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David Allingham, 65, who was sentenced to 13 years in prison for his prescribing of opioids and amphetamines has been ordered to forfeit a $168,000 money judgement and two real properties and to pay restitution of $169,244 to compensate three victims for their losses.

Erik S. Siebert, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, announced today case updates on six immigration cases in the district.

Jimmy Lee Scott, 33, of Newport News, was sentenced today to eight years and one month in prison for two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm following a neighborhood shooting.

A federal jury convicted Janathian Porter, 27, of Franklin, for armed robbery. Porter also pled guilty to being a felon in possession of ammunition.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, through civil asset forfeiture, has recovered a $1.9M in investment fraud proceeds and is in the process of returning that property to the victim.

Jamey Andre Bennett, 50, of Chesapeake, was sentenced to 10 years and 10 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

Wilford Amoako Osei, 23, An Italian national residing in Woodbridge, sentenced to two years in prison for using another person's credit card information without their permission to purchase a firearm.

Two Richmond-area men were sentenced to prison and a third was convicted this week for being felons in possession of firearms.

Joshaua Sheimel Anderson, 25, of Portsmouth, man was sentenced today to four years and five months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Lloyd Levi Hardy, 41, of Norfolk, was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for federal drug-trafficking and firearms crimes.

A federal jury convicted Ryan Matthew Bieber, 31, of Hampton, on six counts of transportation of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

Darrell Ray Seale, 56, an American residing in the United Arab Emirates, pled guilty to abusive sexual contact aboard an aircraft in flight after groping a fellow passenger.