All USAO Press Releases

Jon A. Hall (aka L.J. (Little Jon) Hall), 30, was sentenced to a total of 600 months in prison to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release. 

Two Texans have been sentenced for their roles in distributing and conspiring to distribute cocaine

U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, has awarded $3,364,666 to the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement (“LCLE”) to provide resources to help Louisiana agencies fight the drug epidemic and violent crime throughout the state of Louisiana. 

Andy Miqui-Castillo retrieved or attempted to retrieve cash and gold bars totaling more than $550,000 from four victims in October and November of 2023.

After a $47.1 million cryptocurrency scheme caused a Kansas bank to fail, a federal judge ordered during a restitution hearing that millions of dollars seized by the government be divided among investors who suffered financial losses.

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA –MERVYN LUCAS (“LUCAS”), age 33, pled guilty on October 31, 2024 before U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon, to possession with intent to distribute marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(D); possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i); and possession of a car stolen from the Norfolk Southern Railyard, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 659.

Eleview International Inc., Oleg Nayandin, 54, of Fairfax, Virginia, and Vitaliy Borisenko, 39, of Vienna, Virginia, made their initial appearance today in the Eastern District of Virginia pursuant to a now unsealed complaint charging them with conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act.

The lead defendant in a criminal case who oversaw a money laundering conspiracy that moved millions of dollars in narcotics-related funds from the United States to international drug trafficking organizations was sentenced today to 87 months in federal prison.

A former U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) Officer was sentenced today to 21 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, related to a vehicular crash involving a motorist in Washington, D.C.