Investigative Press Releases
Friday, July 1, 2022
BOSTON – The former head coach of men and women’s tennis at Georgetown University was sentenced today in connection with soliciting and accepting bribes to facilitate the admission of prospective Georgetown applicants and failing to report all of the income from the bribes on his federal income taxes.
Thursday, June 30, 2022
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA — United States Attorney Corey F. Ellis announced today that a press conference will be held tomorrow, July 1, 2022, at 10 a.m., at the U.S. Post Office on 1601 Assembly Street in Columbia, South Carolina 29201.
The purpose of the press conference is to recognize National Postal Worker Day, which will include a recognition of significant cases brought by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General.
Thursday, June 30, 2022
OAKLAND – A federal jury yesterday convicted son Ali Mugalli Hassan and father Mugalli Ahmed Hassan of multiple counts involving government benefits fraud and conspiracies to commit such fraud, announced United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and United States Department of Agriculture Office of Inspector General (USDA-OIG) Western Region Special Agent in Charge Dustin Cladis. The verdicts follow a one-week jury trial before United States Chief District Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton in Oakland.
Thursday, June 30, 2022
LOS ANGELES – The Department of Justice, together with federal law enforcement partners, today announced criminal charges against six defendants in four separate cases for their alleged involvement in cryptocurrency-related fraud, including the largest known Non-Fungible Token (NFT) scheme charged to date, a fraudulent investment fund that purportedly traded on cryptocurrency exchanges, a global Ponzi scheme involving the sale of unregistered crypto securities, and a fraudulent initial coin offering.
Thursday, June 30, 2022
A drug dealer who worked with postal carriers to conduct a methamphetamine drug conspiracy was sentenced Thursday in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
Chief U.S. District Judge John F. Heil III sentenced Kamau Jahi Williams, 43, of Tulsa, to 188 months in federal prison followed by 10 years of supervised release.
Thursday, June 30, 2022
11 individuals in the Northeast Ohio area were charged today in a five-count indictment for participating in a conspiracy that stole mail from the United States Postal Service (USPS), obtained checks within that stolen mail, and altered, forged and duplicated those checks for financial gain.
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Thursday, June 30, 2022
CONCORD – Pierre Rogers, 43, of Irvine, California, and Joshua Leavitt, 40, of Northwood, New Hampshire were indicted by a federal grand jury on Monday and charged with multiple counts of bank fraud, wire fraud, and attempted wire fraud, United States Attorney Jane E. Young and William A. Kalb, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, Northeast Field Division announced today. Rogers was also charged with money laundering.
Thursday, June 30, 2022
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Justin Segrest, 44, of Mount Airy, N.C., appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David S. Cayer today and pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge for his role in a durable medical equipment (DME) scheme that defrauded Medicare of almost $15 million, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
Thursday, June 30, 2022
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Melissa Waller, 45, of St. Albans, pleaded guilty today to theft of Social Security benefits.