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You are subscribed to U.S. Attorneys News news updates. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. 11 Charged in Federal Indictment Alleging Extensive Sex Trafficking of Minors and Young Women Along South L.A.'s Figueroa Corridor 08/13/2025 08:00 AM EDT Federal and local law enforcement today arrested six members and associates of the South Los Angeles-based Hoover Criminal Gang charged in a 31-count indictment that charges them with racketeering conspiracy including sex trafficking of children and adults through force, fraud, or coercion – including runaways and children from the foster care system – on the Figueroa Corridor of Los Angeles, recruiting victims through social media and branding them with tattoos. Previously Convicted Felon Sentenced for Possession of Glock While on Supervised Release for Assault 08/13/2025 08:00 AM EDT Lamaas Lowery-Bey, 28, of the District of Columbia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 70 months in prison for being a previously convicted felon in possession of a .40 caliber Glock semi-automatic handgun while he was still on supervision following his incarceration for assault, announced U.S Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. Knoxville Man Sentenced to 70 Months for Possession of Child Pornography 08/13/2025 08:00 AM EDT Plymouth Man Indicted for Embezzling More than One Million Dollars 08/13/2025 08:00 AM EDT Toppenish Man Sentenced to More Than 16 Years in Federal Prison for Shooting at Law Enforcement 08/13/2025 08:00 AM EDT Connecticut Lab, its Owners and Officers, to Pay More Than $1.2 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations 08/13/2025 08:00 AM EDT GENCO LAB, LLC and its owners and officers, PAUL CONROY, TRICIA CONROY, and CHARLES OREFICE, have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments and agreed to pay more than $1.2 million to settle allegations that they submitted false and fraudulent claims to government health care programs for medically unnecessary urine drug tests. Mexican National Charged with Assault on a Federal Officer and Destruction of Government Property 08/13/2025 08:00 AM EDT Drug Courier Arrested in Orange Sentenced to 3 Years in Federal Prison 08/13/2025 08:00 AM EDT CHRISTIAN ANDRES TEJADA SEGURA, 26, a citizen of the Dominican Republic residing in West Hazelton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by 18 months of supervised release, for a fentanyl trafficking offense.  Judge Oliver also ordered Tejada to pay a $20,000 fine. Registered Sex Offender from Waushara County Indicted for Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material 08/13/2025 08:00 AM EDT Harrisburg Man Sentenced to 71 Months in Prison for Possessing a Firearm as a Felon 08/13/2025 08:00 AM EDT West Columbia Man Sentenced to More than 8 Years in Federal Prison for Gun Charge 08/13/2025 08:00 AM EDT COLUMBIA, S.C. — Kendolius Cortez Jones, 32, of West Columbia, was sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.  Erin Creegan Appointed Interim United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire 08/13/2025 08:00 AM EDT TALLAHASSEE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO INTERNATIONAL CHILD EXPLOITATION CRIMES 08/13/2025 08:00 AM EDT TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Austin Keith Hibbert, 25, of Tallahassee, Florida, pleaded guilty in federal court to attempting to entice or persuade a minor to engage in sexual activity, attempting to travel for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct, and transferring obscene material to a person less than 16 years of age.  Pike County Man Convicted of Illegally Possessing Firearms 08/13/2025 08:00 AM EDT Tech Company CEO Charged With Securities And Wire Fraud After Gambling Away Seed Round Funding 08/13/2025 08:00 AM EDT United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), Christopher G. Raia, announced the unsealing of an Indictment yesterday charging RICHARD KIM, the former Chief Executive Officer of Zero Edge Corporation ("Zero Edge"), with engaging in a scheme to defraud investors and prospective investors of Zero Edge by making false and misleading statements regarding the use of investor funds and subsequently misappropriating those funds.   Federal Inmate Charged with Possession of a Weapon and Controlled Substances in Prison 08/13/2025 08:00 AM EDT Federal Inmate Charged with Possession of a Weapon in Prison 08/13/2025 08:00 AM EDT Three Philadelphia Men Arrested in Connection With June Armored Car Robbery 08/13/2025 08:00 AM EDT Federal Inmate Charged with Possession of a Weapon in Prison 08/13/2025 08:00 AM EDT Scranton Man Charged with Trafficking Cocaine 08/13/2025 08:00 AM EDT Dominican National Pleads Guilty to Illegally Reentering the United States 08/13/2025 08:00 AM EDT PROVIDENCE – A Dominican national deported in 2015 after being convicted for trafficking heroin pleaded guilty today to illegally reentering the United States, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom. Denver Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Large-Scale Drug Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine in Rapid City Area and within the Pine Ridge Reservation 08/13/2025 08:00 AM EDT 26 Fugitives Wanted for Violent and Serious Crimes Returned to the United States from Mexico Including Leaders of Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Alien Smuggling Organization 08/12/2025 08:00 AM EDT The United States announced today that it has taken into custody 26 fugitives from Mexico facing a range of federal and state criminal charges from around the country, including charges relating to drug-trafficking, hostage-taking, kidnapping, illegal use of firearms, human smuggling, money laundering, the murder of a sheriffs' deputy, and other crimes.  Springfield Man Sentenced for Producing Child Pornography 08/12/2025 08:00 AM EDT Dusty Jacaway, 29, of Springfield, Oregon, was sentenced to 250 months in federal prison today for producing child pornography. Salem Sex Offender Sentenced to Prison for Receiving Child Pornography 08/12/2025 08:00 AM EDT A previously-convicted sex offender was sentenced to federal prison today after pleading guilty to one count of receiving child pornography.

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