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A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging a former medical doctor with naturalization fraud, for providing false answers on a U.S. citizenship application and during an in-person interview.

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Two Atlanta men have been sentenced to federal prison for the armed robbery of a Greenville jewelry store. Tony Nico Clark, 35, was sentenced to nine years and Dedrek Jaquon Hale, 30, was sentenced to nine-and-a-half years.   

Jacksonville, Florida – Chief U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Tocorey Gibbs (39, Jacksonville) to 32 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony. Gibbs was found guilty after a bench trial on March 19, 2025. 

A Guatemalan man was sentenced to time-served after he pleaded guilty to two immigration violations in Waco.

Two Cuban nationals have been taken into custody on charges related to the exportation of stolen motor vehicles

BOSTON – A Nigerian national pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to his involvement in the theft of more than $2.5 million from six romance scam victims by transferring their money to cryptocurrency accounts that he controlled.  

WILMINGTON, N.C. – A federal grand jury returned an indictment on Tuesday charging Anibal Rios Lavias, 30, a U.S. citizen born in Mexico, with naturalization fraud.  The indictment alleges that Lavias lied about his criminal conduct on his application to obtain U.S. citizenship.

Yesterday in federal court in Brooklyn, Sergei Zharnovnikov, 46, of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit export violations. 

A British man, Scott West, 40, of Manchester, United Kingdom, was sentenced on June 23, 2025, to 42 years in prison following his convictions for three counts of sexual exploitation of a child.

A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion.