BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2024: A New York was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston to trafficking drugs and firearms. Jason Lebberes, 31, of Tuckahoe, N.Y., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris to 121 months in prison and five years of supervised release. In October 2023, Lebberes pleaded guilty to one count of distributing more than 50 grams o  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 19 -- The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) issued the following news release: Amtrak is pleased to kick off Art at Amtrak's third year with the latest installation at New York Penn Station by New York-based artist Rico Gatson, which will open on Thursday, Jan. 25. The art, Untitled (Collective Light Transfer), will cover the entire station concourse and remain on view through the summer. "The latest Art at Amtrak showcase weaves light, color and culture together   more

CHAMPLAIN, New York, Jan. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2024: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Champlain border crossing, arrested a United States citizen who had an active warrant from St. Lucie, Florida. Yesterday, CBP officers encountered Angelda Joseph, a 27-year-old United States citizen, traveling back to her residence in Florida aboard a commercial bus. During t  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Division issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2024: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, a five-count indictment was unsealed charging Ariana Charles with conspiring to illegally traffic 18 firearms to Brooklyn. The defendant is charged under the gun trafficking provisions of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which Congress and the President enacted in June 2022. The Ac  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Division issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2024: U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Roderick Arrington, a/k/a Ra-Ra, 42, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of racketeering conspiracy, was sentenced to serve 216 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy C. Lynch, who handled the case, stated that Roderick was a member  more

EAST HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 17 -- The Defense Contract Management Agency issued the following news: By Jason Kaneshiro, DCMA Eastern Region Public Affairs DCMA continued its strategic realignment with the establishment of DCMA Northeast during a ceremony at the former DCMA Hartford contract management office Jan. 11. The Boston; Garden City, New York; Hartford, Connecticut; and Syracuse, New York, CMOs were consolidated and disestablished as part of the ongoing reorganization of the agen  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * New phase of EPA's Community, Equity & Resiliency Initiative to launch in Albany, New York to help communities access unprecedented Inflation Reduction Act resources * * * As part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Community, Equity & Resiliency initiative, a groundbreaking effort to help communities across the nation navigate EPA's Inflation Reduction Act investments and other new  more

BRENTWOOD, New York, Jan. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2024: This week, during National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) staff provided Human Trafficking Awareness Training (HTAT) in Brentwood (Long Island), New York. The training was done in cooperation with the Suffolk County Police and the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Eastern District  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Ilya Kahn, 66, a citizen of the United States, Israel and Russia, and resident of Brooklyn, New York, and Los Angeles, California, was arrested yesterday in Los Angeles for his alleged involvement in a years-long scheme to secure and unlawfully export sensitive technology from the United States for the benefit of a Russian business. The business was sanctioned by the U.S. government following Russia's unpro  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Jan. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire issued the following news release: A Brooklyn, New York man pleaded guilty on January 17, 2024 in federal court in connection with smuggling unauthorized immigrants, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Abraham Hernandez, 27, pleaded guilty to three counts of bringing in and harboring certain aliens. U.S. District Court Judge Samantha Elliott scheduled sentencing for April 19, 2024. Hernandez  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Jan. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2024: A Bronx, New York, man today admitted distributing heroin and fentanyl into New Jersey from two drug mills in the Bronx, which resulted in the death of a 15-month-old child, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Jhan Carlos Capellan Maldonado, 35, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in Newark federal court to a superseding i  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Jan. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2024: A New York man today admitted illegally possessing cocaine and fentanyl for distribution, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Isidro Fernandez, 35, New York, pleaded guilty to before U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden in Newark federal court to an information charging him with one count of possession with intent to distribute controlled  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Thomas Fattorusso, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation ("IRS-CI"), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging AI ZHEN XU with criminal tax offenses. XU was the vice president and secretary of the   more

