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Aug. 20, 2024 ¡ª A North Carolina scrap metal dealer pled guilty today to theft and tax charges related to his participation in a multi-state catalytic converter theft conspiracy.

Jan. 17, 2025 ¡ª Zipora Hudson and Montreal Hudson, both of Olive Branch, Mississippi, were convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering following a federal jury trial that concluded on Jan. 15, 2025. Deandre Jones, also of Olive Branch, Mississippi, previously pled guilty in the case.

Feb. 5, 2025 ¡ª James Watt of Indianapolis, has been sentenced to 3 years of probation after pleading guilty to unlawful production of document or authentication feature and money laundering.

March 12, 2025 ¡ª A federal jury today convicted Rowland Marcus Andrade of wire fraud and money laundering in connection with the fraudulent marketing and sale of a cryptocurrency called AML Bitcoin, a scheme that raised millions of dollars through false and misleading statements to investors about the cryptocurrency and the purported technology behind it. The jury reached its verdict following a five-week trial before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg.

April 10, 2025 ¨D A federal grand jury in Kansas City returned an indictment yesterday charging a Kansas woman with tax evasion and wire fraud.

April 11, 2025 ¡ª Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Klemetsrud Puhl announced that Barrett Clair Prody of Fort Lauderdale, FL, appeared in United States District Court today and was sentenced by Chief Judge Peter Welte to serve 190 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release for the offenses of Continuing Criminal Enterprise, Money Laundering Conspiracy, and Obstruction of Justice. Prody was also ordered to pay a $300 special assessment fee.

November 30, 2023 ¡ª An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging two defendants, Walter Stanzione and William Neogra, with wire fraud conspiracy for systematically defrauding the City of New York. The defendants are charged with overbilling New York City agencies for more than a decade in connection with contracts to repair and maintain fire alarm systems.

Jan. 12, 2024 ¡ª Three individuals have been sentenced for their roles in a far-ranging fraud and identity theft ring that stole and laundered over $6 million in government funds that had been obtained using stolen identification information and the opening of fraudulent bank accounts.

Jan. 11, 2024 ¡ª A federal grand jury has indicted a Koreatown lawyer with multiple felonies arising from an alleged $2.1 million bribe, which he received while serving as an officer of Nigeria's state-owned oil company in connection with negotiating favorable drilling rights for a subsidiary of a Chinese state-owned oil company, the Justice Department announced today.

April 1, 2024 ¡ª A federal jury returned guilty verdicts on 3 offenses on March 28, 2024, against Larry Dean Gibbs of Pembroke Township, Illinois, for Filing False Federal Income Tax Returns. Sentencing for Gibbs has been scheduled for July 17, 2024, at the U.S. Courthouse in Urbana, Illinois.