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August 4, 2023 ¡ª The owner of two jewelry stores in the Independence Center mall in Independence, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to evading federal reporting requirements for cash transactions.

August 4, 2023 ¡ª Carey Terrance Sr., of Hogansburg, New York, pled guilty on July 31 to conspiring to launder money in connection with a scheme to smuggle cut rag tobacco into Canada from the United States.

August 4, 2023 ¡ª Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that on August 3, 2023, Alma L. Zapien, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on August 3, 2023, in federal court in Omaha for money laundering conspiracy. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Zapien to 60 months¡¯ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After her release from prison, she will also be subject to a three-year term of supervised release.

August 7, 2023 ¡ª Three members of a San Antonio family pleaded guilty in federal court today to charges related to government contracts fraud for services at U.S. Army medical facilities.

August 8, 2023 ¡ª Troy Benjamin Bittner, of Myrtle Beach, has pleaded guilty in federal court to wire fraud and filing a false tax return.

August 8, 2023 ¡ª Three former board members of the failed Washington Federal Bank for Savings in Chicago have pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to falsify bank records to deceive the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

August 9, 2023 ¡ª A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Reginald Davis, of Baltimore, Maryland, for wire fraud and money laundering relating to the submission of fraudulent COVID-19 CARES Act loan applications. Davis is the former Chief Executive Officer of Strong City Baltimore (¡°SCB¡±), established in Maryland in 2015 as a non-profit organization serving individuals, community associations, institutions, and businesses in Baltimore. The indictment was returned on August 3, 2023, and unsealed today upon the arrest of the defendant.

August 9, 2023 ¡ª A federal judge in Chicago has sentenced a man to eight years in prison for laundering illegal drug proceeds in the United States on behalf of traffickers in Mexico.

August 9, 2023 ¡ª The United States Attorney¡¯s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Early Willard Woodmore, III, of Haskell County, Oklahoma, was sentenced for his role as the leader of a methamphetamine trafficking organization operating in Haskell and Pittsburg Counties. Early Woodmore, III was sentenced to life imprisonment for drug conspiracy and distribution of methamphetamine and 240 months in prison for money laundering conspiracy and laundering monetary instruments. The sentences will run concurrently.

August 9, 2023 ¡ª United States District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Jayson Omar Perez-Quinones (Orlando) to 15 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and money laundering. The court also ordered Perez-Quinones to forfeit currency and real property which were traceable to proceeds of the offense. Perez-Quinones had pleaded guilty on April 20, 2023. Judge Dalton also sentenced Jovan Rivera Rodriguez (Kissimmee) today to 5 years¡¯ imprisonment for his role in conspiring to distribute fentanyl with Perez-Quiones.