WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston apprehended an unlawfully present 38-year-old Guatemalan national charged with forcibly raping a Massachusetts minor. Officers with ERO Boston arrested Maynor Francisco Hernandez-Rodas Sept. 20 in Lowell. "Maynor Francisco Hernandez-Rodas stands accused of horrific crimes against a Massachusetts child," said ERO  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: Eighteen individuals and entities have been charged for widespread fraud and manipulation in the cryptocurrency markets. Charges were unsealed in Boston against the leaders of four cryptocurrency companies, four cryptocurrency financial services firms (known as "market makers") and employees at those firms. Four defendants have pleaded guilty, a  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A Boston woman was sentenced on Oct. 4, 2024 for conspiring to defraud the federal credit union where she worked as a loan officer by obtaining loans in the names of inmates at a Massachusetts prison where a co-conspirator was incarcerated. Nadaje Hendrix, 27, of Brighton, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Julia E. Kobick to eight months in prison to be follo  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2024: A former executive of a global pharmaceutical company pleaded guilty today in federal in Boston to earning more than $250,000 by trading on material non-public information. Dishant Gupta, 40, of Hillsborough, N.J., pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud. U.S. District Court Judge Julia E. Kobick scheduled sentencing for Jan. 9, 2025. Gup  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2024: Three Lawrence men have been arrested for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute drugs. Ronald Odelyn Tejeda, 38; Erick Pimentel-Cabrera, 27; and Carlos M. Rodriguez, 36, have been charged with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. Pimentel-Cabrera and Rodriguez had their   more