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June 20, 2024 ¡ª Michael Gonzalski was sentenced Tuesday to serve 54 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine, possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute, and money laundering, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New York Division.

June 20, 2024 ¡ª A Haverhill man was indicted today for allegedly filing a Massachusetts Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) claim in 2020 for a man who was living in Brazil at the time, and therefore ineligible to receive PUA benefits.

June 20, 2024 ¡ª A Fort Smith man, Neil Ravi Mehta was sentenced today to 57 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $659,825.52 in restitution, on one count of possession of an unregistered firearm that was a destructive device, one count of fraud and false statements related to tax returns, and one count of false declaration before a court.

June 20, 2024 ¡ª A Fort Smith man, Neil Ravi Mehta was sentenced today to 57 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $659,825.52 in restitution, on one count of possession of an unregistered firearm that was a destructive device, one count of fraud and false statements related to tax returns, and one count of false declaration before a court.

June 21, 2024 ¡ª The United States Attorney¡¯s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Danny Sing of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was sentenced to 27 months of imprisonment, and Mark Holmes of Muskogee, Oklahoma was sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment by United States District Judge Malachy E. Mannion, for commercial bribery and tax fraud offenses.

June 21, 2024 ¡ª A Chicago consultant was sentenced today to a year in federal prison for underreporting and failing to file federal income taxes.

June 21, 2024 ¡ª An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Boston charging former Massachusetts state senator Dean Tran and his sister for allegedly attempting to cover up a sham job offer from the sister¡¯s company to Tran.

June 24, 2024 ¡ª Today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Peter Khaim was sentenced by United States District Judge Ann M. Donnelly to 97 months in prison for using New York-area pharmacies to submit false and fraudulent claims to Medicare and then laundering the criminal proceeds. Khaim¡¯s brother and codefendant, Arkadiy Khaimov, was previously sentenced on April 3, 2024 to six years in prison for his role in the money laundering scheme. Khaim and Khaimov pleaded guilty in November 2022 to conspiracy to commit money laundering. As part of their sentences, Khaim was ordered to pay more than $18 million in restitution and to forfeit more than $2.7 million; Khaimov was ordered to pay more than $18 million in restitution and to forfeit more than $9.6 million.

June 24, 2024 ¡ª A Blackstone man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for defrauding his former employer ¨C a company that operates a national chain of second-hand retail stores ¨C by using others¡¯ identities and repeatedly falsifying working hours for employees and taking all the wages for himself.

June 24, 2024 ¡ª Peter Vega of Rio Rico, was sentenced on June 11, 2024, by United States District Judge Raner C. Collins to 180 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Vega pleaded guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl, Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, and Conspiracy to Launder a Monetary Instrument on March 19, 2024.