U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts BOSTON – A Dominican national, residing in Fall River, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to charges related to passport fraud and other offenses. Hector Eduardo Arias Mejia, 49, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to two years and one day in prison…

U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri ST. LOUIS – A convicted felon from Salem, Missouri was indicted on Wednesday and accused of concealing the death of his uncle, a U.S. Army veteran with quadraplegia, for at least five years so that he could steal at least $650,000 of his disability benefits. Brian K. Ditch,…

U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey NEWARK, N.J. – A New Jersey man was sentenced to 24 months in prison for his role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain a Payroll Protection Program (PPP) loan, U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced. Joseph McKeon a/k/a “Jay McKeon,” 54, of Westfield, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty on November…

U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Louisiana NEW ORLEANS – Acting United States Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that JOSE GUADALUPE MUNOZ-PEREZ (“MUNOZ”), age 46, a native of Mexico, pleaded guilty on April 29, 2025, to illegally using a social security number to obtain a Louisiana driver’s license, in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B).…

U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas HOUSTON – A 35-year-old woman has been sentenced for conspiracy to commit wire fraud which resulted in approximately $620,000 in losses, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Cora Chantail Custard, who had resided in both Houston and San Antonio over course of the conspiracy, pleaded guilty Sept. 17,…

U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Ohio CLEVELAND – A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to 24 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Bridget Meehan Brennan after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Marquise A. Billy, 31, of Long Pond, was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release after imprisonment.…

U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that James Sessoms, 60, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, entered a plea of guilty today before United States District Court Judge Chad F. Kenney on one count of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) fraud, seven counts of false statements in connection with…

U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Kentucky LEXINGTON – A Mexican national residing in Kentucky, Miguel Angel Paez-Aguinaga, 53, was sentenced on Friday to 54 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, for one count of conspiracy to produce fraudulent identification documents and two counts of aggravated identity theft. According to his plea agreement,…

U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maryland Greenbelt, Maryland – Today, U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Jerome Brown, 42, of Detroit, Michigan, to five years in federal prison for his role in laundering money stolen from federal and North Carolina state-tax refunds. Additionally, Brown was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $604,889.64.  On…

U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Missouri KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Three individuals were indicted by a federal grand jury in separate cases this week for illegally re-entering the United States after they were previously deported. Mexican National charged with Immigration and Child Exploitation Offenses According to a superseding indictment returned this week, Erik Santana-Garcia,…