Investigative Press Releases

PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Robert Sean Harrington, 42, of Baltimore, MD, was sentenced to five years and four months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $204,066 by United States District Judge Joseph F. Leeson, Jr. for aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

TRENTON, N.J. – A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man today admitted fraudulently receiving Payment Protection Program (PPP) funds and depositing a stolen and altered U.S. Treasury check, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today. Bernard Lopez, 40, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan to an information charging him with one count each of bank fraud and theft of government funds. According to the documents filed in this case and statements made in court:

WILLIAMSPORT – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on April 20, 2021, United States District Judge Matthew W. Brann sentenced Rockwater Northeast LLC to pay $2 million in fines and $12,400 in special assessments for violating the Clean Air Act.

HOUSTON – A former deputy constable and her husband have been ordered to federal prison after admitting to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.  Betty Jean Molina, 58, pleaded guilty Oct. 21, 2020, while her husband - Henry Molina, 60 - entered his plea July 28, 2020. Both reside in Houston.