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Offices of the United States Attorneys   You are subscribed to U.S. Attorneys News news updates. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Baltimore BGF Gang Member Sentenced To 28 Years In Federal Prison For Racketeering Conspiracy Charge, Including Murder 05/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT Baltimore, Maryland – On Tuesday, May 21, U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Wayne Prince, a/k/a "Taz," age 24, of Baltimore to 28 years imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as the Black Guerilla Family ("BGF") gang.  Companies that Own and Operate Oil Tanker Plead Guilty to Environmental Crimes 05/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT Two related companies that operated the motor tanker PS Dream – Prive Overseas Marine LLC and Prive Shipping Denizcilik Ticaret – pleaded guilty today to conspiracy, knowingly violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and obstruction of justice related to the falsification of the tanker's Oil Record Book, which is a required log. Two Individuals Sentenced to Prison for Impersonating and Defrauding Comcast and Charter Customers 05/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT Rhode Island Man Sentenced for Role in Southeastern Massachusetts Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy 05/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT BOSTON – A Rhode Island man was sentenced today for his involvement in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed fentanyl throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.  Brooklyn Man Sentenced to Nearly Six Years in Prison for Role in Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Involving Over 50 Kilograms of Cocaine 05/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT BOSTON – A Brooklyn man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) wherein he transported kilograms of cocaine from New York to Boston in August 2020. Florida Man Arrested for Embezzling from Employer 05/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT BOSTON – A Florida man has been arrested and charged for allegedly embezzling approximately $4 million from his employer, a Florida-based portfolio company owned by a Massachusetts investment firm. Man Sentenced for Sex Trafficking Conspiracy 05/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT WASHINGTON – A Texas man was sentenced today to 22 years and six months in prison for conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion. Richmond man previously convicted on weapons charges sentenced for possessing a machinegun 05/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT Jarec Dominique Brown, 23, of Richmond, was sentenced today to two years in prison for possession of a machinegun. Lafayette Parish Couple Charged With Drug Trafficking 05/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – TERRY REED, age 54, and CHASSIDY MENARD, age 38, a couple from Lafayette Parish, were charged on May 9, 2024, in a four-count indictment by a federal grand Jury.  REED was charged with possession with intent to distribute fifty grams or more of methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance, its salts, isomers, and salts of its isomers, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A); felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1); and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c).  MENARD was charged with simple possession of heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 844(a), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.  Former teacher pleads guilty to possession of child pornography 05/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Anthony V. Giambrone, 40, of Kenmore, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to possession of child pornography involving prepubescent minors, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.    Magellan Diagnostics Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay $42 Million to Resolve Criminal Charges 05/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT BOSTON – Magellan Diagnostics, Inc., a medical device company headquartered in Billerica, Mass., has agreed to resolve criminal charges relating to its concealment of a device malfunction that produced inaccurately low lead test results for potentially tens of thousands of children and other patients.  West Chester Man Pleads Guilty to Abusive Sexual Contact on an Aircraft 05/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT Man Sentenced for Sex Trafficking Conspiracy 05/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT A Texas man was sentenced today to 22 years and six months in prison for conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion. El Paso Man Arrested for Firearm Trafficking, Dealing Without a License 05/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT Joplin Man Sentenced for $300,000 Fraud Schemes 05/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT A Joplin, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for two fraud schemes, totaling nearly $300,000, including fraudulent loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and a so-called "transaction reversal" bank scheme. Pittsburgh Resident Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison for Computer Fraud 05/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT Two Minneapolis-Based Business Consultants Charged in $1 Million Pandemic Aid Fraud Scheme 05/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT Food Suppliers to Pay $395,000 to Resolve Claims of Mislabeled Inspection Dates on Frozen Beef Patties Sold to Federal Prisons 05/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT Laurel County Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Defraud Natural Gas Companies 05/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT Pulaski County Man Sentenced for Methamphetamine Trafficking 05/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT Mexican man heads to prison for organizing scheme to smuggle 150 kilos of cocaine 05/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT A 37-year-old man from Valle Hermoso, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been sentenced following his conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute multi-kilograms of cocaine Pemiscot County Man Sentenced to 140 Months in Prison for Selling Methamphetamine 05/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT Davario Taylor sold a total of about 341 grams of meth to a Southeast Missouri Drug Task Force Officer working with a confidential informant. Former Program Director at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights and Nephew Arrested in Kickback Scheme 05/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT Kirk Perry, 59, of Lorain, Ohio, and his nephew Jamarea Grant, 30, of Cleveland, Ohio, were arrested this morning on wire fraud and conspiracy charges filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, and Inspector General Phyllis K. Fong of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Inspector General.   Huntington Woman Sentenced to Prison for Federal Drug Crime 05/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT Irmo Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl Distribution and Gun Violations 05/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT COLUMBIA, S.C. — Joseph Anthony Johnson, 34, of Irmo, was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to distributing fentanyl and for two convictions of felon in possession of a firearm. 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