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SYRACUSE, N.Y. –Ivan Rodriguez Jr., 29, Utica was sentenced to serve 120 months in federal prison for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and to distribute fentanyl.United States Attorney Carla Freedman, Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and Thomas Fattorusso, Executive Special […]

SYRACUSE, N. Y. – Eric Ares, 38, of Utica, was sentenced to serve 120 months in federal prison for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and to distribute fentanyl and possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl.United States Attorney Carla Freedman, Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug […]

Asphalt Specialists LLC of Pontiac and Al’s Asphalt Paving Company Inc. of Taylor, and two executives from each company, admitted to conspiring to rig bids for paving service contracts.

A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging five Marylanders with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and bank fraud and related charges in connection with a fraud scheme involving more than 600 stolen checks with a face value of over $5 million.  The indictment was returned on December 7, 2023, and unsealed late on January 19, 2024.  Charged in the indictment are:

Two Amazon marketplace sellers pleaded guilty to conspiring to fix the prices of DVDs and Blu-Rays on the market in a scheme involving four companies owned by them.

Amazon marketplace sellers pleaded guilty to price fixing DVDs and Blu Ray Discs. On Feb. 10 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee Bruce Fish BDF Enterprises admitted to participating in conspiracy to fix prices of DVDs and Blu-Rays sold on Amazon.

This is the fifth civil settlement involving a carrier service reporting false delivery scans, according to the DOJ.

The IRS announced Friday that Beaumont native Darrell Waldon was selected as the Executive Special Agent in Charge for Criminal Investigation at Washington, D.C.

November 18, 2021 — The Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation Washington, D.C., Field Office announced Thursday that Darrell Waldon was appointed as its new Executive Special Agent in Charge, or SAC.

A Wisconsin man was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining over $1 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Thomas Smith, of Pewaukee, pleaded guilty on Feb. 23. According to court documents and statements, Smith fraudulently sought over $1.2 million in PPP loans through applications to a federally insured financial institution on behal...