MASSACHUSETTS A Massachusetts woman was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison for tax evasion, conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute 110 pounds or more of marijuana, officials…
New York Man Sentenced to 18 Months for Trafficking in Exotic African Cats
A New York man was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for violating the Lacey Act and the Animal Welfare Act by trafficking African wild cats, according to authorities. Christopher Casacci,…
Texas Physician Guilty of Prescribing More Than 1.3 Million Doses of Opioids to More Than 90 People
A federal jury convicted a Houston-area physician for unlawfully prescribing more than 1.3 million doses of opioids, according to officials. According to court evidence, Parvez Qureshi, 56, of Houston, Texas, a medical…
Border Patrol Agents Arrest MS-13 Gang Members in Texas
EDINBURG, TEXAS McAllen Border Patrol Station agents arrested three MS-13 gang members, according to federal officials. They also arrested a previously convicted migrant with an outstanding warrant from Dallas, Texas. All four…
Colombian Businessman Extradited to U.S. for Allegedly Money Laundering
FLORIDA Alex Nain Saab Moran, 49, a Colombian citizen, was charged in an indictment with money laundering, according to officials. Saab was extradited from Cabo Verde, an archipelago nation west of continental…
Female Sinaloa Cartel Money Launderer Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
CALIFORNIA A money launderer for the Sinaloa Cartel was sentenced this week in the U.S. District Court to 10 years in prison and fined $50,000 for laundering about $15 million, officials stated….
Former Boeing 737 MAX Chief Technical Pilot Charged with Allegedly Deceiving the FTA
TEXAS A federal grand jury returned an indictment Thursday charging a former Chief Technical Pilot for The Boeing Company (Boeing) with deceiving the Federal Aviation Administration’s Aircraft Evaluation Group (FAA AEG), officials…
Doctor Sentenced to 14 Months in Prison for Accepting Nearly $800,000 in Bribes as Part of a Conspiracy
LOS ANGELES A Calabasas physician was sentenced Friday to 14 months in federal prison for accepting nearly $800,000 in bribes and kickbacks, prosecutors stated. The bribery conspiracy unlawfully billed health insurers for…
Vermont Man Guilty of Hiring a Person to Kidnap and Kill Sex “Slave” and Conspiring to Make Child Pornography
A Vermont man plead guilty Thursday to hiring a woman in Venezuela to kidnap an adult male and make a video of the man being beaten, tortured, and suffocated to death, according…
Former Elected County Coroner in Kentucky Indicted for Drug Dealing
A federal grand jury in Kentucky returned an indictment Thursday charging a former elected county coroner with illegally distributing controlled substances such as oxycodone and OxyContin. According to court documents, David W….
Man Sentenced to 33 Years in Prison for Being Shot Caller in Drug Trafficking Organization
NORTH DAKOTA A Rhode Island man was sentenced Thursday to 33 years in prison for his role in an international fentanyl distribution conspiracy, according to federal prosecutors. District Court Judge Peter D….
Feds: Stafford County, Virginia Agrees to Allow Islamic Cemetery and Pay $500,000 in Damages
The Justice Department on Thursday announced that it is dismissing its Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) lawsuit against Stafford County, Virginia, officials announced. In exchange, the County repealed ordinances…