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Aug. 27, 2024 ¡ª Augusto Alizo was sentenced today to 14 months in prison for charges related to his role in a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) Acting Special Agent in Charge Michael Mosley. The sentence was handed down by the Hon. Richard Seeborg, Chief U.S. District Judge.

Aug. 27, 2024 ¡ª A Cincinnati woman was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 24 months in prison for laundering money for online romance scammers.

Aug. 29, 2024 ¡ª Roy L. Layne, of St. David, pleaded guilty yesterday to two counts of wire fraud and one count of Filing a False Claim. Sentencing is scheduled for February 3, 2025, before United States District Judge John C. Hinderaker.

Aug. 29, 2024 ¡ª Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Harry T. Chavis, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, announced that Evan Bobzin, of Chester, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to offenses stemming from a $2 million embezzlement scheme.

Aug. 28, 2024 ¡ª Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Ryan Scott Cochran, also known as ¡°namedeclined,¡± pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine through the United States mail.

Aug. 28, 2024 ¡ª The U.S. Attorney¡¯s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Solomon Paul Garcia, of Pueblo, Colorado was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for tax evasion.

Aug. 28, 2024 ¡ª The United States Attorney¡¯s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the Department of Justice, Tax Division announced that Jill Moran, of Conyngham, Pennsylvania, appeared in federal district court today and pleaded guilty to a three-count criminal information charging her with failing to pay individual income taxes for calendar years 2016, 2017, and 2018, in connection with substantial legal fees she earned as the owner and operator of The Powell Law Group, P.C., a Luzerne County-based law firm, and as a member of the Trust Advisory Committee for the mass tort litigation described below.

Aug. 28, 2024 ¡ª Jose Vicente Badillo, Kirill Afanasyev, Jason Naraja, and Jaime Respicio have been charged in an indictment with various crimes related to two schemes to defraud auto insurance companies, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey; IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) Acting Special Agent in Charge Michael Mosley of the Oakland Field Office; and FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert K. Tripp.

Aug. 28, 2024 ¡ª After deliberating for approximately five hours, a federal jury found Pittsburgh resident Durrell Waters guilty of five counts of money laundering and conspiracy in connection with the sale and interstate transportation of stolen goods, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today.

Aug. 29, 2024 ¡ª Timothy M. O¡¯Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Curtis A. Alleyne, of Almond, Wisconsin was sentenced on August 23, 2024, by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to a year and a day in federal prison for wire fraud and money laundering associated with a COVID-19 pandemic relief program. Alleyne pleaded guilty to this charge on May 9, 2024.