All articles tagged with #federal sentencing
Former Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge Hannah Dugan was fined $5,000 and received no prison time after being convicted of obstructing a federal proceeding for helping an immigrant evade ICE agents in 2025; a federal judge cited her decades of public service, noting the act was a brief lapse that did not prevent the arrest, while Dugan has lost her job and faces a felony conviction as part of the broader fallout.
Former Milwaukee County judge Hannah Dugan, convicted of felony obstruction for helping an immigrant evade federal officers in a Trump-era immigration crackdown, faces up to five years in prison at sentencing; she resigned amid impeachment threats, while prosecutors urge a serious sentence and her lawyers argue immunity and that she has already suffered consequences.
Eight protesters suspected to be linked to antifa were sentenced to 30 to 70 years in federal prison, with one defendant receiving 100 years, for a July 4 shooting outside the Prairieland Detention Center near Dallas that wounded a police officer. Prosecutors called the act terrorism and a threat to democracy, while defense attorneys and family members urged leniency and questioned affiliations; the judge emphasized deterrence and called the incident an assault on democracy.
Two U.S. nationals, Knoot and Prince, were sentenced to 18 months in prison each for running laptop-farm schemes that helped North Korean IT workers fraudulently obtain remote jobs at about 70 U.S. companies, using stolen identities and remote-desktop access. The scheme led to over $1 million in salaries and remediation costs for victim companies. Knoot must pay $15,100 in restitution and forfeit $15,100, while Prince must forfeit $89,000. This sentencing is part of a broader federal crackdown on North Korea’s illicit revenue operations.
A south suburban man, Sharhabeel Shreiteh, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for leading a $14 million Paycheck Protection Program loan-fraud scheme, filing more than 1,500 bogus applications for about 1,025 clients and taking roughly $740,000 in kickbacks; prosecutors say most funds were forgiven and he directed money overseas, while a co-defendant’s charges are pending and he faces a related tax-fraud case.
Porter, banned for life by the NBA over a gambling scheme and awaiting sentencing in a federal case that could run 41 to 51 months, has signed with the USBL's Seattle SuperHawks for the 2026 season—a surprising pro return amid ongoing legal troubles.
Jeremy Pauley, a key figure in a nationwide illegal human remains trade connected to Harvard Medical School, was sentenced to six years in prison for buying and selling stolen human body parts, including fetal remains, from various sources. Despite admitting guilt and claiming legality, prosecutors highlighted his continued involvement in the trade, which involved stolen remains from multiple institutions. The case exposed a dark online market for human body parts, with Pauley's associates also facing charges.
A former Louisville police officer involved in Breonna Taylor's death was sentenced to 33 months, highlighting ongoing debates over police accountability and reform in the US, especially under the polarized policies of the Trump and Biden administrations. The case underscores challenges in prosecuting police misconduct and the shifting federal approach to policing, with recent moves by the Trump administration to end consent decrees and reduce civil rights enforcement, raising concerns about the future of systemic police reforms.
Brett Hankison, a former Louisville police officer involved in Breonna Taylor's fatal raid, was sentenced to 33 months in prison for violating her rights by firing shots during the raid, a sentence that exceeds the DOJ's recommendation of one day, amid ongoing tensions and debates over police accountability.
Brett Hankison, a former Louisville police officer convicted of violating Breonna Taylor's civil rights by firing into her apartment in 2020, is scheduled for sentencing, with the Department of Justice recommending one day of imprisonment; no one was hit during the shooting.
The U.S. Justice Department has requested a one-day prison sentence for former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison, convicted of civil rights violations related to Breonna Taylor's death, arguing he did not shoot Taylor and should receive credit for time served, despite the conviction's potential for life imprisonment.
The DOJ has requested a one-day prison sentence for Louisville officer Brett Hankison, who was convicted of civil rights violations in connection with the police raid that led to Breonna Taylor's death, and suggested that the Biden administration should not have prosecuted him on these charges.
Disgraced legal scion Alex Murdaugh has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for federal financial fraud crimes, to run concurrently with a previous sentence, after swindling several clients at his law firm out of over $10m. The new sentence exceeds the 30 years prosecutors asked for and will run concurrently with the state sentences he is already serving. In addition to the 40-year sentence, he has been ordered to pay $8.7m to be divided among several victims, his former law firm, and the bank he used to funnel stolen funds. Murdaugh has also been convicted of murdering his wife and son and has faced allegations of breaking his plea deal by lying on a polygraph test.
Disgraced former attorney Alex Murdaugh failed a lie detector test, breaching his plea agreement for financial crimes, prompting US prosecutors to seek release from the agreement and potentially recommend a maximum sentence. The failed test comes ahead of his federal sentencing hearing and is related to ongoing investigations into hidden assets and potential coconspirators. Murdaugh's attorneys oppose the sealing of evidence and deny the breach, while he is already serving a 27-year state prison sentence for similar crimes and two consecutive life sentences for the murders of his wife and son.