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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. Guam Drug Dealer Sentenced to 97 Months in Federal Prison 06/06/2024 08:00 AM EDT Jury Convicts Brooklyn Man of Illegally Transporting Aliens 06/05/2024 08:00 AM EDT Forty-Seven Defendants Charged in Imperial Valley Takedown of Drug Trafficking Network Linked to Sinaloa Cartel 06/05/2024 08:00 AM EDT EL CENTRO – Fourteen indictments were unsealed in federal court today charging 47 alleged members of an Imperial Valley-based, Sinaloa Cartel-linked fentanyl-and-methamphetamine distribution network with drug trafficking, firearms and money laundering offenses. Rochester man sentenced for making a false statement involving sunken vessel 06/05/2024 08:00 AM EDT U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Vyacheslav S. Migitskiy, 34, a Ukrainian national living in Rochester, NY, who was convicted of making a materially false statement, was sentenced to time served, and ordered to pay $15,442 in restitution by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.     Sisseton Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Abusive Sexual Contact 06/05/2024 08:00 AM EDT Watertown Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Production of Child Pornography 06/05/2024 08:00 AM EDT Georgia Woman Sentenced in South Dakota Drug and Money Laundering Conspiracy 06/05/2024 08:00 AM EDT Last of Six Defendants Sentenced to Federal Prison for a Methamphetamine, Fentanyl, and Money Laundering Conspiracy Spanning from California to South Dakota 06/05/2024 08:00 AM EDT Houston Man Sentenced to Prison for Assaulting Law Enforcement With Dangerous Weapons During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach 06/05/2024 08:00 AM EDT A Houston man was sentenced to prison today for assaulting law enforcement and other charges related to his conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. San Fernando Valley Man Found Guilty of Sending Threatening Emails to FBI that Included Threats to Bomb Its L.A. Field Office 06/05/2024 08:00 AM EDT A San Fernando Valley man was found guilty by a jury today of sending threatening emails to the FBI, including ones in which he threatened to bomb the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office and referenced the notorious "Unabomber." Former IRS Employee Accused of Attempting to Steal More than $2M from the Government and ExxonMobil 06/05/2024 08:00 AM EDT Salt Lake City, Utah – A Davis County resident was indicted by a federal grand jury today for multiple financial crimes after he allegedly abused his position as a former IRS employee and attempted to steal more than $2 million in tax credits. Year-long wiretap investigation results in four arrests and kilogram seizures of fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine 06/05/2024 08:00 AM EDT Seattle – Law enforcement teams from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Seattle Police Department and IRS Criminal Investigation executed 24 search or arrest warrants taking four people into custody who are allegedly connected to a drug trafficking conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Romanian scammer sentenced for using card skimmers to commit bank fraud 06/05/2024 08:00 AM EDT Cristian Romica Ristea, 52, of Romania, was sentenced today to one year and six months in prison for using card skimmers to steal credit and debit card information and defraud banks. U.S. Secret Service Conducts School Violence Prevention Seminars in Brandon and Biloxi 06/05/2024 08:00 AM EDT Jackson, Miss. – United States Attorney Todd Gee announced today that his office joined the U.S. Secret Service, the Mississippi Attorney General's Office, the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, the Mississippi Department of Education, the Brandon Police Dept., the Biloxi Police Dept., and law enforcement and education professionals from across the state for School Violence Prevention seminars this week at the Brandon Civic Center in Brandon, and the Biloxi Civic Center in Biloxi.  Bissonnet sex trafficker "Glizzy" imprisoned for forcing teenage girls to engage in sex acts 06/05/2024 08:00 AM EDT A 23-year-old man has been sentenced for conspiring to traffic a minor for commercial sex Chronic Disease Management Provider to Pay $14.9M to Resolve Alleged False Claims 06/05/2024 08:00 AM EDT Forty-Seven Defendants Charged in Imperial Valley Takedown of Drug Trafficking Network Linked to Sinaloa Cartel 06/05/2024 08:00 AM EDT Fourteen indictments were unsealed today charging 47 alleged members of an Imperial Valley, California-based, Sinaloa Cartel-linked fentanyl-and-methamphetamine distribution network with drug trafficking, firearms and money laundering offenses. Federal Indictment Charges Man With Illegally Possessing Loaded Gun in Chicago 06/05/2024 08:00 AM EDT The investigation was conducted in coordination with ATF's Crime Gun Intelligence Center of Chicago. New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Violation of Federal Gun Control Act 06/05/2024 08:00 AM EDT NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – SEAN COBB ("COBB"), age 53, a resident of New Orleans, pleaded guilty on June 4, 2024, before United States District Judge Wendy B. Vitter to a violation of the Federal Gun Control Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. Meridian Man Sentenced for Destruction of an Energy Facility After Shooting at Two Idaho Power Hydroelectric Power Plants 06/05/2024 08:00 AM EDT Randy Scott Vail, 59, of Meridian, was sentenced to five years of probation for destruction of an energy facility, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. 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