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Source: United States Department of Justice

SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Attorney’s Office, San Diego City Attorney’s Office and Aztec Link today launched its fourth anti-fentanyl social media campaign,  #BeOnTheSafeSide, featuring local college athletes – this time San Diego State University football players – to coincide with International Overdose Awareness Day. Starting in 2023, the social media campaigns have showcased the San Diego State University Men’s basketball and women’s soccer teams and the MESA Foundation, plus the University of San Diego women’s basketball team and the Olé Foundation. Their consistent message: Know the risks of fentanyl, know the signs of overdose and know where to get Narcan/Naloxone, and how to use it. 

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

Baltimore, Maryland – A man pled guilty in federal court, today, to charges stemming from his involvement in a technical-support fraud scheme. Priyanshu Walia, 41, of both Westminster, Maryland, and Cleveland, Ohio, pled guilty to wire fraud in connection with the scheme.

Source: United States Department of Justice

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Marion Lopatniuk, age 45, was arraigned in federal court August 27, 2026, before Magistrate Judge Paul J. Evangelista on a charge of using an interstate commerce facility in the commission of a murder-for-hire. A grand jury indicted Lopatniuk on August 12, 2026.First Assistant United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Craig Tremaroli, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, made the announcement. 

Source: United States Department of Justice

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Defendant, Allen McGraw, a.k.a “Snoop”, age 46 of Utica, New York, was sentenced on August 21, 2026 by United States District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino to 24 months in federal prison to be followed by a term of three years of supervised release. The sentence stems from his conviction of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. McGraw previously admitted to possessing with the intent to distribute cocaine on September 25, 2024, and for being responsible for the possession with intent to distribute between 100-200 grams of cocaine as part of the drug trafficking organization.

Source: United States Department of Justice

Baltimore, Maryland – A man pled guilty in federal court, today, to charges stemming from his involvement in a technical-support fraud scheme. Priyanshu Walia, 41, of both Westminster, Maryland, and Cleveland, Ohio, pled guilty to wire fraud in connection with the scheme.

Source: United States Department of Justice

Baltimore, Maryland – A Maryland man pled guilty in federal court, today, stemming from a fatal car crash on the Baltimore-Washington (BW) Parkway that resulted in the death of a 48-year-old father of five. Vincent Antwonn Still, 59, of Hanover, pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter in connection with the fatal crash. 

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

A Santa Barbara County man was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in federal prison for illegally collecting tens of thousands of dollars in fees from Mexican nationals in exchange for visas permitting them to be employed as farmworkers in the United States, then paying them at a reduced rate for their work.

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

URBANA, Ill. – A Mahomet, Illinois, man, Hans Lee Grotelueschen, 56, has been charged with allegedly failing to pay employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service and fraud related to Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) administered through the Small Business Administration (SBA).

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

ALBANY, NEW YORK – David Terrance appeared in federal court on charges of  possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. First Assistant U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III, Homeland Security Investigations Buffalo Acting Special Agent in Charge Anthony Patrone, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives New York Special Agent in Charge Bryan DiGirolamo, Ontario Provincial Police Chief Superintendent Mike Stoddart, Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service Chief of Police Ranatiiostha Swamp and  Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Police Chief of Police Matthew Rourke made the announcement.