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August 9, 2023 ¡ª A Central Florida resident has been sentenced in federal district court for wire fraud as part of a scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) out of loan proceeds. These loans are guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Kerryanne Purkiss was sentenced this week to 12 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release. Additionally, the Honorable Roy Dalton, Jr., ordered Purkiss to pay more than $715,000 in restitution.

August 9, 2023 ¡ª An Ocean County man today admitted failing to pay over $10 million in payroll taxes stemming from his ownership of several businesses, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

August 9, 2023 ¡ª United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced three Sioux Falls, South Dakota, men and one Sioux Falls, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, and one Sioux Falls, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Launder Monetary Instruments.

August 9, 2023 ¡ª United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a jury has convicted Rusty James Driscoll and Shauna Marie Gross, both of Kingman, Arizona, of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance following a four-day jury trial in federal district court in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The verdict was returned on August 4, 2023.

August 9, 2023 ¡ª Two New York men today admitted their roles in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy, and one of the men also admitted conspiring with seven separately charged individuals to defraud multiple states to obtain COVID-19 unemployment benefits, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

August 9, 2023 ¡ª A Maryland man pleaded guilty today to evading his federal income taxes.

August 9, 2023 ¡ª A Maryland man pleaded guilty today to evading his federal income taxes.

August 10, 2023 ¡ª The leader in a conspiracy to commit mail fraud has been ordered to federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

August 10, 2023 ¡ª Six individuals were indicted today by a federal grand jury in Boston for their alleged involvement in a drug trafficking organization that distributed oxycodone pills, obtained from a source in the Houston area, across Southeastern Massachusetts and beyond.

August 10, 2023 ¡ª?The United States Attorney¡¯s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Angela Castillo of Freeland, PA, pleaded guilty on August 9, 2023, before United States District Judge Robert D. Mariani, to a wire fraud scheme involving the preparation and submission of numerous false Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) applications.??