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SAN FRANCISCO –Jose Aguilar, aka Slim, was sentenced to serve 22 years in prison for his role in the August 11, 2018, murder of then-19-year-old Gerson Romero, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and San Francisco Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Tatum King. The sentence was handed down by the Hon. Vince Chhabria, United States District Judge.

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted Aubrey Jackson Shelton II with bank fraud, wire fraud, and tax evasion in connection with his scheme to embezzle more than $2.7 million from his employer, a San Francisco technology company, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Darren Lian. Shelton was arrested today and appeared in federal court to face the charges.

SAN JOSE – Kishore Kethineni, the CEO of multiple software development and IT services companies in the Bay Area, was sentenced to two years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to commit bank fraud and for his failure to pay over more than $2 million in employment taxes, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Robert K. Tripp, and Internal Revenue Service—Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Special Agent in Charge Darren Lian

OAKLAND- On August 17, 2023, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California (USAO), in conjunction with The Asian American Foundation (TAAF), hosted a roundtable to discuss how federal law enforcement may support local communities in addressing hate crimes and similar incidents. The roundtable was the third in a series held in furtherance of the Department of Justice’s nationwide United Against Hate initiative, and the first to be held in Oakland.

SAN FRANCISCO – Anthony Francis Faulk was sentenced to serve 36 months in prison and ordered to pay nearly $3 million in restitution for his role in a conspiracy to defraud more than a dozen cryptocurrency owners, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert K. Tripp. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable William H. Orrick, United States District Judge. The Court also ordered forfeiture of numerous assets constituting or derived from proceeds

SAN FRANCISCO– Idowu Hashim Shittu was sentenced to 30 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining pandemic-related unemployment benefits from numerous state agencies, announced United States Attorney Ismail Ramsey; United States Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General (“DOL-OIG”) Special Agent in Charge Quentin Heiden; and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Robert K. Tripp. The sentence was handed down by the Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr., United States District Judge.