WILMINGTON, Delaware, May 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware issued the following news release: A federal grand jury returned an indictment on May 28, 2024, charging Blaine Murphy, 56, of Naples, Florida with wire fraud and making false statements in connection with fraudulent loan applications submitted as part of the federal Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP") authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, announced David C. Weiss, U.S. A  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA Deputy Administrator Erik A. Hooks today visited the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami and was joined by NHC Director Michael Brennan and Florida Congressman Jared Moskowitz to brief the media on preparedness ahead of the June 1 start of the Atlantic hurricane season. The upcoming Atlantic hur  more

MIAMI, Florida, May 31 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release: On May 29, Charlie Holley, 43, of Florida City, Florida, was sentenced to 192 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Rodolfo Ruiz II, after having been convicted by a federal jury of forcibly assaulting a federal employee, brandishing and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of am  more

MIAMI, Florida, May 31 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Markenzy Lapointe for the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge Christopher A. Robinson of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), Miami Field Division, and Special Agent in Charge Anthony Salisbury of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Miami, announced today that since January 2024 the Southern Distric  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release: A Florida man was sentenced to 96 months in prison for his role in a multimillion-dollar durable medical equipment (DME) kickback scheme, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna, District of New Jersey, and U.S. Attorney Markenzy Lapointe, Southern District of Florida, announced today. Kareem Memon, 34, of Coral Springs, Florida, previously pleaded guilty before U  more