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Six Illegal Aliens Sentenced, Four Others Indicted for Immigration Offenses

The United States Attorney’s Office has announced immigration enforcement actions for the month of May in the Northern District of Ohio. These are separate cases and are not related.These cases are part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations, and protect communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.

Texas Man Sentenced for Pandemic Fraud Conspiracy

Currin Caridine, 39, was sentenced to 41 months in prison to be followed by three years supervised release

Former Commissioner of the Virgin Islands Police Department and Former Management and Budget Director Sentenced for Bribery Scheme

Ray Martinez, the former Commissioner of the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD), and Jenifer O’Neal, the former Director of the Virgin Islands Office of Management and Budget (OMB), were sentenced this week for their roles in a procurement fraud, bribery, and money laundering scheme.

Federal Jury finds Memphis Men Guilty of Carjacking and Shooting ATM Technician

Memphis, TN – A federal jury returned guilty verdicts against Alvin Anthony, 31, and Royce Newsome, 33, for their roles in the carjacking and shooting of a 67-year-old ATM technician who had been refilling ATM machines with money at convenience stores in north Memphis. United States Attorney D. Michael Dunavant, for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the verdicts today.Evidence presented in court established that on May 17, 2023, Anthony followed the victim to three convenience stores in north Memphis while the victim was working. While at the second store, Anthony made a phone call. By the time the victim arrived at the third store...

‘Perilous moment’ threatens to reverse years of gains in HIV/AIDS response

External funding cuts, a backlash against human rights, and chronic under-investment in HIV prevention and community services are threatening to reverse years of hard-won progress in the AIDS response, a UN report warned on Friday.

Marshalltown Man Sentenced to Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine

Waterloo Teen Sentenced to Federal Prison for Possessing Guns

Robeson County Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Producing Child Pornography

Billings woman sentenced to over 9 years for drug trafficking

A Billings woman who trafficked drugs from Denver to Billings was sentenced today to 117 months, followed by 4 years of supervised release.

Norfolk sailor sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually exploiting a minor

Bailey Dwayne Burnett, 26, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for coercion and enticement of a minor.

Missouri Couple Sentenced for Abducting and Sexually Abusing 13-Year-Old They Groomed Online

ROANOKE, Va. – A married couple was sentenced today to lengthy prison terms for grooming a teenager online before picking her up in Virginia and repeatedly sexually abusing her as they drove back to their apartment in Missouri.Justin Johiah Curtright, 41, was sentenced today to 45 years in federal prison. His wife, Christin Marie Curtright, 33, was sentenced to 27 years. The Curtrights, of Springfield, Missouri, pled guilty in 2025 to sexual exploitation of a minor and transportation of a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.

Two Men Arrested on Federal Charges in Connection with Armed Robbery of Hinsdale Convenience Store

New Jersey Co-Conspirator Sentenced for Role in Scheme to Fraudulently Obtain Loans Guaranteed by the Small Business Administration

Baltimore, Maryland – A New Jersey man received a federal-prison term, today, for his role in a multi-million-dollar bank fraud conspiracy. As part of the scheme, co-conspirators fraudulently obtained more than $35 million in Small Business Administration loans from financial institutions to purchase hotels.

Master of Shadow Fleet Tanker Pleads Guilty in D.C. for Evading U.S. Coast Guard During Weeks-Long Pursuit

Avtandil Kalandadze, 47, the former ship master of a shadow fleet tanker that historically transported Iran- and Venezuela-origin oil for the ultimate benefit of U.S. adversaries, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court for refusing to obey orders from the U.S. Coast Guard during a multi-week pursuit from the Caribbean Sea through to the North Atlantic Ocean, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

Justice Department Files to Transfer 45,000 Acres from Arizona to Hopi Tribe

The Justice Department and Department of the Interior announced the filing of a “friendly condemnation” to effect the transfer of more than 45,000 acres of land from the State of Arizona to the United States to be held in trust for the Hopi Tribe. Upon the Hopi Tribe depositing $8.4 million in the registry of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona as the estimate of just compensation, title to the land will pass from Arizona to the United States. Interior will then immediately place the lands into trust for the Hopi Tribe.

Ohio Resident Charged with Wire Fraud and Embezzlement of More Than $460,000

Two Life Prison Sentences for Major Athens Methamphetamine Dealer in Homeland Security Task Force Case

ATHENS, Ga. – The man who distributed hundreds of kilograms of methamphetamine from the Rapid Lube in Athens where he worked, covertly stashing boxes in the shop, was sentenced to life in prison today as part of a Homeland Security Task Force investigation into a cross-border drug ring moving thousands of kilograms of drugs from Mexico in boxes of jalapeños to a conversion lab in Monroe, Georgia.

Ukraine civilian casualty toll in May highest in four years, UN monitors say

More civilians were killed and injured in Ukraine in May than in any other month in the past four years, UN investigators said on Friday in their latest update.

Former Chief Investment Officer Pleads Guilty

Deputy United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Sean S. Buckley, announced today that S. KENNETH LEECH II, the former Chief Investment Officer of Western Asset Management Company (“WAMCO”), pled guilty to obstructing justice by giving false and misleading testimony to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in connection with an investigation into LEECH’s fraudulent scheme to favor certain clients at the expense of others.

South Carolina Man Charged with Hate Crime for Allegedly Defacing Multiple Buildings at Charlotte Jewish Complex