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June 7, 2024 ¡ª Bruce Bochette of Charlton, New York, pled guilty today to evading taxes on about $825,000 in business income.

June 7, 2024 ¡ª Five individuals have been convicted by a federal jury for their roles in a $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally-funded child nutrition program, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.

June 7, 2024 ¡ª Juller Perez Salcedo of Garfield, New Jersey, was sentenced today to three years of probation, including 6 months of home detention, for conspiring to commit wire fraud and honest services fraud, and for tax evasion.

June 7, 2024 ¡ª A man accused of being a broker for Mexican drug cartels and 28 others have been indicted on drug and money laundering conspiracy charges in St. Louis.

June 7, 2024 ¡ª A resident of Brownsville, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today.

June 6, 2024 ¡ª A manufacturing supervisor for a luxury jewelry company pleaded guilty today to stealing gold, silver and platinum from his employer over a period of more than three years.

March 14, 2024 ¡ª A Nigerian citizen who defrauded U.S. COVID relief programs from his home in Canada, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 42 months in prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft announced U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Sakiru Olanrewaju Ambali, was arrested in February 2023, in Frankfurt, Germany, as he traveled back to Canada from Nigeria. Ambali was detained in Germany and was extradited to the U.S. last August. At today¡¯s sentencing hearing U.S. District Judge Robert J. Bryan said, ¡°It is clear that this involved a long series of serious fraudulent conduct.¡±

April 18, 2024 ¡ª A Texas man was sentenced to six and a half years in prison and three years¡¯ supervised release for trafficking more than 21 kilograms of the drug known as Spice from Texas to Alaska.

May 7, 2024 ¡ª A Minnesota man was sentenced today to 108 months in prison for wire fraud and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns.

May 8, 2024 ¡ª Newton Kaleo DeLeon of San Juan Capistrano, California, was sentenced by Senior District Judge Helen Gillmor today to 57 months in prison and three years of supervised release for wire fraud and money laundering related to a scheme to defraud at least 42 Hawaii and California victim-investors out of more than $1.2 million. DeLeon, a former Big Island resident, is required to pay $1,246,850 in restitution to the victims of the scheme. He also must pay a forfeiture money judgment of $1,194,650.