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Aug. 21, 2024 ¡ª U.S. Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Nathaniel Thomas Hatcher, III (Jacksonville) and James Toney (Jacksonville) with committing a drive-by shooting and discharging a firearm in connection with a crime of violence. The charges stem from their alleged roles in a shooting that occurred along I-95 in St. Johns, Florida, on Oct. 17, 2023.

Aug. 21, 2024 ¡ª A restitution hearing has been scheduled for former Roswell Escrow Services, Inc. owner Christopher Adam Jensen-Tanner.

Aug. 21, 2024 ¡ª Jack Paskin of Nelsonville, Ohio, pleaded guilty today to money laundering.

Aug. 21, 2024 ¡ª A resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today.

Aug. 21, 2024 ¡ª The former owner of a now-defunct luxury home building business in West Springfield was sentenced yesterday for conspiring to defraud the United States and creating false documents to help one of his clients obtain a mortgage.

Aug. 21, 2024 ¡ª A federal grand jury in Charlotte has returned a criminal indictment charging Clint Clifford Sicking of Muenster, Texas, for his role in a $780,000 scheme involving the theft of livestock, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

Aug. 21, 2024 ¡ª Two additional defendants were sentenced this week in a national COVID-19 fraud, including, Toni A. Smith, who was sentenced to 15 months in prison; and Dontae Antonio Murphy, who was sentenced to 12 months in prison. Collectively, these Defendants were also ordered to pay several hundred thousand dollars in restitution to the Small Business Administration, which included interest and processing fees, for fraudulently obtaining Paycheck Protection Act (¡°PPP¡±) COVID-19 loans.

Aug. 21, 2024 ¡ª A resident of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today.

Aug. 23, 2024 ¡ª U.S. District Judge Carlos Mendoza has sentenced Jihad Williams Morales, Michael Gabriel Robles Vazquez, and Jorge Ivan Ortiz Bull to federal prison terms for conspiracy to commit money laundering and structuring. In total, these individuals and their conspirators, Cristian Rodriguez Labour and Aramys Gonzalez Rodriguez, pleaded guilty to 35 counts of conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering, money laundering, and structuring.

Aug. 22, 2024 ¡ª A Bergen County, New Jersey, man was indicted on charges that he fraudulently obtained hundreds of thousands of dollars of Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.