BROOKLYN, New York, Jan. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2024: A complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Ilya Kahn, a citizen of the United States, Israel and Russia, for his alleged involvement in a multi-million dollar scheme to secure and illegally export sensitive technology from the United States for the benefit of a Russian business whose clients include elements of the Russ  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Jan. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: This morning, Horst Jicha, a German national, will be arraigned at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn on an indictment charging him with securities fraud and conspiracies to commit securities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering for his role in a cryptocurrency scheme called USI Tech. Jicha was arrested, and the charges against him were unsealed when he enter  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MARCO RUIZ OCHOA was sentenced principally to five years in prison for his role in promoting a large-scale cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme known as IcomTech. OCHOA was sentenced today before U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Rochon. On September 27, 2023, OC  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Stuart M. Goldberg, the Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department's Tax Division; James Smith, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"); Thomas M. Fattorusso, the Special Agent in   more

NEW YORK, Jan. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that BAREND OBERHOLZER, a/k/a "Barry Oberholzer," was sentenced to 15 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Andrew L. Carter, Jr. for soliciting investments in his defense technology start-up company on the basis of fraudulent misrepresentations regarding its financial so  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Jan. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2024: Earlier today, Marcia Joseph pleaded guilty at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, to wire fraud in connection with her embezzlement of approximately $2.3 million from her employer, a non-profit organization that provides employment and education services for those in need. Joseph was arrested in October 2023. Today's proceeding was held before   more

NEW YORK, Jan. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that KENNETH WYNDER Jr., a former New York State Trooper and the president of the Law Enforcement Employees Benevolent Association ("LEEBA"), a labor union for law enforcement officers employed by the City of New York (the "City"), was sentenced to 40 months in prison, and ANDREW  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that a jury returned a guilty verdict against AMIT DAGAR for insider trading and conspiracy to commit insider trading. The defendant was found guilty following a two-week trial before U.S. District Judge Andrew L. Carter. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said  more

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release: Ulysses Jessie Walls, a/k/a "Guwala," age 30, of Rensselaer, New York, was sentenced today to serve 204 months in federal prison for two 2019 armed bank robberies. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman; Craig L. Tremaroli, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Dominick L.   more

NEW YORK, Jan. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the guilty plea today of CARLTON LLEWELLYN in connection with a massive scheme to defraud Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc. ("Polar"), a leading cargo airline, of tens of millions of dollars in revenue and the honest services of its employees. LLEWELLYN pled guilty today to conspir  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ELIZIER SCHER was sentenced to one year and one day in prison by U.S. District Judge Philip M. Halpern for his scheme to defraud the U.S. Small Business Administration ("SBA") of more than $1.6 million in COVID-19 relief funds. SCHER previously pled guilty before Judge  more

HYDE PARK, New York, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing to increase the entrance fee at the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site and Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site to support projects that benefit visitors and protect park resources. The increased fee revenue will allow the parks to address preservation needs of the homes, which is critical to ensuring t  more

GREENVILLE, South Carolina, Jan. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: Jeffrey Brooks, 40, of Clarence Center, New York, was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. In addition to Brooks' criminal conviction, last year, Brooks paid $850,000 in a civil settlement to resolve allegations that he provided kickbacks and caused false claims t  more

BRASILIA, Brazil, Jan. 20 -- The U.S. Embassy in Brazil issued the following news release: From January 14-16, more than 600 Brazilian entrepreneurs and business leaders took part in the National Retail Federation Expo 2024 (NRF2024) in New York with the support the U.S. Department of Commerce's, U.S. Commercial Service in Brazil. With more than 1,000 exhibitors, NRF2024 is the largest marketplace for the retail industry in the world that showcases firsthand what's next in retail. "Brazilian p  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Division issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2024: In 2023, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration marked its 50th anniversary as the only federal agency dedicated to fighting deadly drugs and drug-related violence. This milestone celebrated a half century of dedication to fighting drug trafficking in the United States and around the world, which threatens the public safety, health, and   more