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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. Ten People Indicted for Federal Firearm and Violent Crimes in Western Tennessee 11/04/2024 07:00 AM EST A federal grand jury returned indictments charging ten people in West Tennessee with federal gun and violent crime offenses. U.S. Attorney's Office to Monitor Polls in Eight Massachusetts Cities for Compliance with Federal Voting Laws 11/04/2024 07:00 AM EST Cholo Abdi Abdullah Convicted for Conspiring to Commit 9/11-Style Attack at the Direction of Al Shabaab 11/04/2024 07:00 AM EST A jury returned a guilty verdict today against Cholo Abdi Abdullah, 34, on all six counts in the indictment, which included conspiring to provide, and providing, material support to a foreign terrorist organization; and conspiring to murder U.S. nationals, commit aircraft piracy, destroy aircraft, and commit transnational acts of terrorism. Abdullah is scheduled to be sentenced on March 10, 2025. Two Romanian Nationals Charged with ATM Skimming and Aggravated Identity Theft 11/04/2024 07:00 AM EST Schenectady Man Charged with Firearm and Drug Offenses 11/04/2024 07:00 AM EST San Carlos Fraudster Who Cheated Investors Out Of More Than $1 Million Sentenced To Over Three Years In Federal Prison 11/04/2024 07:00 AM EST SAN FRANCISCO – David Scott Cacchione was sentenced today to 40 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud in connection with an investment fraud scheme and a false federal disaster loan application, and tax evasion.  The sentence was handed down by the Honorable James Donato, U.S. District Judge Fresno Man Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison for Sexual Exploitation of a Minor 11/04/2024 07:00 AM EST Georgia Poll Worker Arrested for Making Bomb Threat to Election Workers 11/04/2024 07:00 AM EST WASHINGTON – A Georgia poll worker was arrested today for mailing a letter to the Jones County Elections Superintendent threatening poll workers.According to the criminal complaint, Nicholas Wimbish, 25, of Milledgeville, Georgia, was serving as a poll worker at the Jones County Elections Office on Oct. 16 when he allegedly had a verbal altercation with a voter.  New Jersey Man Found Guilty of Assaulting Law Enforcement and Other Charges During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach 11/04/2024 07:00 AM EST A New Jersey man was found guilty today of assaulting law enforcement and other charges related to his conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Fresno Woman Who Managed Her Husband's Orthodontics Practice Pleads Guilty to Tax Charges and Agrees to Forfeit Her Mansion and BMW 11/04/2024 07:00 AM EST Pilar Rose, 51, formerly of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to tax evasion and obstructing an IRS audit. Georgia Poll Worker Arrested for Making Bomb Threat to Election Workers 11/04/2024 07:00 AM EST A Georgia poll worker was arrested today for mailing a letter to the Jones County Elections Superintendent threatening poll workers. Fresno County Farmer and Owner of Fruit Packing Company Convicted of Crop Insurance Fraud 11/04/2024 07:00 AM EST Jatinderjeet "Jyoti" Sihota, 37, of Selma, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit crop insurance fraud. Eagle River man guilty of trafficking firearms from Alaska to California 11/04/2024 07:00 AM EST ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A federal jury convicted an Eagle River man late last week for trafficking firearms from Alaska to California after a five-day trial.  Guatemalan National Pleads Guilty to Heroin and Methamphetamine Delivery to Fresno 11/04/2024 07:00 AM EST Donis Ariel Maldonado, 28, a Guatemalan national residing in El Monte, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and methamphetamine. Rocky Hill Pharmacy And Its Owners Indicted For Conspiring To Submit False Pharmacy Claims, Making False Statements, And Aggravated Identity Theft 11/04/2024 07:00 AM EST Northern Minnesota Man Indicted for "Cryptojacking" Scheme 11/04/2024 07:00 AM EST Fifth Member of Bakersfield Drug Ring Sentenced 11/04/2024 07:00 AM EST Jorge Calderon-Campos, aka Americano, 42, a Mexican national residing in Bakersfield, was sentenced today to eight years and one month in prison for his involvement in a drug distribution operation in Bakersfield and for unlawfully possessing animals for the purpose of cockfighting. Virginia company and two senior executives charged with illegally exporting millions of dollars of U.S. technology to Russia 11/04/2024 07:00 AM EST Eleview International Inc., Oleg Nayandin, 54, of Fairfax, Virginia, and Vitaliy Borisenko, 39, of Vienna, Virginia, made their initial appearance today in the Eastern District of Virginia pursuant to a now unsealed complaint charging them with conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act. Former Mexico City Resident Who Oversaw International Drug Money Laundering Conspiracy Sentenced to More Than 7 Years in Prison 11/04/2024 07:00 AM EST The lead defendant in a criminal case who oversaw a money laundering conspiracy that moved millions of dollars in narcotics-related funds from the United States to international drug trafficking organizations was sentenced today to 87 months in federal prison. New Jersey Man Admits Aiding Conspiracy to Defraud the Elderly 11/04/2024 07:00 AM EST Andy Miqui-Castillo retrieved or attempted to retrieve cash and gold bars totaling more than $550,000 from four victims in October and November of 2023. Justice Department Awards Over $3 Million to the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement 11/04/2024 07:00 AM EST U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, has awarded $3,364,666 to the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement ("LCLE") to provide resources to help Louisiana agencies fight the drug epidemic and violent crime throughout the state of Louisiana.  Victims of cryptocurrency scam awarded restitution 11/04/2024 07:00 AM EST After a $47.1 million cryptocurrency scheme caused a Kansas bank to fail, a federal judge ordered during a restitution hearing that millions of dollars seized by the government be divided among investors who suffered financial losses. Registered Sex Offender from West Gardiner Sentenced to 50 Years for Child Sexual Abuse Material Offenses 11/04/2024 07:00 AM EST Jon A. Hall (aka L.J. (Little Jon) Hall), 30, was sentenced to a total of 600 months in prison to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release.  Brooklyn, New York Man Sentenced to 52 Months Incarceration for Drug Distribution in Winooski, Vermont 11/04/2024 07:00 AM EST New Orleans Man Guilty of Federal Drug and Weapons Violations 11/04/2024 07:00 AM EST NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA –MERVYN LUCAS ("LUCAS"), age 33, pled guilty on October 31, 2024 before U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon, to possession with intent to distribute marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(D); possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i); and possession of a car stolen from the Norfolk Southern Railyard, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 659. 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