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You are subscribed to U.S. Attorneys News news updates. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Two-Time Convicted Felon CEO and His Dietary Supplement Company Convicted of $4.7 Million Fraud Scheme 11/24/2025 07:00 AM EST Following a six-week trial, Jared Wheat and his dietary supplement company, Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Hi-Tech"), were convicted by a federal jury of wire fraud after fabricating documents to deceive customers into believing that the company was certified as compliant with industry manufacturing standards. Hi-Tech, which is headquartered in Norcross, Georgia, was also convicted for laundering millions of dollars in proceeds from the fraudulent scheme. Teen to Serve Less Than Four Months in Jail for Carjacking 11/24/2025 07:00 AM EST Mark Edwards, 18, of Washington D.C., was sentenced Friday in the Superior Court, stemming from a carjacking that occurred in May 2025 in Northeast Washington D.C., announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. West Valley Man Admits to Robbing a Credit Union 11/24/2025 07:00 AM EST SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Joseph Troy Ortega, 58, of West Valley City, Utah, pleaded guilty in court today to credit union robbery after he threatened a teller and fled with $3,690 in cash. Fairbanks man charged with trafficking firearms, cocaine, and with possessing a machinegun during a drug trafficking crime 11/24/2025 07:00 AM EST FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment last week charging a Fairbanks man with illegally trafficking firearms, distributing cocaine, and with carrying a machinegun during a drug trafficking crime. Three Individuals Indicted on Federal Charges Related to 2020 Unsolved Murder 11/24/2025 07:00 AM EST Three individuals have been indicted on federal charges related to the murder of Zachariah Juwaun Shorty that occurred in Nenahnezad, New Mexico, on July 21, 2020. Portland Man Charged with Violent Threats Against Federal Law Enforcement Officers 11/24/2025 07:00 AM EST A Portland, Oregon, man made his initial appearance today after allegedly making violent threats at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in South Portland. New Haven Man Sentenced to 21 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine Pills, Violating Supervised Release 11/24/2025 07:00 AM EST DONALD OGMAN, also known as "Mainey-O" and "Manny O," 44, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to 252 months of imprisonment, followed by eight years of supervised release, for methamphetamine and cocaine distribution offenses and for violating the conditions of his supervised release that followed a prior federal conviction. Huntington Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Crime 11/24/2025 07:00 AM EST Raleigh County Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Gun Crime 11/24/2025 07:00 AM EST Western District of Oklahoma Continues Dangerous Drug and Violent-Crime Prosecutions During Federal Funding Lapse 11/24/2025 07:00 AM EST Kentucky Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Crime 11/24/2025 07:00 AM EST Southern Colorado Hospital and Doctors Agree to Pay $650,000 to Resolve Allegations That They Unlawfully Prescribed Opioids and Other Controlled Substances 11/24/2025 07:00 AM EST DENVER—The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado announced that Mt. San Rafael Hospital and Rural Health Clinic ("Mt. San Rafael Hospital") in Trinidad, Colorado, and three physicians employed by the hospital—Dr. Sheryll Castro-Flores, Dr. Joseph Jimenez, and Dr. Douglas McFarland—have agreed to pay a combined $650,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the Controlled Substances Act by unlawfully dispensing controlled substances, including high doses of opioids and dangerous drug combinations, and violated the False Claims Act by seeking payment for many of those invalid prescriptions from Medicare and other federal health care programs.  Man Pleads Guilty to Illegally Re-Entering the United States as a Felon 11/24/2025 07:00 AM EST Chicago Chiropractor Sentenced to Nearly Six Years in Prison for $2.1 Million Healthcare Fraud 11/24/2025 07:00 AM EST "Defendant was motivated by greed," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Andréa L. Campbell. Guatemalan Citizen With History of Domestic Abuse Assault to Federal Prison for Illegal Reentry and Illegal Possession of a Firearm 11/24/2025 07:00 AM EST Canadian National Sentenced to Prison After Being Caught With 90 Pounds of MDMA 11/24/2025 07:00 AM EST A Canadian citizen has been sentenced to prison after admitting to having possession of 90 pounds of methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), or ecstasy, a Schedule I controlled substance that is typically used as a party drug and intended for distribution. Activity in the U.S. Attorney's Office 11/24/2025 07:00 AM EST Former Omro Alderman Enters Guilty Plea to Charge of Receiving Child Pornography 11/24/2025 07:00 AM EST Illegal alien arrested for smuggling 51 illegal aliens in refrigerated produce trailer 11/24/2025 07:00 AM EST A 50-year-old Honduran national has been charged with smuggling more than four dozen people in a refrigerated tractor-trailer Overland Park men indicted for investment fraud scheme 11/24/2025 07:00 AM EST Two Kansas men made their initial appearances before a federal judge following indictments in connection with a $4 million retail sales investment scheme. Staten Island Sex Trafficker Sentenced to 15 Years for Coercion and Enticement of a Minor and Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm 11/24/2025 07:00 AM EST Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Justin Dixon was sentenced by Judge William F. Kuntz, II, to 15 years in prison for coercion and enticement of a minor and being a felon in possession of a firearm.  Dixon operated as a "pimp," using violence and threats of violence to compel the commission of commercial sex acts, including by minors as young as 14 years old.  Dixon pled guilty to the charges in November 2024. Chinese National Pleads Guilty to South Florida Gift Card Fraud Scheme 11/24/2025 07:00 AM EST A Chinese national pleaded guilty on Sept. 23 in Fort Pierce federal court for participating in a fraud scheme targeting grocery stores across South Florida, including St. Lucie, Martin, Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties. Sioux Falls Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine in the Sioux Falls Area 11/24/2025 07:00 AM EST United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court, has sentenced a Sioux Falls, South Dakota man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.  The sentencing took place on November 17, 2025.  Two Sauk County Men Sentenced for Roles in Fentanyl Trafficking Organization 11/24/2025 07:00 AM EST Serhat Gumrukcu Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Barnet, Vermont, Murder-for-Hire 11/24/2025 07:00 AM EST

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