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Former Afghan General And First Deputy House Speaker Extradited To U.S. To Face Charges Of Conspiring To Traffic Hundreds Of Kilograms Of Heroin And Methamphetamine And Provide Arsenal Of Military-Grade Weaponry

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, Acting Attorney General for the United States, Todd Blanche, and Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), Terrance C. Cole, announced today the unsealing of a Complaint charging ABDUL ZAHIR QADEER, a/k/a “Haji Abdul Zahir,” a former general in Afghanistan’s Border Force and First Deputy Speaker of Afghanistan’s National Assembly’s House of the People, with conspiring to import heroin and methamphetamine and related firearms offenses.

Former Afghan General and First Deputy House Speaker Extradited to U.S. to Face Charges of Conspiring to Traffic Hundreds of Kilograms of Heroin and Methamphetamine and Provide Arsenal of Military-Grade Weaponry

Iowa Man Charged with Travel with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct and Receipt of Child Pornography

Lyle M. Moser, 51, of Iowa, has been charged by criminal complaint for travelling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and receipt of child pornography over the internet.

Former and Current MBTA Employees Charged for Conspiracies to Falsify Red Line Track Inspection Reports and Collect Fraudulent Overtime Payments

BOSTON – Six former Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) employees and one current MBTA employee were charged today in a Superseding Indictment for multiple conspiracies, including allegedly conspiring to falsify Red Line track inspection reports as well as to commit overtime fraud.

Felon Sentenced to 27 Months for Possessing ‘Ghost Gun’ While Unconscious on D.C. Sidewalk

James Fredrick Moore, 52, a previously convicted felon residing in the District of Columbia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 27 months in prison in connection with his unlawful possession of a “ghost gun” and ammunition recovered after he was found passed out on a public sidewalk in Northwest Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

Federal Judge Sentences Man to Four Years in Prison for $2 Million COVID-Relief Fraud

JAMES TOWNSEND schemed to fraudulently obtain more than $2 million in small business loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).

Former Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office “No Show” Cousin and Chaplain Sentenced in Public Corruption Scheme Orchestrated by former Sheriff Chuck Wright

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Lawson B. Watson, 74, of Reidville, and Amos Durham, 62, of Woodruff, were sentenced for their roles in a public corruption scheme led by former Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright, who was sentenced on Tuesday to 41 months in federal prison.

Felon with Prior Attempted Carjacking Convictions Sentenced for Illegal Firearm Possession

Damian Barnett, 22, a felon residing in the District who was previously convicted of two attempted carjackings, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 28 months in prison for illegally possessing a loaded unholstered pistol in a residential neighborhood, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

Former Austin ISD Elementary Teacher Sentenced to 16 years in Federal Prison for Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material

A former elementary school teacher was sentenced by a federal court in Austin to 200 months in prison and 10 years supervised release for receipt and possession of child pornography.

Prior Felon from Locust Grove Sentenced to More than Twenty Years in Prison

A Locust Grove man was sentenced today for possessing methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm while drug trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

Dallas County man has been extradited from Qatar to the United States to face charges in the Eastern District of Texas stemming from a Homeland Security Task Force investigation

Methamphetamine Trafficker Will Spend 12 Years in Prison

After selling methamphetamine from her New Martinsville, West Virginia apartment, Jamie Ann Tanner was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey.

Canadian-owned companies agree to pay $223,618 to resolve fraud allegations related to receipt of a Small Business Innovation Research program award

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Advanced Global Services, Ltd. (AGS), Paradigm Shift Technologies (PST), and Gennady Yumshtyk (collectively, the defendants) have agreed to pay $223,618 to resolve allegations, arising under the False Claims Act (FCA), that they submitted false claims in connection with a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program award funded by the United States Air Force and the United States Navy.

Another illegal alien gets federal prison time for unlawful reentry into US after seven previous removals

A 49-year-old illegal alien from Mexico has been sentenced for unlawfully reentering the country again.

U.S. Attorney’s Office Filed 151 Border-Related Cases This Week

SAN DIEGO – Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California filed 151 border-related cases this week, including charges of bringing in aliens for financial gain, reentering the U.S. after deportation, and importation of controlled substances. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California is the fourth-busiest federal district, largely due to a high volume of border-related crimes. This district, encompassing San Diego and Imperial counties, shares a 140-mile border with Mexico. It includes the San Ysidro Port of Entry, the world’s busiest land border crossing, connecting San Diego (America’s eighth largest city) and Tijuana (Mexico’s second largest city).

United States Files False Claims Act Complaint Against Founder of Cannabis Companies for Illegally Obtaining Pandemic Loans

SAN DIEGO – The United States has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act (FCA) against Laurie Holcomb, founder of multiple cannabis companies, alleging that she illegally obtained five pandemic-related loans from the federal government. The United States alleges that Holcomb secured $1.4 million in federally-guaranteed Paycheck Protection Program loans, and subsequent forgiveness of the loans, by falsely certifying under penalty of perjury on loan applications that the businesses were not involved in illegal activity.

Former Deputy U.S. Marshal Sentenced for Assault on Prisoner in Louisiana Courthouse

A former Deputy U.S. Marshal was sentenced today to 45 months in prison for assaulting a federal inmate and writing a false report about the incident.

North Carolina Man Sentenced to Prison for Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Images

A North Carolina man was sentenced today to 42 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for the possession of child sexual abuse material.

Chicago Man Convicted of Plotting To Kill Two Witnesses in Cousin’s Murder Trial

CHRISTOPHER YATES sought the killings of two individuals he believed would testify against his cousin.

BATON ROUGE MAN SENTENCED TO 110 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR MAJOR DRUG TRAFFICKING CONSPIRACY

Alexander Brock, age 60, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was sentenced to 110 months in federal prison following his conviction for conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine.