10, 2024 ¡ª Samuel Kristofer Bunner, formerly of Ranson, West Virginia, was sentenced today to a total of 121 months in federal prison for defrauding a Jefferson County man who suffered from dementia.

Aug. 16, 2024 ¡ª U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that James Civiletti of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to transmit wagering information in interstate commerce and conduct an illegal gambling business, was sentenced to serve one year probation by Chief U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.

Aug. 16, 2024 ¡ª The owner of a Charlotte area car dealership and a sales manager have pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracy charges, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. John Harvey Martin of Charlotte pleaded guilty today, and Vincent Emmanuel Jefferson, Jr. of Fort Mill, South Carolina, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, August 13, 2024.

Aug. 16, 2024 ¡ª A Mercer County, New Jersey, man was convicted of evading federal income taxes and filing false tax returns, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

Aug. 19, 2024 ¡ª Former U.S. representative George Anthony Devolder Santos pleaded guilty today to committing wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Aug. 19, 2024 ¡ª Trayon White, Sr., the D.C. councilmember representing Ward 8, was arrested yesterday on a criminal complaint charging him with bribery. White is Chair of the Council¡¯s Committee on Recreation, Libraries and Youth Affairs, which oversees several agencies including the D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS).

Aug. 19, 2024 ¡ª Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that, on Saturday, August 17, 2024, Pawel Bielecki, aka ¡°Paul Bielecki,¡± aka ¡°Paul HRH Saxe-Coburg-Gotha,¡± aka ¡°Dr. Phaakon Sonderburg-Glucksburg,¡± aka ¡°Father Paul,¡± aka ¡°Father Kowal,¡± was arrested on charges of wire fraud and mail fraud. Bielecki will be presented in White Plains federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew E. Krause.

Aug. 19, 2024 ¡ª Dennis Wayne Brite of Aiken, was sentenced to probation pleading guilty to tax evasion. He also immediately paid more than $669,000 in back taxes and interest.