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You are subscribed to U.S. Attorneys News news updates. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Woodland Hills Film Production Accountant Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Money from Indie Films That Employed Him 02/20/2026 07:00 AM EST A film production accountant from the San Fernando Valley pleaded guilty today to embezzling money from the independent film productions that employed him, moving the illicitly obtained funds into an account he called "Fun Fun Fun." Downey Man Arrested on Federal Complaint Alleging He Groomed Girls into Producing Sexually Explicit Videos that Featured Self-Harm 02/20/2026 07:00 AM EST A Downey man has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with coercing, inducing, and enticing minor girls to create and send him sexually explicit videos – one of them he groomed to film herself engage in self-harm and self-humiliation, images he shared with others online, the Justice Department announced today.  Chicago Man Sentenced to Ten Years' Imprisonment for Armed Robberies 02/20/2026 07:00 AM EST February Federal Grand Jury 2025-B Indictments Announced 02/20/2026 07:00 AM EST United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the results of the January Federal Grand Jury 2025-B Indictments. Essex County Man Sentenced to 135 Months for Multiple Firearms Offenses, Including Possession of a Ghost Gun, a Machine Gun, and a 50-Round Magazine 02/20/2026 07:00 AM EST An Essex County, New Jersey man was sentenced yesterday to over 11 years in prison and 3 years of supervised release for multiple firearms offenses. Bethel Park Resident Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material and Possessing Contraband While Detained for Trial 02/20/2026 07:00 AM EST Justice Department Files Case to Revoke U.S. Citizenship of Immigration Fraudster and Former Mayor of North Miami 02/20/2026 07:00 AM EST Today, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida announced that it has filed a civil denaturalization complaint in the U.S. District Court in Miami, against Phillipe Bien-Amie, also known as Jean Philippe Janvier, a native of Haiti who used two identities to procure immigration benefits — and eventually acquire U.S. citizenship — after illegally entering the U.S. Drug Dealer Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Selling Fentanyl and ANPP 02/20/2026 07:00 AM EST Preston Man Sentenced to 7 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Child Sex Abuse Material 02/20/2026 07:00 AM EST JOEL HUNTSMAN, also known as "Jay Huntsman, "Joel Feser," and "Jay Blackburn", 37, of Preston, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 84 months of imprisonment and 10 years of supervised release for distributing child sex abuse material. Notary Sentenced to 57 Months' Imprisonment for Real Estate Fraud Scheme 02/20/2026 07:00 AM EST Memphis, TN – Shaneika Seymore, 41, of Memphis, has been sentenced to federal prison for her part in a real estate fraud scheme. Seymore previously pleaded guilty on April 16, 2025 to one count of mail fraud, one count of bank fraud, and one count of making a materially false statement. United States Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.According to information presented in Court, Seymore notarized multiple fraudulent quitclaim deeds which purported to transfer ownership from the true homeowners to Seymore and her...  Last Defendant in Primary Health Network Fraud Scheme Convicted by Jury for Wire Fraud 02/20/2026 07:00 AM EST Former Pastor Sentenced for Embezzling from a Local Church 02/20/2026 07:00 AM EST Romanian National Pleads Guilty to Selling Access to Networks of Oregon State Government Office and Other U.S. Victims 02/20/2026 07:00 AM EST Yesterday, a Romanian national pleaded guilty in connection with an online intrusion into an Oregon state government office in 2021 and other cyber attacks on U.S. victims. New Orleans Man Guilty of Being Felon in Possession of Firearm 02/20/2026 07:00 AM EST Brookline Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Child Pornography Offense 02/20/2026 07:00 AM EST BOSTON – A Brookline man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for recruiting and enticing a 15-year-old child to produce and send child pornography to him. British National Convicted of Traveling to South Florida to Sexually Abuse a Minor 02/20/2026 07:00 AM EST A British national was convicted following a bench trial for traveling to the U.S. to sexually abuse a child he had previously victimized overseas.

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